OpenOffice.org Basic in NetBeans

This is the starting point, to use NetBeans as an IDE for OpenOffice.org Basic, especially with VCL TestTool and the testautomation project.

Current features:

• Syntax highlighting of StarBasic commands
• Highlighting of VCL TestTool commands
• Highlighting of comments, operators, numbers
• Detection of updates to the module (A new .nbm is available)

Open:

• Code Folding
• Semantc detection
• Use colors for syntaxhighlighting from NetBeans

The development preview is available at http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/files/testtool/org-openoffice-vcltesttoolsupport.nbm

Development files:

• language.nbs
• NetBeans project file

Links:

• Generic Languages Framework Tutorial
• NBS Language Description
• Quick Start Guide for Schliemann
• NetBeans Magazine, Issue 4 . Schliemann in the Field