CWS-TOOLING: integrate CWS kde4int

2009-07-15 10:40:52 +0200 pl  r273993 : #i103288# configure
2009-07-09 14:57:24 +0200 pl  r273867 : #i103284# spin fields
2009-07-09 13:49:13 +0200 pl  r273864 : #i103284# min size for dropdown comboboxes
2009-07-09 13:46:11 +0200 pl  r273860 : #i103284# min size fro dropdown listboxes
2009-07-09 13:01:48 +0200 pl  r273857 : #i103284# fix most radiobuttons and checboxes, also on tabpages
2009-07-08 19:38:12 +0200 pl  r273847 : #i103290# clean up, enable KDE4 fpicker
2009-07-08 15:54:06 +0200 pl  r273837 : #i103284# background mode opaque doesn't look that good
2009-07-07 19:29:01 +0200 pl  r273814 : add kde4 directory and deliverables
2009-07-07 11:18:08 +0200 pl  r273786 : make compile with Qt 4.1
2009-07-02 19:20:47 +0200 pl  r273673 : #i103290# add: KDE4 file picker (thanks Roman Shtylman)
2009-07-02 19:16:07 +0200 pl  r273672 : #i103289# add: KDE4integration (thanks Roman Shtylman)
2009-07-02 19:01:20 +0200 pl  r273671 : #i103286# add: KDE4 checks (thanks Roman Shtylman)
2009-07-02 18:58:15 +0200 pl  r273670 : #i103286# initial import for KDE4 backend (thanks Roman Shtylman)
2009-07-02 18:08:06 +0200 pl  r273668 : #i103284# initial import for KDE4 plugin (thanks Roman Shtylman)

15 files changed, 1465 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/exports.map b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/exports.map
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba501f9ae076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/exports.map
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+UDK_3_0_0 {
+    global:
+        GetVersionInfo;
+        component_getImplementationEnvironment;
+        component_getFactory;
+        component_writeInfo;
+
+    local:
+        *;
+};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7eb093bf7217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4backend.cxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.7 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+
+#include "kde4backend.hxx"
+#include "kde4commonlayer.hxx"
+#include "kde4inetlayer.hxx"
+#include "kde4vcllayer.hxx"
+#include "kde4pathslayer.hxx"
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+KDEBackend* KDEBackend::mInstance= 0;
+
+KDEBackend* KDEBackend::createInstance(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+{
+    if (mInstance == 0)
+    {
+        mInstance = new KDEBackend (xContext);
+    }
+
+    return mInstance;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+KDEBackend::KDEBackend(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+        throw (backend::BackendAccessException)
+    : BackendBase(mMutex), m_xContext(xContext)
+{
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+KDEBackend::~KDEBackend(void)
+{
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+uno::Reference<backend::XLayer> SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getLayer(
+    const rtl::OUString& aComponent, const rtl::OUString& /* aTimestamp */)
+    throw (backend::BackendAccessException, lang::IllegalArgumentException)
+{
+    uno::Reference<backend::XLayer> xLayer;
+
+    if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.Office.Common" ) )
+    {
+        xLayer = new KDECommonLayer(m_xContext);
+    }
+    else if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.Inet" ) )
+    {
+        xLayer = new KDEInetLayer(m_xContext);
+    }
+    else if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.VCL" ) )
+    {
+        xLayer = new KDEVCLLayer(m_xContext);
+    }
+    else if( aComponent.equalsAscii("org.openoffice.Office.Paths" ) )
+    {
+        xLayer = new KDEPathsLayer(m_xContext);
+    }
+
+    return xLayer;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+uno::Reference<backend::XUpdatableLayer> SAL_CALL
+KDEBackend::getUpdatableLayer(const rtl::OUString& /* aComponent */)
+    throw (backend::BackendAccessException,lang::NoSupportException,
+           lang::IllegalArgumentException)
+{
+    throw lang::NoSupportException( rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("KDEBackend: No Update Operation allowed, Read Only access") ),
+        *this) ;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getBackendName(void)
+{
+    return rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend") );
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getImplementationName(void)
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    return getBackendName() ;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getBackendServiceNames(void)
+{
+    uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> aServices(1) ;
+    aServices[0] = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("com.sun.star.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend")) ;
+
+    return aServices ;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL KDEBackend::supportsService(const rtl::OUString& aServiceName)
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    uno::Sequence< rtl::OUString > const svc = getBackendServiceNames();
+
+    for(sal_Int32 i = 0; i < svc.getLength(); ++i )
+        if(svc[i] == aServiceName)
+            return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString>
+SAL_CALL KDEBackend::getSupportedServiceNames(void)
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    return getBackendServiceNames() ;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01599c41a74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4backend.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4backend.hxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.4 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XSingleLayerStratum.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/InvalidBootstrapFileException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/CannotConnectException.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase2.hxx>
