During these lasts days i have been reading things about Odoo and how it had improved since i last worked on it professionally and i came across
Basics-developing-simple-module-openerp a great resource for anyone wanting to start working on Odoo.
So work started on
document_scanner, a plugin for Odoo, which uses Tesseract to import pictures and convert them to text .
The entry point of a Odoo plugin is the __init__.py file and as my plugin is written on document_scanner.py my __init__.py file looks like
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| # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import document_scanner
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Next lets take a look at the __openerp__.py file where you must include the dependencies, the description and your personal information which will be visible to the user when the plugin is installed. My file looks like:
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| {
'name': 'Document Scanner',
'version': '1.0',
'category': 'Tools',
'description': """
Module which uses OCR to treat image files in Odoo.
==============================================
""",
'author': 'Rui Caridade',
'depends': ['base','document'],
'data': ['document_scanner_view.xml'],
'demo': [],
'installable': True,
'auto_install': False
}
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which visually translates to
On the __openerp__.py file if you notice there is a reference to a xml file "document_scanner_view.xml" which is where the look and feel of the plugin is defined.
On document_scanner the xml file looks like :
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| <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<openerp>
<data>
<record id="document_scanner_wizard_view_form" model="ir.ui.view">
<field name="name">document.scanner.wizard.form</field>
<field name="model">document.scanner.wizard</field>
<field name="arch" type="xml">
<form string="Document Scanner">
<group col="4">
<field name="data"/>
</group>
<group col="4">
<field name="textoDaImagem"/>
</group>
<button name="import_file" string="Import" type="object" />
<button icon="gtk-cancel" special="cancel" string="Cancel"/>
</form>
</field>
</record>
<record model="ir.actions.act_window" id="action_document_scanner_form">
<field name="name">Document Scanner</field>
<field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
<field name="res_model">document.scanner.wizard</field>
<field name="view_type">form</field>
<field name="view_mode">form</field>
<field name="target">new</field>
</record>
<record id="action_dir_doc_scanner_view" model="ir.actions.act_window.view">
<field name="view_mode">form</field>
<field name="view_id" ref="document_scanner_wizard_view_form"/>
<field name="act_window_id" ref="action_document_scanner_form"/>
</record>
<menuitem
action="action_document_scanner_form"
id="menu_document_scanner"
parent="knowledge.menu_document_configuration"/>
</data>
</openerp>
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To better understand the file i recommend you read it from the menuitem till the top.
After that was done i needed to find a picture to test and i found
Factura Vaca
The end result
The text is not quite right yet, still have to look into it. Still thinking on how i can improve this plugin. Any suggestions?
