Hello Zak,

On Sunday 06 December 2009, 19:47, Zak McKracken wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm not new to scripting, I know my Python (and some VBasic), but I've
> never done a Macro in OOo. Now I'd like to do the following:
> 
> write a macro that will open an OOo file (I have drawings, texts and
> presentations), export it as a PDF (with a certain set of options) and
> close it again.
> By recording the pdf export, I coud find out the syntax for that, but
> recording only works if a document is open.
> 
> Also, I'd need to tell OO to use the default name for the pdf, but in my
> recorded macro it's hard-coded. I'd need something in the form of
> "argv1(1) = [documentname]+'pdf'"
> 
> Can anyone here help me? 

don't know about the macro recorder, but you can use OOo API (in Python, Java, 
C++, OOo Basic, ...) to fully automatize the PDF export, see
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/API/Tutorials/PDF_export

> Feel free to redirect me elsewhere if this is OT
> for this group.

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Regards
-- 
Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina

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