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OpenOffice.org Software Development Kit (SDK)

The OpenOffice.org Software Development Kit (SDK) is an add-on for OpenOffice.org. It provides the the necessary tools and documentation for programming the OpenOffice.org APIs and creating your own extensions (UNO components) for OpenOffice.org. The SDK will accompany new releases of OpenOffice.org.

The main part of the SDK is the Developer's Guide. This comprehensive guide provides, in more than 1000 pages, a detailed description of the OpenOffice.org API concepts, the OpenOffice.org UNO component model and how to use the API in the context of the different application areas. At the close of each chapter, there is at least one example that shows how to use the API.

Interested developers should start using this SDK for their implementations. Feedback is welcome via email on dev@api.openoffice.org, and bugs should be reported as an IssueZilla task. All requests for enhancement and new features will be collected and go into the planning of future versions of the SDK.

SDK Download

Customize or extend your office installation with new functionality or simplify your daily work by creating automated tasks. Test it and download the SDK to find out the power of OpenOffice.org and its programmability features.

Features

  • developer documentation (Developer's Guide)
  • IDL reference with cross references to the Developer's Guide and vice versa.
  • C/C++ and Java UNO reference documentation.
  • development tools
  • examples in Java, C++, OpenOffice.org Basic
  • minimal build environment for the examples
  • run targets in the makefiles for easy running the examples
  • use of the new deployment tool to integrate new components or Basic libraries in an existing office installation.

Building the SDK

All people who want to build a SDK from scratch should take account of the SDK build guide.

Last update: 25-Sep-2003