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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Wannabe-developer requests some help;
From:       Cyber Code <michaelgol () bezeqint ! net>
Date:       2004-10-10 20:35:16
Message-ID: 200410102155.27232.michaelgol () bezeqint ! net
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Hello all,

Like Hans, I'm a wannabe developer with the same problem, except this time 
it's KPresenter. I want to make an import filter for PPT files (the filter 
already exists, but just needs a little updating and completing, as far as I 
understand from Shaheed).

The problem is while I find Shaheed's code fairly understandable, I couldn't 
understand any of the OpenOffice PPT importer code. I don't speak German, but 
I don't think that's the problem - the code looks very complex. It seems that 
I need to recursively study every function called in the code in order to 
understand something, and the functions go pretty deep.

I was wondering if there's any other way to get the information I need (PPT 
file format specifications? or maybe some other open source program that 
reads PPT?)

If there isn't, does any of you guys happen to have any tips that could make 
it a little easier for me to understand the OpenOffice source code? Maybe I'm 
approaching the problem the wrong way - maybe I should use some debugging 
tool? Or first read some OpenOffice SDK documentation? (it doesn't seem to 
cover import filters as far as I know.) How would you approach a problem like 
that?

I'm sorry for troubling you with newbie questions but I'm really lost in all 
this mess. And I believe it's for a good cause.

Thanks,
Michael Goldish
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