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- Subject: Re: ODFContainer question
- Sent: 8/21/96 5:04 PM
- Received: 8/21/96 4:21 PM
- From: Scott Adler, sadler@spss.com
- Reply-To: ODF Interest, ODF-Interest@CILabs.ORG
- To: OpenDoc Development Framework Discussion List, ODF-Interest@CILabs.
-
- >
- >>I was trying out the ODFContainer example, and I noticed if I save two
- >>ODF container documents, lets say:
- >>
- >> #1 that has
- >> ODFHello and an
- >> ODFNothing embedded in it
- >>
- >>and #2 has an
- >> ODFDraw embedded in it
- >>
- >>when I embed #1 into #2 I get one ODFContainer with all three embedded. I
- >>expected to get an ODFContainer #2 with an ODFDraw and an ODFContainer
- >>(#1) which had 2 embedded in it.
- >>
- >>Am I missing something, or is this behavior on purpose?
- >>
- >>-Scott Adler
- >>sadler@spss.com
- >
- >That's a normal behavior. By default a container should try to
- >incorporate first not embed. This is the default behavior implemented in
- >ODF. When dragging #1 in #2 you can press the Command key, a dialog will
- >then let you embed instead of incorporate.
-
- But what about the case of two similar embedding parts which are just a
- bit different. For instance if I make NewODFContainer, and go to embed it
- in ODFContainer (where NewODFContainer is just an ODFContainer with a few
- tweaks). Does it know to incorporate?
-
- -Scott Adler
- sadler@spss.com
-