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_MAP
+#include <map>
+#define INCLUDED_MAP
+#endif
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star ;
+namespace uno = css::uno ;
+namespace lang = css::lang ;
+namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
+
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+typedef cppu::WeakComponentImplHelper2<backend::XSingleLayerStratum,
+                       lang::XServiceInfo> BackendBase ;
+
+/**
+  Implements the SingleLayerStratum service for KDE access.
+  */
+class KDEBackend : public BackendBase {
+    public :
+
+    static KDEBackend* createInstance(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  )
+            throw (uno::RuntimeException) ;
+
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const rtl::OUString& aServiceName )
+            throw (uno::RuntimeException) ;
+
+        virtual uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+            throw (uno::RuntimeException) ;
+
+        /**
+          Provides the implementation name.
+
+          @return   implementation name
+          */
+        static rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getBackendName(void) ;
+
+        /**
+          Provides the supported services names
+
+          @return   service names
+          */
+        static uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> SAL_CALL getBackendServiceNames(void) ;
+
+        //XSingleLayerStratum
+        virtual uno::Reference<backend::XLayer> SAL_CALL
+            getLayer( const rtl::OUString& aLayerId, const rtl::OUString& aTimestamp )
+                throw (backend::BackendAccessException, lang::IllegalArgumentException) ;
+
+        virtual uno::Reference<backend::XUpdatableLayer> SAL_CALL
+            getUpdatableLayer( const rtl::OUString& aLayerId )
+                throw (backend::BackendAccessException, lang::NoSupportException,
+                       lang::IllegalArgumentException) ;
+
+    protected:
+        /**
+          Service constructor from a service factory.
+
+          @param xContext   component context
+          */
+         KDEBackend(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+            throw (backend::BackendAccessException);
+
+        /** Destructor */
+        ~KDEBackend(void) ;
+
+    private:
+
+        /** Build KDE/OO mapping table */
+        void initializeMappingTable ();
+
+
+        /** The component context */
+        uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> m_xContext;
+
+        /** Mutex for reOOurces protection */
+        osl::Mutex mMutex ;
+
+        static KDEBackend* mInstance;
+};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be.xml b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea2d9be6dd6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module-description PUBLIC "-//StarOffice//DTD ComponentDescription 1.0//EN" "module-description.dtd">
+<module-description xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+    <module-name>kde4be</module-name>
+    <component-description>
+        <author> Éric Bischoff </author>
+        <name>com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend</name>
+        <description> The KDE4 configuration backend </description>
+        <loader-name>com.sun.star.loader.SharedLibrary</loader-name>
+        <language>c++</language>
+        <status value="beta"/>
+        <supported-service>com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend</supported-service>
+        <service-dependency>...</service-dependency>
+        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XBackendChangesListener</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XBackendChangesNotifier</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XLayerHandler</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.configuration.backend.XSingleLayerStratum</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XMultiComponentFactory</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XServiceInfo</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XSingleComponentFactory</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.lang.XTypeProvider</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.uno.TypeClass</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XAggregation</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XCurrentContext</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.uno.XWeak</type>
+        <type>com.sun.star.registry.XRegistryKey</type>
+    </component-description>
+    <project-build-dependency>cppuhelper</project-build-dependency>
+    <project-build-dependency>cppu</project-build-dependency>
+    <project-build-dependency>sal</project-build-dependency>
+    <runtime-module-dependency>cppuhelper3$(COM)</runtime-module-dependency>
+    <runtime-module-dependency>cppu3</runtime-module-dependency>
+    <runtime-module-dependency>sal3</runtime-module-dependency>
+</module-description>
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be1-ucd.txt b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be1-ucd.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9671199b26e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4be1-ucd.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[ComponentDescriptor]
+ImplementationName=com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend
+ComponentName=kde4be1.uno.so
+LoaderName=com.sun.star.loader.SharedLibrary
+[SupportedServices]
