[development] OpenOffice.org

[Victor Kane]

Basically, the most important info would be on the XMLRPC API on the
OpenOffice side, and various client examples/development environments in
which this has been done before, if possible.

But the more communication the better!

Victor Kane



On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Louis Suarez-Potts <
Louis.Suarez-Potts at sun.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> On 2008-05-15, at 08:06 , FGM wrote:
>
>  Actually, I think this approach may give a solution with very little work
>> on the drupal side.
>>
>> Now, if someone with OOo programming knowledge could provide the required
>> info to start on the OOo side of things, I'd gladly set up the whole thing.
>> I've always wanted to improve my OOo integration skills, and stopped in
>> front of the OOo SDK documentation, and this seems a good occasion to do so.
>>
>
> I'll ping some developers on this and cc you. They may be resistant to
> joining yet another list but let's see.
>
> Thanks!
> Louis
>
>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Kane" <victorkane at gmail.com>
>> To: <development at drupal.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 12:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [development] OpenOffice.org
>>
>>
>> Ok, taking into account what both Dario and Federic are saying (OpenOffice
>> as the user interface for publishing directly to a Drupal site via
>> XMLRPC),
>> the best fit here in my opinion would be to use the services module.
>>
>> It offers a rich API for node creation based on custom written services.
>>
>> Here, I am not talking about importing a Document, but rather using the
>> OpenOffice as a client for Drupal, much as Word can be used as a client
>> for
>> a Blog, including Drupal.
>>
>> I am using this now for Drupal to Drupal speak (actually an editorial
>> workflow system sends articles to a  publishing system). See
>> http://awebfactory.com.ar/node/297
>>
>> That would be a quick and sure path, leaving to OpenOffice the client work
>> and to Drupal the services server work, we'd be all set.
>>
>> I actually did hunt around in the Open Office forums recently with an eye
>> to
>> something like this, and saw something implemented ... but opted in the
>> end
>> for Drupal 2 Drupal for the architecture of the system I was developing.
>>
>> But imagine reporters in the field sending in their articles with a Drupal
>> plugin!
>>
>> Victor Kane
>> http://awebfactory.com.ar
>>
>> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Frédéric G. MARAND <fgm at osinet.fr>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your message.
>>>
>>> I have currently unpublished PHP code I've been using for a few years to
>>> access OOo spreadsheets and load them into Drupal. However, it was
>>> developed
>>> "ad hoc" to import product data, and is currently not fit for general use
>>> since it is limited to spreadsheets and only goes from OOo to Drupal, not
>>> the other way round. Maybe if others are interested in working on this we
>>> could turn it into a general use module.
>>>
>>> This being saind, while it could obviously be extended to other formats
>>> if
>>> someone took time to create something more general, a limitation remains
>>> due
>>> to the time it takes to load an OOo document in PHP vs the maximum
>>> time/memory per PHP script on low-end intallations.
>>>
>>> A file-system-like approach based on plain XML RPC or BlogAPI would
>>> probably be easier on users and work in more cases. But it looks like
>>> this
>>> would have to be done from within OOo, not in PHP but in Python, Basic,
>>> JS
>>> or Beanshell.
>>>
>>> Frederic G. MARAND
>>> http://blog.riff.org/
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis Suarez-Potts"
>>> <Louis.Suarez-Potts at Sun.COM>
>>> To: <development at drupal.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:35 AM
>>> Subject: [development] OpenOffice.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  [This is a re-send of a message I sent originally to the
>>>> infrastructure list.]
>>>>
>>>> Hello all!
>>>>
>>>> Allow me to introduce myself: I'm the community manager of
>>>> OpenOffice.org, a role I've held for the last 7.5 years. My interest
>>>> here is to see if there is interest in developing an OpenDocument
>>>> Format filter for Drupal or (better yet) some ways of integrating or
>>>> at least linking OOo to Drupal. The reason? Lots, including both
>>>> public and private enterprises, want a CMS + productivity suite (such
>>>> as OOo) combo. Drupal has huge market share and is flourishing; so
>>>> does and is OOo.
>>>>
>>>> How is integration imagined? It could be close or it could be even
>>>> something as simple as an extension. We have now many extensions, and
>>>> there is no reason why everything has to be a single package--this is
>>>> the Internet age, not the isolated desktop age.
>>>>
>>>> If people are interested, let's talk. My guess is that an obstacle to
>>>> good intentions is reality: shortage of resources. But I also am
>>>> relentlessly optimistic and hopeful, and believe if we can present a
>>>> good case then companies may want to allocate those resources, which
>>>> is to say, people and money.
>>>>
>>>> Ciao,
>>>>
>>>> Louis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Louis Suarez-Potts, PhD
>>>> Community Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>>>> OpenOffice.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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