2010/2/13 Ryan Prior <[email protected]>: > Hey there all, > > I am trying to set up an automatic word-count script that takes a > document in a wide array of formats (.doc, .odt, .rtf, etc) and prints > the number of words contained therein. I have been searching for a > library that handles a wide array of text formats, and the most > comprehensive tool seems to be OOo. However, I'm having a lot of > trouble scripting it using Uno. > > First of all, I'm currently trying to use PyUno for the scripting. > Here's what my session looks like: > >> r...@ryan-desktop:~$ openoffice.org -headless >> -accept="socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;" >> r...@ryan-desktop:~$ python >> Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Dec 7 2009, 18:43:55) >> [GCC 4.4.1] on linux2 >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >> >>> import uno >> >>> localContext = uno.getComponentContext() >> >>> resolver = >> >>> localContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver",localContext) >> >>> remoteContext = >> >>> resolver.resolve("uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext") >> >>> desktop = >> >>> remoteContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop",remoteContext) >> >>> document = desktop.getCurrentComponent() >> >>> controller = document.getCurrentController() >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'getCurrentController' > > The commands I entered come from these sources: > http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Python-and-OpenOfficeorg/1/ > http://codesnippets.services.openoffice.org/Office/Office.FetchingServicesFromDesktop.snip > > I'm using Python 2.6.4, PyUno 1.9, and OOo 3.1.1 on Ubuntu Karmic. > > > So, my questions are these: > > * Is there a better way to do word counting than using PyUno, as I'm > trying to do? > * How can I use PyUno (or another tool) to connect to OOo, load a > document, and retrieve the word count? > > > Thank you much, > > Ryan
Isn't word count already implemented in OpenOffice.org Writer? Regards Johnny Rosenberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