+com.sun.star.configuration.backend.KDE4Backend
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4becdef.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4becdef.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da0d22ead22e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4becdef.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4becdef.cxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.8 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+#include "kde4backend.hxx"
+
+#include <kapplication.h>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implementationentry.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/registry/XRegistryKey.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+
+#include "uno/current_context.hxx"
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star ;
+namespace uno = css::uno ;
+namespace lang = css::lang ;
+namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
+
+//==============================================================================
+
+static uno::Reference<uno::XInterface> SAL_CALL createKDEBackend(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+{
+    try {
+        uno::Reference< uno::XCurrentContext > xCurrentContext(uno::getCurrentContext());
+
+        if (xCurrentContext.is())
+        {
+            uno::Any aValue = xCurrentContext->getValueByName(
+                rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "system.desktop-environment" ) ) );
+
+            rtl::OUString aDesktopEnvironment;
+            if ( (aValue >>= aDesktopEnvironment) && (aDesktopEnvironment.equalsAscii("KDE")) && (KApplication::kApplication() != NULL) )
+                return * KDEBackend::createInstance(xContext);
+        }
+
+        return uno::Reference<uno::XInterface>();
+
+    } catch (uno::RuntimeException e) {
+        return uno::Reference<uno::XInterface>();
+    }
+
+}
+
+//==============================================================================
+
+static const cppu::ImplementationEntry kImplementations_entries[] =
+{
+    {
+        createKDEBackend,
+        KDEBackend::getBackendName,
+        KDEBackend::getBackendServiceNames,
+        cppu::createSingleComponentFactory,
+        NULL,
+        0
+    },
+    { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0 }
+} ;
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+extern "C" void SAL_CALL component_getImplementationEnvironment(
+                                            const sal_Char **aEnvTypeName,
+                                            uno_Environment **) {
+    *aEnvTypeName = CPPU_CURRENT_LANGUAGE_BINDING_NAME ;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+extern "C" sal_Bool SAL_CALL component_writeInfo(void *,
+                                                 void *pRegistryKey) {
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::registry;
+    if (pRegistryKey)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference< XRegistryKey > xImplKey = static_cast< XRegistryKey* >( pRegistryKey )->createKey(
+                rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/") ) + KDEBackend::getBackendName()
+            );
+
+        // Register associated service names
+            uno::Reference< XRegistryKey > xServicesKey = xImplKey->createKey(
+                rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM("/UNO/SERVICES") )
+            );
+
+            uno::Sequence<rtl::OUString> sServiceNames = KDEBackend::getBackendServiceNames();
+            for (sal_Int32 i = 0 ; i < sServiceNames.getLength() ; ++ i)
+                xServicesKey->createKey(sServiceNames[i]);
+
+            return sal_True;
+        }
+
+        catch( InvalidRegistryException& )
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE(sal_False, "InvalidRegistryException caught");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return sal_False;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+extern "C" void *component_getFactory(const sal_Char *aImplementationName,
+                                      void *aServiceManager,
+                                      void *aRegistryKey) {
+
+    return cppu::component_getFactoryHelper(
+        aImplementationName,
+        aServiceManager,
+        aRegistryKey,
+        kImplementations_entries) ;
+}
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ce844672225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4commonlayer.cxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.7 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+
+#include "kde4commonlayer.hxx"
+
+#include <kemailsettings.h>
+#include <kglobalsettings.h>
+
+#include <QFont>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#define SPACE      ' '
+
+//==============================================================================
+
+KDECommonLayer::KDECommonLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+{
+    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
+    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
+
+    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
+    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
+    if( xServiceManager.is() )
+    {
+        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
+            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void SAL_CALL KDECommonLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
+            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
+    {
+        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
+        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(3);
+    sal_Int32 nProperties = 0;
+
+    // Email client settings
