OpenOffice.org Macros Explained - LibreOffice-NA.US

9.2.3. Dynamic Link Libraries....................................................................................201
9.2.4. Calling external applications.............................................................................202
9.2.5. Dynamic Data Exchange...................................................................................203
9.3. User input and output................................................................................................204
9.3.1. Simple output.....................................................................................................205
9.3.2. Multi­line output................................................................................................206
9.3.3. Prompting for input...........................................................................................208
9.4. Error­related routines................................................................................................209
9.5. Miscellaneous routines..............................................................................................211
9.6. Partition.....................................................................................................................214
9.7. Inspection and identification of variables.................................................................216
9.8. Routines you should not use and other curiosities....................................................222
9.9. Routines I do not understand.....................................................................................223
Conclusion.........................................................................................................................224
10. Universal Network Objects.............................................................................................225
10.1. Base types and structures........................................................................................226
10.2. UNO interface.........................................................................................................228
10.3. UNO service............................................................................................................229
10.4. Context....................................................................................................................231
10.5. Inspecting Universal Network Objects...................................................................232
10.6. Use Object or Variant..............................................................................................237
10.7. Comparing UNO variables......................................................................................237
10.8. Built­in global UNO variables................................................................................239
10.9. Creating UNO values for OOo internals.................................................................242
10.10. Finding objects and properties..............................................................................243
10.11. UNO listeners........................................................................................................244
10.11.1. Your first listener...........................................................................................245
10.11.2. A complete listener: selection change listener..............................................245
10.12. Creating a UNO dialog..........................................................................................248
10.13. Conclusion.............................................................................................................251
11. The Dispatcher................................................................................................................252
11.1. The environment.....................................................................................................252
11.1.1. Two different methods to control OOo...........................................................252
11.1.2. Finding dispatch commands............................................................................254
11.1.2.1. Use the WIKI...........................................................................................254
11.1.2.2. Probe the interface...................................................................................254
11.1.2.3. Read source code.....................................................................................257
11.2. Writing a macro using the dispatcher......................................................................257
11.3. Conclusion...............................................................................................................257
12. StarDesktop.....................................................................................................................258
12.1. The Frame service...................................................................................................258
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