Hi Ennio
Alle 00:15, giovedì 16 giugno 2005, Ennio-Sr ha scritto:
[...]
> Concerning the second part of the captioned subject,
> I started reading the Star Basic Guide and tried to run one of the
> examples I found there; but I'm under the impression to have picked the
> wrong one for a start, as there is no way to make it run!
>
> This example was taken from p. 102 of the Italian version:
>
> Sub test_search
> '------------------------
>
> Dim SearchDesc As Object
> Dim Doc as Object
>
> Doc = StarDesktop.CurrentComponent '[*]
[....]
> [*] BASIC runtime error: Property or method not found.
When you're in the IDE the CurrentComponent is the IDE itself !
therefore you must run the macro from a Writer document
> Searching the ML I saw a similar post by Daniel Carrera ("The StarBasic
> guide is boken" - 12 Aug 2004) which quoted a different example; so
The message you've picked has nothing to deal with your problem.
I think that if you would have searched for "StarDesktop.CurrentComponent
Error" Instead of "Broken StarBasic guide" you would have had better luck
> my question is: what should I start reading (methodically) to basic Basic?
If I well remember, I've already answered to you privately, on a similar
question.
anyway, this is my personal advice:
1) the online help
2) The DevGuide , only chapter 11: "OpenOffice.org Basic and Dialogs"
(check it in the latest SDK)
3) the StarBasic manual from Sun
4) the Andrew Pitonyak's macro document
strongly suggested also :
- Sun's Programmer's Tutorial
( http://api.openoffice.org/basic/man/tutorial/tutorial.pdf )
- the DevGuide (the remaining chapters)
Maybe purchasing a copy of "OpenOffice.org Macros Explained" would be also a
good idea
All resources I've cited are listed here:
http://development.openoffice.org/#BASIC
Further:
- do practice! try everything by yourself
- read and understand the basic libraries installed with Ooo
- read and understand the code from other.
you can found lots of macros here http://www.ooomacros.org
Finally:
when you are programming, save your time, use Xray (a smart package from
Bernard Marcelly)
ciao
Paolo M
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