DCOPRef, call method

[Waldo Bastian]

On Saturday 06 April 2002 04:00 am, Robert JACOLIN wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently working on an application to make automatic tests for koffice
> application (to test filter). I read your HOWTO to understand dcop, dcop
> command and kdcop application.
>
> I want to call the "file_open" kword method from my application.
> its signature is :
> file_open(QCString)
>
> the parameter is the url to open the file.

This doesn't seem to be possible at the moment.

What you try to do is the equivalent of:

dcop kword-<pid> kword-mainwindow#1 action file_open

This will returns a DCOP-reference to the "file_open" action. Typically:
DCOPRef(kword-17583,kword-mainwindow#1/action/file_open)

You can then "activate" that action by calling

dcop kword-17583 kword-mainwindow#1/action/file_open activate

Unfortunately there is no way to pass the filename to this file_open action. 
So all you get is a file-open dialog. 

> To call this method I use call method (class DCopClient) :
>
> QByteArray data, returnData;
> 	QDataStream arg(data, IO_WriteOnly);
> 	QCString returnType;
>
> 	arg <<
> "file://home/bobby/projets/devel/cvs/koffice/filters/kword/latex/test/para.
>kwd"; 

Use arg << "file_open"; instead.

> if (!kapp->dcopClient()->call("kword", (QCString)
> "kword-mainwindow#1", (QCString) "action(QCString)",
>                   data, returnType, returnData))
> 	{
> 		qDebug("there was some error using DCOP.");
> 		cout << "erreur" << endl;
> 	}
> 	cout << "type : " << returnType << endl;
> 	if(returnType == "DCOPRef")
> 	{
> 		QDataStream reply(returnData, IO_ReadOnly);
> 		DCOPRef ref;
> 		reply >> ref;
> 		cout << "data : " << ref.type() << endl;
> 		cout << "data : " << ref.object() << endl;
> 	}
> ############# OUTPUT ##################################
> data : (null)
> data :
> kword-mainwindow#1/action/file://home/bobby/projets/devel/cvs/koffice/filte
>rs/kword/latex/test/para.kwd
> #######################################################
>
> My problem is that KWord doesn't open the file and I don't know what to do
> with this dcopref.

The dcopref that is returned here doesn't make sense at all. It shouldn't 
return anything at all because there is no action 
"file://home/bobby/projets/devel/cvs/koffice/filters/kword/latex/test/para.kwd"

Cheers,
Waldo
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