+    KEMailSettings aEmailSettings;
+    QString aClientProgram;
+    ::rtl::OUString sClientProgram;
+
+    aClientProgram = aEmailSettings.getSetting( KEMailSettings::ClientProgram );
+    if ( aClientProgram.isEmpty() )
+        aClientProgram = "kmail";
+    else
+        aClientProgram = aClientProgram.section(SPACE, 0, 0);
+    sClientProgram = (const sal_Unicode *) aClientProgram.utf16();
+
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Common/ExternalMailer/Program") );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sClientProgram );
+
+    // Source code font settings
+    QFont aFixedFont;
+    QString aFontName;
+    :: rtl::OUString sFontName;
+    short nFontHeight;
+
+    aFixedFont = KGlobalSettings::fixedFont();
+    aFontName = aFixedFont.family();
+    sFontName = (const sal_Unicode *) aFontName.utf16();
+    nFontHeight = aFixedFont.pointSize();
+
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Common/Font/SourceViewFont/FontName") );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sFontName );
+
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Common/Font/SourceViewFont/FontHeight") );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "short" ) );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nFontHeight );
+
+    if( nProperties > 0 )
+    {
+        aPropInfoList.realloc(nProperties);
+        m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDECommonLayer::getTimestamp(void)
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
+    // on each office launch.
+
+    KEMailSettings aEmailSettings;
+    QString aClientProgram = aEmailSettings.getSetting( KEMailSettings::ClientProgram );
+    aClientProgram = aClientProgram.section(SPACE, 0, 0);
+
+    QString aFixedFont = KGlobalSettings::fixedFont().toString();
+
+    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp,
+                    sep( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$" ) );
+
+    sTimeStamp = (const sal_Unicode *) aClientProgram.utf16();
+    sTimeStamp += sep;
+    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aFixedFont.utf16();
+
+    return sTimeStamp;
+}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ce4cd4dc962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4commonlayer.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "kde4backend.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star ;
+namespace uno = css::uno ;
+namespace lang = css::lang ;
+namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
+namespace util = css::util ;
+
+/**
+  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
+  the org.openoffice.Office.Common configuration component.
+  */
+class KDECommonLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
+{
+public :
+    /**
+      Constructor given the component context
+
+      @param xContext       The component context
+    */
+
+    KDECommonLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
+
+    // XLayer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
+        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
+            lang::NullPointerException,
+            lang::WrappedTargetException,
+            uno::RuntimeException) ;
+
+    // XTimeStamped
+    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
+        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
+
+    protected:
+
+    /** Destructor */
+    ~KDECommonLayer(void) {}
+
+    private :
+        uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
+};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc661a093fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4inetlayer.cxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.7 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+
+#include <kprotocolmanager.h>
+
+#include "kde4inetlayer.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#define COMMA      ','
+#define SEMI_COLON ';'
+
+//==============================================================================
+
+KDEInetLayer::KDEInetLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+{
+    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
+    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
+
+    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
+    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
+    if( xServiceManager.is() )
+    {
+        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
+            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void SAL_CALL KDEInetLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
+            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
+    {
+        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
+        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(8);
+    sal_Int32 nProperties = 0;
+
+    switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+    {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy: // Proxies are manually configured
+            setProxy(aPropInfoList, nProperties, 1,
+                     KProtocolManager::noProxyFor(),
+                     KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTP" ),
+                     KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "FTP" ),
+                     KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTPS" ));
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:    // A proxy configuration URL has been given
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:   // A proxy should be automatically discovered
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy: // Use the proxy values set through environment variables
+// In such cases, the proxy address is not stored in KDE, but determined dynamically.
