OpenOffice Basic
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OpenOffice Basic (formerly known as StarOffice Basic or StarBasic or OOoBasic) is a dialect of the
domain-specific programming language
which specifically serves the OpenOffice application suite.
Example
Although OpenOffice Basic is similar to other dialects of BASIC, such as
application programming interface (API) is very different, as the example below of a macro
illustrates. While there is a much easier way to obtain the "paragraph count" document property, the example shows the fundamental methods for accessing each paragraph in a text document, sequentially.
Sub ParaCount
'
' Count number of paragraphs in a text document
'
Dim Doc As Object, Enum As Object, TextEl As Object, Count As Long
Doc = ThisComponent
' Is this a text document?
If Not Doc.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.TextDocument") Then
MsgBox "This macro must be run from a text document", 64, "Error"
Exit Sub
End If
Count = 0
' Examine each component - paragraph or table?
Enum = Doc.Text.CreateEnumeration
While Enum.HasMoreElements
TextEl = Enum.NextElement
' Is the component a paragraph?
If TextEl.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.Paragraph") Then
Count = Count + 1
End If
Wend
'Display result
MsgBox Count, 0, "Paragraph Count"
End Sub
See also
Further reading
- Steinberg, James (2012). Open Office Basic: An Introduction. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1481270939.
External links
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