LibreOffice Starter Plugin

This repository contains some boilerplate code and config you need to get started to build your own LibreOffice Extension.

You can use this project as a starting point to write your own extension for LibreOffice.

Get started

Install LibreOffice & LibreOffice SDK (5.0 or greater)
Install Eclipse & the LOEclipse plugin
Download this starter project & unzip it
Import the project in Eclipse (File->Import->Existing Projects into Workspace)
Let Eclipse know the paths to LibreOffice & the SDK (Project->Properties->UNO Properties)
Setup Run Configuration

Go to Run->Run Configurations
Create a new run configuration of the type "LibreOffice Application"
Select the project
Run!
Hint: Show the error log to view the output of the run configuration (Window->Show View->Error Log)

The extension will be installed in LibreOffice and you will see a toolbar and a menu entry have been added to Writer.

The entry point is in source/org/libreoffice/example/comp/StarterProjectImpl.
Toolbar items and menu entries are defined in registry/org/openoffice/Office/Addons.xcu.
Shortcuts are defined in registry/org/openoffice/Office/Accelerators.xcu.
The position of the toolbar is defined in registry/org/openoffice/Office/UI/WriterWindowState.xcu.
The dialog shown when clicking "Action One" is in dialog/ActionOneDialog.xdl. The dialog itself contains information how to edit it.
The DialogHelper contains lots of helper methods to work with the dialog.
Now go on customizing the extension to your needs. You'll find lots of information in the OpenOffice Wiki.

To debug the Java code, just stick a breakpoint anywhere in Eclipse and start your run configuration in debug mode.