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35 <h1>LibreOffice API Documentation
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46 <p>LibreOffice %PRODUCT_RELEASE% software is a complete, feature-rich
47 office productivity suite that provides, in combination with this
48 SDK, all the essential tools for building and deploying custom
49 solutions that build on, or integrate with, the LibreOffice %PRODUCT_RELEASE% suite
51 <p>The SDK is a development kit for LibreOffice %PRODUCT_RELEASE%, which
52 eases the development of office components. It provides a set of
53 libraries, binaries, header, and IDL files which have final API's
54 and can only be extended with new functionality. This set of libraries
55 and binaries is the minimum set of functions needed to use system
56 abstraction for base functionality and for using UNO (Universal
57 Network Objects) component technology. The UNO component model is the
58 base of the whole Office API. The SDK provides everything necessary
59 to use the Office API from external programs (e.g. Java, C++) or to
60 extend the Office functionality with new components (e.g. new filter
61 components, CalcAddin functions). It is compatible over several
62 versions because the API remains unaffected and will only be extended
63 with new functions.
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64 <p>The SDK provides the basic building blocks for external developers
65 to develop components in any language for which a binding exists.
66 Currently, there are language bindings for LibreOffice %PRODUCT_RELEASE% Basic, Java, Python,
67 and different C++ compilers on different platforms, for LibreOffice %PRODUCT_RELEASE%,
68 thus covering the most commonly used programming languages. There
69 will be no limit for office automation in heterogeneous environments.
70 Currently supported platforms of the SDK are Linux, Solaris (sparc,
71 x86), and Windows.
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72 <p>The SDK also contains
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"link to the IDL reference documentation"> reference
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73 for the API and a complete
<a href=
"http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide" title=
"link to the Developer's Guide in the Wiki">Developer's Guide
</a> is available online in the Apache OpenOffice Wiki, with
74 lots of examples, which introduce the API, explain the concepts behind
75 it, and make it possible for all users to quickly get started with
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97 <td colspan=
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98 <td class=
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99 installation steps (e.g. environment variables) to use this SDK.
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107 <td colspan=
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"http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/DevGuide/OpenOffice.org_Developers_Guide" title=
"link to the Developer's Guide in the Wiki">Developer's Guide
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108 <td class=
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109 API and the concepts behind it, with a rich set of examples,
110 implemented mainly in Java. This documentation is online in the
111 Apache OpenOffice Wiki.
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115 <td colspan=
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"%DOXYGEN_PREFIX0%/docs/idl/ref/index.html" title=
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116 <td class=
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120 <td colspan=
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"%JAVADOC_PREFIX0%/docs/java/ref/index.html" title=
"link to the Java UNO runtime API reference documentation">Java UNO Runtime Reference
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121 <td class=
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125 <td colspan=
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126 <td class=
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127 set of C/C++ base and helper functions and classes to abstract from
128 the system layer.
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136 <td colspan=
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137 <td class=
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138 development tools.
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142 <td colspan=
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143 <td class=
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144 programming languages (Java, Python, C++, Basic, OLE, CLI).
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148 <td colspan=
"2"><a href=
"https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/gitweb?p=sdk-examples.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD" title=
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149 <td class=
"content70">A git repository with additional examples
150 from various contributors:
<code>git clone
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159 <td colspan=
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"link to the OASIS Open Office XML Format TC (online)">OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
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160 <td class=
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161 Office Applications (OpenDocument) Technical Committee where you
162 can find the latest information about the OASIS Open Document XML
163 file format which is the default document format
164 for LibreOffice %PRODUCT_RELEASE%.
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168 <td colspan=
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"http://xml.openoffice.org/xml_specification.pdf" title=
"link to the OpenOffice.org XML File Format Specification">OpenOffice.org XML File Format
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169 <td class=
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177 <td colspan=
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178 <td class=
"content70">The license for the LibreOffice %PRODUCT_RELEASE% SDK.
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