Martin, Thank you for the pointer. Very helpful. We have been able to add the text box feature in the write activity. Regards, Manu <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Martin Sevior <<a href="mailto:msevior@gmail.com">msevior@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">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 <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Manusheel Gupta<<a href="mailto:manu@laptop.org">manu@laptop.org</a>> 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 > </div></div>> _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a> > > </blockquote></div>