Groovy For OpenOffice-0.6.0-beta-1

Extension:
Extension ID:
org.ifcx.oo.groovyforopenoffice
Release date:
15/06/2008 - 23:53
Version:
0.6.0-beta-1
Operating system:
System Independent
Compatibility:
2.x, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4
Binary type:
OOo extension (.oxt)
Release Notes: 

Download the full package (.zip) from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=199110&package_id=237851 in order to get installation instructions and sample code. Also IFCX Wings at http://www.ifcx.org/wiki/Wings.html is the prime application of G4OO.

This is a beta release of this OpenOffice 2.x Extension which adds support for writing macros in Groovy.

Java 1.5 and OpenOffice 2.1 or later is required.

THERE IS NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND FOR THIS FREE SOFTWARE!

THE EXTENSION AND THE MACROS RUN WITHOUT RESTRICTION USING
THE SAME PERMISSIONS AS THE USER THAT LAUNCHED OPENOFFICE!

The version of Groovy bundled with this release is:
1.5.6
http://groovy.codehaus.org/

Also bundled is Apache Ivy 2.0 SVN (r652889) with patches.
http://ant.apache.org/ivy/

Ivy RoundUp BuilderResolver patch.
ivyroundup.googlecode.com/

And my Maven classifier caching fix:
http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-803

Groovy JSR-223 Scripting Engine:
http://scripting.java.net/

LiveTribe Open Source JSR-223 Java Scripting API implementation:
http://livetribe.codehaus.org/

To install the extension (GroovyScripting.oxt), use the "Tools : Extension Manager..." menu then choose "Add...".
Beware that if you change the name of the file then you may have a conflict which future installs with the original name.

The Groovy_Samples.odt file is an ODF document with a few sample Groovy macros in it and some getting started help.

A copy of IFCX Wings (G4OO's raison d'etre) is included.
0.6-SNAPSHOT
http://www.ifcx.org/wiki/Wings.html

Change log:

The 0.6 release:
* Update to Groovy 1.5.6.
* Full Ivy 2.0-SNAPSHOT with dependencies (including VFS).
* Add LiveTribe JSR-223 API OSS implementation (2.0.3-SNAPSHOT).
* Add java.net Scripting Groovy JSR-223 engine.