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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ *  $RCSfile: appletshape.hxx,v $
+ *
+ *  $Revision: 1.2 $
+ *
+ *  last change: $Author: obo $ $Date: 2007-07-17 14:51:03 $
+ *
+ *  The Contents of this file are made available subject to
+ *  the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1.
+ *
+ *
+ *    GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1
+ *    =============================================
+ *    Copyright 2005 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *    901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
+ *
+ *    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *    License version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ *    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ *    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ *    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SLIDESHOW_APPLETSHAPE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SLIDESHOW_APPLETSHAPE_HXX
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+
+namespace com { namespace sun { namespace star { namespace drawing
+{
+    class XShape;
+} } } }
+namespace rtl {
+    class OUString;
+}
+
+namespace slideshow
+{
+    namespace internal
+    {
+        struct SlideShowContext;
+        class Shape;
+
+        boost::shared_ptr<Shape> createAppletShape(
+            const ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference<
+               ::com::sun::star::drawing::XShape >& xShape,
+            double                                  nPrio,
+            const ::rtl::OUString&                  rServiceName,
+            const char**                            pPropCopyTable,
+            sal_Size                                nNumPropEntries,
+            const SlideShowContext&                 rContext );
+    }
+}
+
+#endif /* INCLUDED_SLIDESHOW_APPLETSHAPE_HXX */