README.txt
1 Description.
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3The StarOffice ActiveX control shows an example of access to UNO through COM technology.
4It requires a properly installed StarOffice version 6.0/6.1 or OpenOffice 1.0.
5This is a Lite ActiveX control so it can be used only in containers that
6allows to use such controls.
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8Pressing to any link to staroffice document should activate the control.
9So the document will be opened in ReadOnly mode.
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11Also it can be activated with an <OBJECT> tag from a html-page.
12Without any parameters for an object tag a new writer document will be
13opened for editing. Possible parameters are
14 src - full URL to the file that should be edited/viewed;
15 it can contain "private:factory/..." URLs to open new documents
16 for edit, for example "private:factory/swriter"
17 readonly - the default value is "true", in case it is set to any other
18 value the document is opened for editing
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20As any ActiveX control this one should be registered.
21To let MSIE register it itself the "CODEBASE" parameter
22for the "OBJECT" tag should be specified
23with an URL to the library "so_activex.dll".
24The example of registration with "OBJECT" tag is in example.html.
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26Also it can be done using regsvr32 application.
27To do it please write
28<Path to Windows installation>\System32\regsvr32 so_activex.dll
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30To unregister the control please use /u option:
31<Path to Windows installation>\system32\regsvr32 so_activex.dll /u
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