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| <H1>Planned Features for the OpenOffice.org Scripting Framework</H1> |
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| <H2>Redesign of the Tools/Configure dialog</H2> |
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| The current Tools/Configure dialog is not very usable. A |
| <a href="http://specs.openoffice.org/scripting_framework/index.html"> |
| specification</a> is being completed for the complete redesign of this dialog. |
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| <H2>ScriptProviderForPython</H2> |
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| Joerg Budischewski has provided UNO bindings for Python and has done some |
| work on making a ScriptRuntime available for a previous version of the |
| Scripting Framework. This ScriptRuntime needs to be updated to support the |
| new Scripting Framework architecture so users can create OpenOffice.org |
| scripts in Python. |
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| <H2>Make OpenOffice.org dialogs available to all scripting languages</H2> |
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| Currently dialogs created by the OpenOffice.org Basic dialog editor |
| can only be instantiated using the Basic CreateUNODialog function. In the |
| next milestone it should be possible to instantiate these dialogs from other |
| languages.</P> |
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| <H2>Digital Signing Support</H2> |
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| 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> |
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| <H2>Common Packaging Format</H2> |
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| We will move to a common packaging format for UNO components, OpenOffice.org |
| scripts, and OpenOffice.org Basic macros. |
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| <H2>???</H2> |
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| All suggestions for further features welcome on dev@framework.openoffice.org |
| or in IssueZilla under category framework, subcategory scripting. |
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| <P>Last Modified: Nov 28 2003 |
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