Re: [Freecats-Dev] FYI - Python & Open Office - pyUNO

[Henri Chorand]

Hi,

> > Henri Chorand wrote:
>
> > There is a UNO module within OO, see at:
>
> There are UNO bindings for python and java, but while the UNO
> bindings are useful for large-scale OOo automation tasks, my
> understanding from reading the mailing lists is that programming
> dialogs in them is quite  complex.

(I was just asking)


> > I think I read OO Basic was to be dropped, and that OO Basic
> > documentation was hard to find. Food for thought...
>
> I certainly haven't seen any indication of this, and there is now some
> decent Basic documentation. The online help included with OOo is
> actually quite good. Also very good is the documentation at
> http://www.pitonyak.org/

Well, I'm glad I was wrong.
Language selection issues are really pointless here, as it's only an
interface where we obviously need ease of integration (and portability).


> I don't especially like Basic as a language, it's very limited, but the
> Basic IDE in OOo is seductively easy to use, especially for designing
> dialogs.

Oh, my... I did incredible things in Basic (a very long time ago).


Cheers,

Henri