michael: Do you want to join the Mac OS X porting team? Brilliant Idea.
I have carbon copied the Mac OS X porting mail list so that we can add this to our base of knowledge. James McKenzie Mac OS X QA/Test Team Lead -----Original Message----- >From: michel RENON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 9, 2006 2:52 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [porting-dev] Automation on Mac OS > >Hi porters, > >I found a solution to my problem, and i would like to share it : > >you need to modify the applescript located in >"OpenOffice.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/Main.spt" : >just add the following code : >--------------------------------------------- >on macro(theMacro) > if (preRun()) then > openMacro(theMacro) > end if > >end macro > >on openMacro(aMacro) > set theDisplay to startXServer() > if (theDisplay is equal to "error") then > return > end if > set theEnv to "DISPLAY=" & theDisplay & " ; export DISPLAY; " > set theCmd to "sh \"" & POSIX path of getOOProgramPath() & "soffice" & >"\" " > set theScript to theEnv & theCmd & " 'macro:///" & aMacro & "' " & " >&>/dev/null & echo $!" > -- display dialog theScript > do shell script theScript >end openMacro >--------------------------------------------- > >That's all ! > >Now, we can call OpenOffice and ask it to execute a macro like this : > >tell application "OpenOffice.org2.0" > macro("Standard.Module1.myMacro(aParam)") >end tell > > >Note : >if you send a file's path, you need to write it the unix way, not the >mac way : >- mac way : "absolute:path:to:the:file" >- unix way : "/Volumes/absolute/path/to/the/file" > >example of a call with a file as param : >tell application "OpenOffice.org2.0" > macro("Standard.Module1.myConvert(/Volumes/absolute/path/to/the/file)") >end tell > > > >Hope this helps, > > >Michel Renon > > >Le 13 sept. 06, � 13:04, michel RENON a �crit : > >> Hi porters, >> >> I did a quick search on users mailing list and found nothing, so i >> come here as it is Mac related. >> Sorry if it is off-topic. >> >> >> My question : >> I'm writing a software with a RAD tool (4th Dimension) and i would >> like my software to communicate with OpenOffice : >> I already can : >> - launch openoffice >> - open a list of documents >> with a command like "osacript path/to/OpenOffice path/to/document.odt" >> >> >> But how can i >> - open a new document from template (template name as parameter) >> - execute a macro (macro name as parameter) >> ? >> >> >> Thanks for any information, >> >> Michel >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
