Introduction to the OpenOffice.org API

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BASIC Guide

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• The Language of OpenOffice.org Basic

• Overview of a Basic Program
• Working With Variables
• Strings
• Numbers
• Boolean Values
• Date and Time
• Arrays
• Scope and Life Span of Variables
• Constants
• Operators
• Branching
• Loops
• Procedures and Functions
• Error Handling

• Runtime Library

• Conversion Functions
• Strings
• Date and Time
• Files and Directories
• Message and Input Boxes
• Other Functions

• Introduction to the API

• Universal Network Objects (UNO)
• Properties and Methods
• Modules, Services and Interfaces
• Tools for Working with UNO
• Overview of Central Interfaces

• Working with Documents

• The StarDesktop
• Templates

• Text Documents

• The Structure of Text Documents
• Editing Text Documents
• More than Just Text

• Spreadsheet Documents

• The Structure of Spreadsheets
  • Rows and Columns
  • Cells and Ranges
  • Formatting Spreadsheet Documents
• Editing Spreadsheet Documents

• Drawings and Presentations

• The Structure of Drawings
• Editing Drawing Objects
• Presentations

• Charts (Diagrams)

• Using Charts in Spreadsheets
• The Structure of Charts
• Chart Types

• Databases

• SQL: a Query Language
• Types of Database Access
• Data Sources
• Database Access

• Dialogs

• Working With Dialogs
• Properties
• Events
• Dialog Control Elements

• Forms

• Working With Forms
• Control Element Forms
• Database Forms

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The OpenOffice.org API is a universal programming interface for access to OpenOffice.org. You can use the OpenOffice.org API to create, open, modify and print out OpenOffice.org documents. It provides the option of extending the functional scope of OpenOffice.org through personal macros and allows personal dialogs to be written.

The OpenOffice.org API may not only be used with OpenOffice.org Basic, but also with other programming languages such as Java and C++. A technique called Universal Network Objects (UNO) which provides an interface to various programming languages makes this possible.

This chapter centers on how OpenOffice.org can be used in OpenOffice.org Basic with the aid of UNO. It describes the main concepts of UNO from the standpoint of a OpenOffice.org Basic programmer. Details on how to work with the various parts of the OpenOffice.org API can be found in the following chapters:

• Universal Network Objects (UNO)
• Properties and Methods
• Modules, Services and Interfaces
• Tools for Working with UNO
• Overview of Central Interfaces