OpenOffice.org Macros Explained - LibreOffice-NA.US

Table of Contents
General Information...................................................................................................................1
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1. Introduction and housekeeping...........................................................................................11
1.1. Comments from the author..........................................................................................11
1.2. OpenOffice.org Bug....................................................................................................11
1.3. Environment and comments........................................................................................11
2. Getting Started....................................................................................................................12
2.1. Macro storage..............................................................................................................12
2.1.1. Library container.................................................................................................12
2.1.2. Libraries...............................................................................................................13
2.1.3. Modules and dialogs............................................................................................14
2.1.4. Key points............................................................................................................14
2.2. Creating new modules and libraries............................................................................14
2.3. Macro language...........................................................................................................16
2.4. Create a module in a document...................................................................................16
2.5. Integrated Debugging Environment............................................................................19
2.6. Enter the macro...........................................................................................................22
2.7. Run a macro................................................................................................................23
2.8. Macro security.............................................................................................................23
2.9. Using breakpoints........................................................................................................26
2.10. How libraries are stored............................................................................................26
2.11. How documents are stored........................................................................................27
2.12. Conclusion.................................................................................................................28
3. Language Constructs...........................................................................................................29
3.1. Compatibility with Visual Basic.................................................................................30
3.2. Variables.....................................................................................................................31
3.2.1. Constant, subroutine, function, label, and variable names..................................31
3.2.2. Declaring variables..............................................................................................31
3.2.3. Assigning values to variables..............................................................................34
3.2.4. Boolean variables are True or False....................................................................34
3.2.5. Numeric variables................................................................................................35
Integer variables.........................................................................................................36
Long Integer variables...............................................................................................37
Currency variables.....................................................................................................37
Single variables..........................................................................................................38
Double variables........................................................................................................38
3.2.6. String variables contain text................................................................................38
3.2.7. Date variables......................................................................................................39
3.2.8. Create your own data types.................................................................................41
3.2.9. Declare variables with special types....................................................................42
3.2.10. Object variables.................................................................................................42
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