+// The proxy address may depend on the requested address, on the time of the day, on the speed of the wind...
+// The best we can do here is to ask the current value for a given address.
+            setProxy(aPropInfoList, nProperties, 1,
+                     KProtocolManager::noProxyFor(),
+                     KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("http://www.openoffice.org") ),
+                     KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("ftp://ftp.openoffice.org") ),
+                     KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("https://www.openoffice.org") ));
+            break;
+        default:                            // No proxy is used
+            setProxy(aPropInfoList, nProperties, 0);
+    }
+
+    if ( nProperties > 0 )
+    {
+      aPropInfoList.realloc(nProperties);
+      m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEInetLayer::getTimestamp(void)
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
+    // on each office launch.
+
+    QString aProxyType, aNoProxyFor, aHTTPProxy, aHTTPSProxy, aFTPProxy;
+
+    switch ( KProtocolManager::proxyType() )
+    {
+        case KProtocolManager::ManualProxy:
+            aProxyType = '1';
+            aNoProxyFor = KProtocolManager::noProxyFor();
+            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTP" );
+            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "HTTPS" );
+            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyFor( "FTP" );
+            break;
+        case KProtocolManager::PACProxy:
+        case KProtocolManager::WPADProxy:
+        case KProtocolManager::EnvVarProxy:
+            aProxyType = '1';
+            aNoProxyFor = KProtocolManager::noProxyFor();
+            aHTTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("http://www.openoffice.org") );
+            aHTTPSProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("https://www.openoffice.org") );
+            aFTPProxy = KProtocolManager::proxyForUrl( KUrl("ftp://ftp.openoffice.org") );
+            break;
+        default:
+            aProxyType = '0';
+    }
+
+    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp,
+                    sep( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$" ) );
+
+    sTimeStamp = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxyType.utf16();
+    sTimeStamp += sep;
+    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aNoProxyFor.utf16();
+    sTimeStamp += sep;
+    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aHTTPProxy.utf16();
+    sTimeStamp += sep;
+    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aHTTPSProxy.utf16();
+    sTimeStamp += sep;
+    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aFTPProxy.utf16();
+
+    return sTimeStamp;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void SAL_CALL KDEInetLayer::setProxy
+    (uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> &aPropInfoList, sal_Int32 &nProperties,
+     int nProxyType, const QString &aNoProxy, const QString &aHTTPProxy, const QString &aFTPProxy, const QString &aHTTPSProxy ) const
+{
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetProxyType") );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( (sal_Int32) nProxyType );
+
+    if (nProxyType == 0) return;
+
+    if ( !aNoProxy.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        QString aNoProxyFor(aNoProxy);
+        ::rtl::OUString sNoProxyFor;
+
+        aNoProxyFor = aNoProxyFor.replace( COMMA, SEMI_COLON );
+        sNoProxyFor = (const sal_Unicode *) aNoProxyFor.utf16();
+
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetNoProxy") );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sNoProxyFor );
+    }
+
+    if ( !aHTTPProxy.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        KUrl aProxy(aHTTPProxy);
+        ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
+        sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
+
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPProxyName") );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sProxy );
+
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPProxyPort") );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nPort );
+    }
+
+    if ( !aHTTPSProxy.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        KUrl aProxy(aHTTPSProxy);
+        ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
+        sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
+
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPSProxyName") );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sProxy );
+
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetHTTPSProxyPort") );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nPort );
+    }
+
+    if ( !aFTPProxy.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        KUrl aProxy(aFTPProxy);
+        ::rtl::OUString sProxy = (const sal_Unicode *) aProxy.host().utf16();
+        sal_Int32 nPort = aProxy.port();
+
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetFTPProxyName") );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sProxy );
+
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Inet/Settings/ooInetFTPProxyPort") );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+            RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "int" ) );
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+        aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( nPort );
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64d00fec45fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4inetlayer.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QString>
+
+#include "kde4backend.hxx"
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star ;
+namespace uno = css::uno ;
+namespace lang = css::lang ;
+namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
+namespace util = css::util ;
+
+/**
+  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
+  the org.openoffice.Inet configuration component.
