[Sugar-devel] creating your own templates in write activity

[Martin Sevior]

Hi Manusheel,
                    There is no specific pyabiword binding for insert
textbox but your can use the following technique to access the
abiword/src/wp/ap/xp/ap_EditMethods.cpp function that provide the
interface to libabiword.

do:

self._abiword_canvas.invoke_cmd("insTextbox","",0,0)

To invoke the GUI to insert a textbox.

Cheers

Martin

On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Manusheel Gupta<manu at laptop.org> wrote:
> Tomeu,
>
> Hope all is well.
>
> We have been working on developing a template builder tool in write
> activity, and wish to have your pointers on certain features-
>
> 1. Text box - We realize that the text box tool is missing in the current
> write activity, and wish to develop it. We looked at abiwidget.h file
> closely, and it seems to us that there
>      is no method (function) provided to add textboxes. We investigated
> deeper into the details, and arrived at an approach to develop the text box
> feature-
>
>        a. Create a textbox class on the lines of tablecreator class-  It
> seems that we need to work on 4 files:
>
>             1. OXML_Element_TextBox.cpp
>             2. OXML_Element_TextBox.h
>             3. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.cpp
>             4. OXMLi_ListenerState_TextBox.h
>
>       b. Use invoke_cmd method to insert Textbox.
>           We are not very clear on what all arguments can be passed in this
> method, and their usage. Could you please direct us to a resource, which
> could be helpful in
>           understanding this.
>
> We also wish to ask you about the details of the code, which is used to
> enable menu selections in the advanced abiword activity.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Manu
>
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