Re: BonoboPreview initiative

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Sun, 2001-12-09 at 15:43, ERDI Gergo wrote:
> On 9 Dec 2001, Dirk-Jan C. Binnema wrote:
> 
> > Wouldn't it be nicer to have the host app for the document expose a
> > PreviewControl interface (using a moniker). Thus, the host app has
> > responsibility for the preview. For apps that don't support the
> > interface, there could be a fallback mechanism.
> 
> actually, this was my second idea, but I thought images were a simpler
> solution.
> 
> So we could just do something like
> 	preview_widget = bonobo_widget_new ("file:/home/user/mytable.gnumeric!preview");
> 
> i.e. just resolve !preview for Control.
> 
it makes more sense IMO, for more general cases, to have a
PreviewControl interface, as Dirk said, and just do:

preview_widget = bonobo_get_object ("file:/home/user/mytable.gnumeric",
"Bonobo/PreviewControl");

cheers
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