+  */
+class KDEInetLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
+{
+public :
+    /**
+      Constructor given the component context
+
+      @param xContext       The component context
+    */
+
+    KDEInetLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
+
+    // XLayer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
+        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
+                lang::NullPointerException,
+                lang::WrappedTargetException,
+                uno::RuntimeException) ;
+
+    // XTimeStamped
+    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
+        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
+
+    protected:
+
+    /** Destructor */
+    ~KDEInetLayer(void) {}
+
+private :
+    uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
+
+    void SAL_CALL setProxy
+        (uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> &aPropInfoList, sal_Int32 &nProperties,
+         int nProxyType, const QString &aNoProxyfor = QString(),
+         const QString &aHTTPProxy = QString(), const QString &aFTPProxy = QString(), const QString &aHTTPSProxy = QString()) const;
+};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2511d0b57405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4pathslayer.cxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.5 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+
+#include "kde4pathslayer.hxx"
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <kglobalsettings.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+
+#include <osl/security.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#define SPACE      ' '
+
+//==============================================================================
+
+KDEPathsLayer::KDEPathsLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+{
+    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
+    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
+
+    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
+    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
+    if( xServiceManager.is() )
+    {
+        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
+            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void SAL_CALL KDEPathsLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
+            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
+    {
+        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
+        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(1);
+    sal_Int32 nProperties = 0;
+
+    QString aDocumentsDir( KGlobalSettings::documentPath() );
+    rtl::OUString sDocumentsDir;
+    rtl::OUString sDocumentsURL;
+    if ( aDocumentsDir.endsWith(QChar('/')) )
+        aDocumentsDir.truncate ( aDocumentsDir.length() - 1 );
+    sDocumentsDir = (const sal_Unicode *) aDocumentsDir.utf16();
+    osl_getFileURLFromSystemPath( sDocumentsDir.pData, &sDocumentsURL.pData );
+
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Name = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.Office.Paths/Variables/Work") );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Type = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties].Protected = sal_False;
+    aPropInfoList[nProperties++].Value = uno::makeAny( sDocumentsURL );
+
+    if( nProperties > 0 )
+    {
+        aPropInfoList.realloc(nProperties);
+        m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEPathsLayer::getTimestamp(void)
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
+    // on each office launch.
+
+    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp,
+                    sep( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "$" ) );
+
+    QString aDocumentsDir;
+    aDocumentsDir = KGlobalSettings::documentPath();
+
+    sTimeStamp += (const sal_Unicode *) aDocumentsDir.utf16();
+
+    return sTimeStamp;
+}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40d31a73c4f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4pathslayer.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4pathslayer.hxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.3 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "kde4backend.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star ;
+namespace uno = css::uno ;
+namespace lang = css::lang ;
+namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
+namespace util = css::util ;
+
+/**
+  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
+  the org.openoffice.Office.Paths configuration component.
