by intuitas » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:27 pm
Hi Christian et al,
It seems as if version 2.3 of Open Office has a stable multi-display option in Impress. I am suggesting to our church that they try using it (outside Zionworx of course) rather than invest in an MS Office upgrade, pending its possible incorporation in version 3 of Zionworx. Files saved with secondary/tertiary display set seem to retain their settings (unlike MS PowerPoint 2000)
Although I was able to make suggestions regarding database it the 4GL level I am out of my depth when it comes to Delphi.
It appears that Open Office uses an XML based OpenDocument format which may make it suitable to incorporate thumbnail slide display and progression within Zionworx.
So far as integrating control of Impress goes it seems that the OpenOffice API/SDK is freely available, although because it is an integrated office product I am not sure what this implies for Impress alone.
Blessings
Paul