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diff --git a/toolkit/doc/layout/oldnotes.txt b/toolkit/doc/layout/oldnotes.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a5cb94963da0 --- /dev/null +++ b/toolkit/doc/layout/oldnotes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,224 @@ +* Obsolete notes ... + +** Form XML format: + + + from the basic editor: + +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE dlg:window PUBLIC "-//OpenOffice.org//DTD OfficeDocument 1.0//EN" "dialog.dtd"> +<dlg:window xmlns:dlg="http://openoffice.org/2000/dialog" xmlns:script="http://openoffice.org/2000/script" dlg:id="Dialog1" dlg:left="204" dlg:top="148" dlg:width="136" dlg:height="115" dlg:closeable="true" dlg:moveable="true"> + <dlg:bulletinboard> + <dlg:button dlg:id="OkButtonName" dlg:tab-index="0" dlg:left="86" dlg:top="92" dlg:width="44" dlg:height="19" dlg:value="OkButtonLabel"/> + <dlg:titledbox dlg:id="FrameControl1" dlg:tab-index="1" dlg:left="4" dlg:top="7" dlg:width="68" dlg:height="41"> + <dlg:title dlg:value="FrameControl1"/> + </dlg:titledbox> + <dlg:scrollbar dlg:id="ScrollBar1" dlg:tab-index="2" dlg:left="82" dlg:top="10" dlg:width="45" dlg:height="24"/> + <dlg:scrollbar dlg:id="ScrollBar2" dlg:tab-index="3" dlg:left="107" dlg:top="43" dlg:width="21" dlg:height="37" dlg:align="vertical"/> + <dlg:timefield dlg:id="TimeField1" dlg:tab-index="4" dlg:left="4" dlg:top="92" dlg:width="28" dlg:height="19"/> + <dlg:text dlg:id="Label1" dlg:tab-index="5" dlg:left="22" dlg:top="61" dlg:width="44" dlg:height="15" dlg:value="Label1"/> + </dlg:bulletinboard> +</dlg:window> + + + code to read this & generate UIs is in: + + DTD: xmlscript/dtd/dialog.dtd + + xmlscript/source/xmldlg_imexp/imp_share.hxx, line 674 + + xmlscript/source/misc/unoservices.cxx + xmlscript/source/xmlflat_imexp/xmlbas_import.cxx (?) + "com.sun.star.comp.xmlscript.XMLBasicImporter" + + the dialog piece seems separate ? + "importDialogModel" ... + + cf. the interesting test code ... + + cd xmlscript/test + dmake + ../unxlngi6.pro/bin/imexp /opt/OOInstall ./test.xml + + generates & renders a dialog ... + + + This code has ~all we need to get a simple impl. + + compatibility wrappers [!] + + // first create model: + Reference< container::XNameContainer > xModel( xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext( + OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlDialogModel" ) ), xContext ), UNO_QUERY ); + // NB. xmldlg_addfunc.cxx not xmldlg_import.cxx [!?] ;-) + ::xmlscript::importDialogModel( ::xmlscript::createInputStream( bytes ), + xModel, xContext ); + + // second create view of model: + Reference< awt::XControl > xDlg( xMSF->createInstance( + OUString(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlDialog" ) ) ), UNO_QUERY ); + xDlg->setModel( Reference< awt::XControlModel >::query( xModel ) ); + + // third - associate toolkit / peer ... + Reference< awt::XToolkit> xToolkit( xMSF->createInstance( + OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.awt.ExtToolkit" ) ) ), UNO_QUERY ); + xDlg->createPeer( xToolkit, 0 ); + + // fourth - execute [ nasty ... ] + Reference< awt::XDialog > xD( xDlg, UNO_QUERY ); + xD->execute(); + + +** Basic dialog editor: + + + basctl/source/dlged/dlged.cxx + + dialog editor (?) + + basctl/source/basicide/basobj3.cxx + + basctl/source/basicide/basides3.cxx + + BasicIDEShell:CreateDlgWin ... + + +** FIXME: + + createPeer - when called is always passed + the toplevel [ it seems ... ] + + we need to pass a container instead ... + + or have some separate hint / method ? + + or call the 'setChild' inside the model + construction bits ? [!?] + +UnoControlContainer::addingControl: + + only caller to 'setContext' + + sets the 'Parent' for peers ... + +Dialog is an UnoControlContainer ... + + hmm ... + + 'XControlContainer' + + perhaps just what we need ... [!] + + our VBox should be one ... + + + Other things: tab widgets are 'UnoControlContainers' ... + + finally remembered: xml foo ... + + + + + + FIXME: it -seems- that we don't store + much hierarchy in the model [ any ? ] + + UnoControlModel -> ? + + + UnoControlDialogModel - has an XNameContainer ... + + but ... only the UnoControl-Dialog-Model has this ... + + + + Wow - even the percieved hierarchy: + + 'exportDialogModel' + + achieved by 'getElementNames' + -> flat set of names ... [urgh] + + + So - we need to add more structure: + + XNameContainers ... + + that we insert into [!?] + + we also need to retain order for packing. + + + need a list of sillies to reverse / revert (?) ... + + + back-compat: + + kill bogus nesting eg. radiogroup ... + [ have a group/tag instead - or hierarchical names ? ] + + ditto for 'titledbox' ... + + menulists - seem rather unrelated / bogus anyway. + + Add into toplevel & child ... + + + copy Dialog bits into unocontrolcontainer.cxx ... + + re-using unocontrolcontainer ... + + +** FIXME: + + we need property introspection on the awt widgets: + + but they have no property interfaces [!] - + interestingly the UnoControl's don't either + only the UnoControlModel foo ... + + unocontrols.cxx: + Uno + + source/helper/property.cxx + + has all the type information ... + + but no information on what properties are + valid for a type ... - implicit in the UnoControlModel's + code ... + + ImplGetPropertyInfos ... + + + add to vclxwindow.cxx: + + inc/toolkit/helper/property.hxx + + 'getProperties' static ... + +** It seems that things like UnoControlComboBoxModel are missing + some derived properties: EchoChar (etc.) + UnoControlDateFieldModel - missing ... EchoChar too (?) - deliberate ? + + query these ... [!?] + +layout container - start child 'combobox' + missing property 46 (EchoChar) + missing property 48 (HardLineBreaks) + missing property 12 (HScroll) + missing property 104 (LineEndFormat) + missing property 10 (MultiLine) + missing property 13 (VScroll) + + + add regression test: + + count number of properties ... + + +TODO: + add 'XPropertySetInfo' to VCLXWindow: + + trivial to implement :-) + + hook it to Ricardo's parser ... [!] :-) + +* xmlscript + + xmldlg_import.cxx - + + xml_helper/xml_impctx.cxx - foo ... + + +* plan: + + hard-code container hooks into the xmlscript/ parser ... + + create a layout object in toolkit/ + + populate it with good things ... + + + coupling to toolkit - widget instantiation: how ... + + ComponentInfos + + vclxtoolkit.cxx: + + has a 'hook function' for 'fnSvtCreateWindow' + for SVT widgets :-) [ grotesque ;-] + + [ wow - fetched by dlopen! ;-] + + + A little app - a-la solver: using awt (?) + + XMessageBoxFactory ... + + XToolkit: + + CreateWindow ... + + ** how does the xml code generate these guys ? ** + + + what APIs does the xmlimporter use ? not 'createWindow' seemingly. + ++ existing xml import uses: property bag a -lot-: + Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProps( + _pImport->_xDialogModel, UNO_QUERY_THROW ); + * we do _xDialogModel->insertByName (new any<XControlModel>()) + + to build hierarchy ( cf. ~ControlImportContext ) + + DialogImport: + css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer > _xDialogModel; + + Reference< container::XNameContainer > xModel( xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext( + OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "com.sun.star.awt.UnoControlDialogModel" ) ), xContext ), UNO_QUERY ); + + toolkit/source/controls/dialogcontrol.cxx + + UnoControlButtonModel (eg.) + + service 'UnoControlModel' ... + + + poke at 'titledbox' or 'radiogroup' to see how containment works there ... + + how will child widget properties work ? + + bug with a 'vbox' inside a 'titledbox' ... + + titledbox - acts as a container (interesting) + - offsetting child positions + + how will pseudo-containers eg. "radiogroup" cope ? + + + propose new syntax: [ with child properties a-la glade ]: + + <hbox id="baa" flange="true"> + <child padding="0" expand="false" fill="false"> + <radio id="foo" value="..."/> + </child> + <radio id="foo" value="..."/> + </hbox> + + + if 'child' element omitted - default properties used ... + + if multiple elements in same 'child' set: all have the same props. + + |