+  */
+class KDEPathsLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
+{
+public :
+    /**
+      Constructor given the component context
+
+      @param xContext       The component context
+    */
+
+    KDEPathsLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
+
+    // XLayer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
+        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
+            lang::NullPointerException,
+            lang::WrappedTargetException,
+            uno::RuntimeException) ;
+
+    // XTimeStamped
+    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
+        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
+
+    protected:
+
+    /** Destructor */
+    ~KDEPathsLayer(void) {}
+
+    private :
+        uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
+};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.cxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..780c3e4e7ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+ *
+ * $RCSfile: kde4vcllayer.cxx,v $
+ * $Revision: 1.5 $
+ *
+ * This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+ * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+ * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+ * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+// MARKER(update_precomp.py): autogen include statement, do not remove
+#include "precompiled_shell.hxx"
+
+#include "kde4vcllayer.hxx"
+
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/PropertyInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+//==============================================================================
+
+KDEVCLLayer::KDEVCLLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext)
+{
+    //Create instance of LayerContentDescriber Service
+    rtl::OUString const k_sLayerDescriberService(RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+        "com.sun.star.comp.configuration.backend.LayerDescriber"));
+
+    typedef uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> LayerDescriber;
+    uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xServiceManager = xContext->getServiceManager();
+    if( xServiceManager.is() )
+    {
+        m_xLayerContentDescriber = LayerDescriber::query(
+            xServiceManager->createInstanceWithContext(k_sLayerDescriberService, xContext));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSL_TRACE("Could not retrieve ServiceManager");
+    }
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void SAL_CALL KDEVCLLayer::readData( const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+    throw ( backend::MalformedDataException, lang::NullPointerException,
+            lang::WrappedTargetException, uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    if( ! m_xLayerContentDescriber.is() )
+    {
+        throw uno::RuntimeException( rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM(
+            "Could not create com.sun.star.configuration.backend.LayerContentDescriber Service"
+        ) ), static_cast < backend::XLayer * > (this) );
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence<backend::PropertyInfo> aPropInfoList(1);
+
+/*
+   Commenting out, does not make much sense without an accessibility bridge
+===========================================================================
+#if defined(QT_ACCESSIBILITY_SUPPORT)
+// Accessibility tools under Qt for UNIX are available starting with Qt 4.0
+    int nVersionMajor = 0;
+    const char *q = qVersion();     // "3.1.0" for example
+    while ('0' <= *q && *q <= '9')
+        nVersionMajor = nVersionMajor * 10 + *q++ - '0';
+    sal_Bool ATToolSupport = (sal_Bool) (nVersionMajor >= 4);
+#else
+    sal_Bool ATToolSupport = sal_False;
+#endif
+===========================================================================
+   End of commented out section
+*/  sal_Bool ATToolSupport = sal_False;
+
+    aPropInfoList[0].Name = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "org.openoffice.VCL/Settings/Accessibility/EnableATToolSupport") );
+    aPropInfoList[0].Type = rtl::OUString(
+        RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "string" ) );
+    aPropInfoList[0].Protected = sal_False;
+    aPropInfoList[0].Value = uno::makeAny( rtl::OUString::valueOf( ATToolSupport ) );
+
+    m_xLayerContentDescriber->describeLayer(xHandler, aPropInfoList);
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rtl::OUString SAL_CALL KDEVCLLayer::getTimestamp(void)
+    throw (uno::RuntimeException)
+{
+    // Return the value as timestamp to avoid regenerating the binary cache
+    // on each office launch.
+
+    ::rtl::OUString sTimeStamp(
+                RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( "FALSE" ) );
+
+    return sTimeStamp;
+}
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.hxx b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16036ee89122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/kde4vcllayer.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "kde4backend.hxx"
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/BackendAccessException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/backend/XLayerContentDescriber.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XTimeStamped.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase2.hxx>
+
+namespace css = com::sun::star ;
+namespace uno = css::uno ;
+namespace lang = css::lang ;
+namespace backend = css::configuration::backend ;
+namespace util = css::util ;
+
+/**
+  Implementation of the XLayer interface for the KDE values mapped into
+  the org.openoffice.VCL configuration component.
