Subject: Re: embedded objects
From: Hubert Figuiere (hfiguiere@teaser.fr)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 06:37:01 CST
According to F J Franklin <F.J.Franklin@sheffield.ac.uk>:
> I've been thinking about how to do embedded objects.
>
> One way to do it, perhaps. Associated with an embedded object are:
>
> 1. The object itself
> 2. A rectangular region of page
> 3. The MIME type
> 4. a. The handler
> b. Optional parameters to the handler
>
> which can be expressed in XML like:
>
> <object width="473pt" height="312pt"
> type="application/xml-svg"
> handler="svgviewer">
> <param name="animation" value="no" />
> <param name="web" value="no" />
> <param name="images" value="no" />
> <![CDATA[base-64 encoded embedded object data]]>
> </object>
>
> If the specified handler has not been registered, and if the MIME type is
> not recognized, then an empty rectangle is shown. Otherwise, the handler
> should have a callback to draw itself in a specified viewport, and AbiWord
> should provide it with a comprehensive drawing interface.
No. You should be able to display them using one of the standard image
format. Otherwise obejct embedding will become a user nightmare. And empty
rectangle is NOT user friendly. Much like you have headach when you are
unable to open a Word document that has OLE object it can't handle (I have
seeen that).
Hub
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