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| <H1>Upcoming Features of the Office Scripting Framework</H1> |
| <H2>StarBasic Integration</H2> |
| <P>Currently the “Assign Script..” dialogs have no |
| connection with the Tools/ Configure dialog used by StarBasic. These |
| dialogs should be integrated so all script binding management can be |
| done from the same dialog set. It is hoped that in the future a |
| StarBasic ScriptRuntime implementation can be developed so that |
| StarBasic macros can be run via the Scripting Framework. |
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| <H2>NetBeans Enhancements</H2> |
| <P>The Office Scripting module for NetBeans will be enhanced to |
| include the functionality (code completion for OpenOffice.org API) |
| currently offered with the ODK. |
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| <P>The Office Scripting module will take advantage of the new project |
| metaphor being introduced with NetBeans 4.0 (see the <A HREF="http://projects.netbeans.org/architecture/dev_guide.html">NetBeans |
| Projects System - Developers Guide</A> for more details) |
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| <H2>Digital Signing Support</H2> |
| <P>The intention is to use digital signing of script parcels to give |
| a higher degree of security for OpenOffice.org users of these new |
| language scripts. The Scripting Framework will be enhanced to verify |
| the digital signatures of scripts before they are executed. |
| Appropriate configuration settings could be added so users can |
| control script execution.</P> |
| <H2>Common Packaging Format</H2> |
| <P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">We will move to a common packaging |
| format for UNO components, Office scripts, and StarBasic macros. |
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