+  */
+class KDEVCLLayer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper2<backend::XLayer, util::XTimeStamped>
+{
+public :
+    /**
+      Constructor given the component context
+
+      @param xContext       The component context
+    */
+
+    KDEVCLLayer(const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
+
+    // XLayer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL readData(
+        const uno::Reference<backend::XLayerHandler>& xHandler)
+        throw ( backend::MalformedDataException,
+            lang::NullPointerException,
+            lang::WrappedTargetException,
+            uno::RuntimeException) ;
+
+    // XTimeStamped
+    virtual rtl::OUString SAL_CALL getTimestamp(void)
+        throw (uno::RuntimeException);
+
+    protected:
+
+    /** Destructor */
+    ~KDEVCLLayer(void) {}
+
+    private :
+        uno::Reference<backend::XLayerContentDescriber> m_xLayerContentDescriber ;
+};
diff --git a/shell/source/backends/kde4be/makefile.mk b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/makefile.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f92762e5ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/source/backends/kde4be/makefile.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#*************************************************************************
+#
+# DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+# 
+# Copyright 2008 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+#
+# OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite
+#
+# $RCSfile: makefile.mk,v $
+#
+# $Revision: 1.5 $
+#
+# This file is part of OpenOffice.org.
+#
+# OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3
+# only, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# OpenOffice.org 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 version 3 for more details
+# (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code).
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# version 3 along with OpenOffice.org.  If not, see
+# <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html>
+# for a copy of the LGPLv3 License.
+#
+#*************************************************************************
+PRJ=..$/..$/..
+
+PRJNAME=shell
+TARGET=kde4be
+
+LIBTARGET=NO
+ENABLE_EXCEPTIONS=TRUE
+
+COMP1TYPELIST=$(TARGET)
+COMPRDB=$(SOLARBINDIR)$/types.rdb
+UNOUCROUT=$(OUT)$/inc$/$(TARGET)
+INCPRE=$(UNOUCROUT)
+
+# --- Settings ---
+
+.INCLUDE : settings.mk
+
+# For some of the included external KDE headers, GCC complains about shadowed
+# symbols in instantiated template code only at the end of a compilation unit,
+# so the only solution is to disable that warning here:
+.IF "$(COM)" == "GCC"
+CFLAGSCXX+=-Wno-shadow
+.ENDIF
+
+UNIXTEXT=$(MISC)/$(TARGET)1-ucd.txt
+
+# no "lib" prefix
+DLLPRE =
+
+.IF "$(ENABLE_KDE4)" == "TRUE"
+
+CFLAGS+=$(KDE4_CFLAGS)
+
+# --- Files ---
+
+SLOFILES=\
+    $(SLO)$/kde4backend.obj \
+    $(SLO)$/kde4commonlayer.obj \
+    $(SLO)$/kde4inetlayer.obj \
+    $(SLO)$/kde4vcllayer.obj \
+    $(SLO)$/kde4pathslayer.obj \
+    $(SLO)$/kde4becdef.obj
+
+SHL1NOCHECK=TRUE
+SHL1TARGET=$(TARGET)1.uno   
+SHL1OBJS=$(SLOFILES)
+SHL1DEF=$(MISC)$/$(SHL1TARGET).def
+
+SHL1IMPLIB=i$(SHL1TARGET)
+SHL1STDLIBS=    \
+        $(CPPUHELPERLIB) \
+        $(CPPULIB) \
+        $(SALLIB) \
+        $(KDE4_LIBS) -lkio
+        
+SHL1VERSIONMAP=exports.map
+SHL1DEF=$(MISC)$/$(SHL1TARGET).def
+DEF1NAME=$(SHL1TARGET)
+
+.ENDIF
+
+# --- Targets ---
+
+.INCLUDE : target.mk