This is a tutorial that will create the text “Hello World” within the current document of a OpenOffice Writer document.<\/p>\n
To be able to get into the editor, if you click Tools->Macros->Organize Macros->OpenOffice Basic and then select Edit on the module1 within MyMacros->Standard.<\/p>\n
The code required builds up an object to document and also a network object server that communicates with the document frame (createUnoService) the objects within the parameters e.g com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper are services that enable communication with dispatch object which in-turns ‘talks’ to the document object.<\/p>\n
The code <\/p>\n
\r\nsub helloworld\r\nrem ----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nrem define variables\r\ndim document as object\r\ndim dispatcher as object\r\nrem ----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nrem get access to the document\r\ndocument = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame\r\nrem ----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nrem Create a universe network object service with the frame.\r\ndispatcher = createUnoService(\"com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper\")\r\n\r\nrem ----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nrem The type is a text string and the value of the string is Hello World\r\ndim args1(0) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue\r\nargs1(0).Name = \"Text\"\r\nargs1(0).Value = \"Hello World\"\r\n\r\ndispatcher.executeDispatch(document, \".uno:InsertText\", \"\", 0, args1())\r\n\r\nrem ----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nrem Create a new paragraph\r\ndispatcher.executeDispatch(document, \".uno:InsertPara\", \"\", 0, Array())\r\nend sub\r\n<\/pre>\nif you open up a new document and then goto the macro editor (click Tools->Macros->Organize Macros->OpenOffice Basic and then select Edit on the module1 within MyMacros->Standard) insert the code into the editor. To run the code, click on the Tools->Macro->Run Macro, then select the Helloworld subroutine from the MyMacros->Standard->Module1.<\/p>\n
That is it, and the start of tutorials for OpenOffice being \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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