diff -r 923ff622b8b9 -r 4633027730f5 src/hbutils/document/hbdocumentloaderactions_p.cpp
--- a/src/hbutils/document/hbdocumentloaderactions_p.cpp	Tue Jul 06 14:36:53 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/hbutils/document/hbdocumentloaderactions_p.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:05:37 2010 +0300
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 #include "hbdocumentloader_p.h"
 #include <hbwidget_p.h>
 #include <hbwidgetbase_p.h>
+#include <hbview.h>
+#include <hbview_p.h>
+#include <hbmenu.h>
+#include <hbtoolbar.h>
+#include <hbaction.h>
 
 
 class AccessToMetadata : public QObject
@@ -557,7 +562,11 @@
             delete anchor;
             return false;
         } else {
-            anchor->setPreferredLength( prefVal );
+            // if the expression resulted a negative result, we must reverse the direction
+            if ( prefLength.mType == HbXmlLengthValue::Expression && prefVal < 0 && dir ) {
+                *dir = (*dir==HbAnchor::Positive) ? HbAnchor::Negative : HbAnchor::Positive;
+            }
+            anchor->setPreferredLength( qAbs(prefVal) );         
         }
     }
 
@@ -1298,3 +1307,78 @@
 }
 
 
+bool HbDocumentLoaderActions::setObjectTree( QList<QObject *> roots )
+{
+    reset();
+    addToObjectMap( roots );
+    return true;
+}
+
+void HbDocumentLoaderActions::addToObjectMap( QList<QObject *> objects )
+{
+    for ( int i = 0; i < objects.size(); i++ ) {
+        QObject *obj = objects.at(i);
+        QGraphicsWidget *widget = qobject_cast<QGraphicsWidget*>(obj);
+
+        ObjectMapItem item;
+        item.mObject = obj;
+        item.mType = widget ? HbXml::WIDGET : HbXml::OBJECT;
+        item.mOwned = false;
+        mObjectMap.insert( obj->objectName(), item );
+
+        if ( widget ) {
+            widgetAddedToMap( widget );
+            addToObjectMap( widget->childItems() );
+        } else {
+            addToObjectMap( obj->children() );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void HbDocumentLoaderActions::addToObjectMap( QList<QGraphicsItem *> objects )
+{
+    for ( int i = 0; i < objects.size(); i++ ) {
+        if ( objects.at(i)->isWidget() ) {
+            QGraphicsWidget *widget = static_cast<QGraphicsWidget *>( objects.at(i) );
+            ObjectMapItem item;
+            item.mObject = widget;
+            item.mType = HbXml::WIDGET;
+            item.mOwned = false;
+            mObjectMap.insert( widget->objectName(), item );
+            addToObjectMap( widget->childItems() );
+        }
+    }    
+}
+
+void HbDocumentLoaderActions::widgetAddedToMap(QGraphicsWidget *widget)
+{
+    // check the menu/toolbar from view
+    if ( widget->type() == Hb::ItemType_View ) {
+        HbView *view = qobject_cast<HbView*>(widget);
+        HbViewPrivate *viewPrivate = HbViewPrivate::d_ptr( view );
+        if ( viewPrivate->menu ) {
+            QList<QObject *> newObjects;
+            newObjects << viewPrivate->menu.data();
+            addToObjectMap( newObjects );
+        }
+        if ( viewPrivate->toolBar ) {
+            QList<QObject *> newObjects;
+            newObjects << viewPrivate->toolBar.data();
+            addToObjectMap( newObjects );
+        }
+    // check submenu
+    } else if ( widget->type() == Hb::ItemType_Menu ) {
+        QList<QAction *> actions = widget->actions();
+        for ( int i = 0; i < actions.count(); i++ ) {
+            HbAction *action = qobject_cast<HbAction *>( actions.at(i) );
+            if ( action && action->menu() ) {
+                QList<QObject *> newObjects;
+                newObjects << action->menu();
+                addToObjectMap( newObjects );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+