Thank you all for the responses!
I've put together a small document (temporary link:
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~04grycwo/overview.pdf) that outlines some
thoughts in terms of how I see this going, and a few potential strategies.
Here's a quick summary:
1. Creating an R package that communicates directly with OpenOffice
and allows the passing of commands back and forth.
2. Doing the above with a TCP/IP connection instead.
3. Macros - sub-optimal in my opinion, but can be done.
I downloaded and started playing with OO source code. You're right in saying
the documentation isn't the greatest, though I can see why: there's a lot
here. I think I'm getting the hang of it all, but just had some questions:
1. Using the wiki, I learned how to modify current functions, and
exploring the code shows me where add-ins are placed and how they look. I
was wondering, however, where do function names get stored? Again, I see the
interpX.cxx but those function names are not the same as the ones I
call from Calc -- how does Calc know what to call?
I guess what I am trying to get at is, how can I add functions to Calc
through the source code? All the tutorials I've found are for add-ins.
2. From your perspectives, should this be considered an add-in or
directly coded into the "sc" folder? Is there any other area of the source
code I should be working in?
3. Any thoughts on the TCP/IP versus package-to-OO communication
mentioned above? I think it might be a bit beyond the scope of the summer
project, but I'd be happy to try to tackle it if there's interest.
I just finished my last exam for this school year on Friday at 4 pm, so I'll
be working on this pretty much full-time now. You can expect to hear a lot
more compared to what you've been hearing so far. :)
Thank you,
Wojciech
On 4/23/07, Niklas Nebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Leonard Mada wrote:
> could you please explain what this code does?
> {
> ScMatValType nType = GetDoubleOrStringFromMatrix( fVal, rString);
> bIsString = (nType != SC_MATVAL_VALUE);
> }
>
> My thinking is:
> - it gets content of current table cell
> - IF content is a numerical value, fVal is set
> - IF content is string, rString is set and nType is set to
SC_MATVAL_VALUE
>
> Am I correct with this interpretation?
> And, what happens IF the cell is empty?
GetDoubleOrStringFromMatrix accesses an intermediate result of matrix
type, not directly a cell. It's not of much use outside of formula
calculation. If a matrix element is empty, SC_MATVAL_EMPTY is returned.
Niklas
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