On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 11:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I did today a quick test on a Windows 7 (32Bit) computer. > > AOO 4.1.1 was de-installed completely first and I verified that COM and OLE > didn't worked anymore. > After that LOO 5.2.5.1 was installed with deactivated ActiveX support. > > Both COM and OLE are working. Automation through our ERP is working and I > could embed a calc document into MSWord and edit it. > > So sorry for upsetting the apple cart.
Quite the contrary. Thank you a ton for doing this testing! This means we can move forward with removing that bit knowing it shouldn't break your ERP (or anyone's). Thanks a bunch! Bryan > cheers > Jörgen > > > Am 30.01.2017 um 16:37 schrieb Bryan Quigley: >> >> To test most* of what I proposed to remove: During Install disable the >> ActiveX control. (Ideally with a fresh install) >> >> AFAICT OLE is actually also separate (but if it's not we don't want to >> break that). It works fine on Linux (and I don't have a copy of MS >> Office to test with on Windows). >> >>> ActiveX is more likely a marketing buzzword used for many aspects of the >>> COM technology. >> >> Yes, I've found that a lot. Not a clear line in the sand for what it is. >> >> Thanks both if you can test! >> Bryan >> >> *We'd still want to confirm with an actual build to be sure. >> >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 6:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am 27.01.2017 um 18:03 schrieb Bryan Quigley: >>>> >>>> Looking back over my previous attempt, I think you might not be >>>> affected. (In any case COM/ATL support would not be dropped) >>> >>> >>>> The other problem was not having good test cases for making changes to >>>> the code. I do note in my original release notes "We specifically >>>> want feedback if you use ActiveX to embed LibreOffice components into >>>> your application." Our original intention was to remove the plugin >>>> that allows you to embed LibreOffice inside other applications (like >>>> IE) using ActiveX. Without test cases that worked, we weren't able to >>>> ensure we wouldn't break something. >>> >>> Ah, maybe we were talking about different things. >>> Do you mean the ability i.e. to put an LO calc document as object into a >>> MS >>> word document, and when activating the object the LO menu appears and >>> take >>> over control? I was talking about the pure automation through COM, >>> remotely >>> working on LO documents or gathering information. >>> >>> ActiveX is more likely a marketing buzzword used for many aspects of the >>> COM >>> technology. >>> >>> So, no, we don't use that OLE stuff. I can remember from the early days >>> of >>> OLE it was slow and had poor stability, so I never used that. >>> >>> Best regards >>> Jörgen > > _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
