Martin,
Thank you for the pointer. Very helpful.
We have been able to add the text box feature in the write activity.
Regards,
Manu
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Martin Sevior <msev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Manusheel,
> There is no specific pyabiword binding for insert
> textbox but your can use the following technique to access the
> abiword/src/wp/ap/xp/ap_EditMethods.cpp function that provide the
> interface to libabiword.
>
> do:
>
> self._abiword_canvas.invoke_cmd("insTextbox","",0,0)
>
> To invoke the GUI to insert a textbox.
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Manusheel Gupta<m...@laptop.org> wrote:
> > Tomeu,
> >
> > Hope all is well.
> >
> > We have been working on developing a template builder tool in write
> > activity, and wish to have your pointers on certain features-
> >
> > 1. Text box - We realize that the text box tool is missing in the current
> > write activity, and wish to develop it. We looked at abiwidget.h file
> > closely, and it seems to us that there
> > is no method (function) provided to add textboxes. We investigated
> > deeper into the details, and arrived at an approach to develop the text
> box
> > feature-
> >
> > a. Create a textbox class on the lines of tablecreator class- It
> > seems that we need to work on 4 files:
> >
> > 1. OXML_Element_TextBox.cpp
> > 2. OXML_Element_TextBox.h
> > 3. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.cpp
> > 4. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.h
> >
> > b. Use invoke_cmd method to insert Textbox.
> > We are not very clear on what all arguments can be passed in
> this
> > method, and their usage. Could you please direct us to a resource, which
> > could be helpful in
> > understanding this.
> >
> > We also wish to ask you about the details of the code, which is used to
> > enable menu selections in the advanced abiword activity.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Manu
> >
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