| This module contains a grab-bag of unrelated misc. libraries, *none* of which is an extension. |
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| == Application online update checking == |
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| When we start LO, first InitUpdateCheckJobThread is created, via |
| UpdateCheckJob::execute() (from extensions/source/update/check/updatecheckjob.cxx), |
| as a reaction to a "onFirstVisibleTask" event. It waits 25 seconds (so that it |
| does not interfere with the startup itself), and then calls |
| UpdateCheck::initialize() (from extensions/source/update/check/updatecheck.cxx). |
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| This creates one more thread, UpdateCheckThread, that regularly checks whether |
| we have reached the time when we should ask for the update. If yes, asks for |
| that, and shows the download button in the menu (if the new update is |
| available). |
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| == OLE automation bridge == |
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| A bridge between "OLE automation" and UNO, so you can use UNO services |
| from JScript, VBScript, etc. |
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| https://www.openoffice.org/udk/common/man/spec/ole_bridge.html |
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| See udkapi/com/sun/star/bridge/oleautomation/ApplicationRegistration.idl |
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| This is initialized in Desktop::Main() in Desktop::OpenClients_Impl() |
| by creating the service "com.sun.star.bridge.OleApplicationRegistration", |
| which is implemented by ole_adapter::OleServer_Impl. |
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| See extensions/source/ole/ |
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| == ActiveX control == |
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| This allows embedding LO into a Win32 application as an ActiveX control. |
| See extensions/source/activex/ |
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| == Spotlight provider == |
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| On Mac OS X, this allows indexing ODF documents with Spotlight. |
| See extensions/source/macosx/spotlight/ |
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| == Scanner support == |
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| You can scan from LibreOffice, using platform specific backends like TWAIN/SANE. |
| See extensions/source/scanner/ |
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