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diff --git a/connectivity/registry/README b/connectivity/registry/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..18842b7b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/connectivity/registry/README @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +xcu files are made from several sections, the main ones are: Properties and Features + +Property: actual setting with its underlying type and its default value + +Feature: a boolean that says "let the user change that setting in the Advanced Settings UI" + +This is checked by using officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/DataAccess/Drivers.xcs +and configmgr mechanism +There are two kinds of properties named "Value": +- first one is in "Property" groups and has a static oor:type="any" (can take on boolean, int and other types of values) +- second one is in "Feature" groups and has a static oor:type="boolean" so can take on only boolean values. + +Each node in Feature section must have an equivalent in Property section +Most of the time the node name of both sections should be equal, +however there are 5 known exceptions (more?): +- "UseBracketedOuterJoinSyntax" feature => "EnableOuterJoinEscape" property +- "UseDOSLineEnds" feature => "PreferDosLikeLineEnds" property +- "UseSQL92NamingConstraints" feature => "EnableSQL92Check" property +- "AppendTableAliasInSelect" feature => "AppendTableAliasName" property +- "UseKeywordAsBeforeAlias" feature => "GenerateASBeforeCorrelationName" + +See dbaccess/source/ui/dlg/DbAdminImpl.cxx, ODbDataSourceAdministrationHelper constructor, eg: +m_aIndirectPropTranslator.emplace( <ID>, <property> ) +and dbaccess/source/ui/misc/dsmeta.cxx, lcl_getFeatureMappings() function, eg: +{ <ID>, <feature> }
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