Category: OpenOffice

from win32com.client.dynamic import Dispatch
objServiceManager = Dispatch('com.sun.star.ServiceManager')
Stardesktop = objServiceManager.CreateInstance('com.sun.star.frame.Desktop')
doc = Stardesktop.loadComponentfromURL('private:factory/swriter', '_blank', 0, [])
text = doc.getText()
text.setString("Hello World") 

This script compares two Word documents with OpenOffice via the PyUNO Bridge and shows the differents in PDF file. The PDF result is the original Word document with highlighted diffs. This script came from http://mithrandr.moria.org/blog/447.html.

Before you run this script in the OpenOffice program directory with the python.bat you should start OpenOffice in server mode like:

soffice -headless -invisible '-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;

#!/usr/bin/env python

import uno
from com.sun.star.beans import PropertyValue

url = uno.systemPathToFileUrl('d:\\changed_document.doc')
url_original = uno.systemPathToFileUrl('d:\\original_document.doc')
url_save = uno.systemPathToFileUrl('d:\\the_diff.pdf')

### Get Service Manager
context = uno.getComponentContext()
resolver = context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", context)
ctx = resolver.resolve("uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
smgr = ctx.ServiceManager

### Load document

properties = []
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "Hidden"
p.Value = True
properties.append(p)
properties = tuple(properties)

desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", ctx)
doc = desktop.loadComponentFromURL(url, "_blank", 0, properties)

### Compare with original document
properties = []
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "URL"
p.Value = url_original
properties.append(p)
properties = tuple(properties)

dispatch_helper = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper", ctx)
dispatch_helper.executeDispatch(doc.getCurrentController().getFrame(), ".uno:CompareDocuments", "", 0, properties)

### Save File
properties = []
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "Overwrite"
p.Value = True
properties.append(p)
p = PropertyValue()
p.Name = "FilterName"
p.Value = 'writer_pdf_Export'
properties.append(p)
properties = tuple(properties)

doc.storeToURL(url_save, properties)
doc.dispose()

This script converts an OpenOffice Impress file (sxi) to Microsoft Powerpoint (ppt).

import win32com.client

def createStruct(strTypeName):
    return serviceManager.Bridge_GetStruct(strTypeName)

serviceManager = win32com.client.Dispatch("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
serviceManager._FlagAsMethod("Bridge_GetStruct")

desktop = serviceManager.createInstance("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
url = "file:///c|/collection_data.sxi"

#http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/frame/XComponentLoader.html
present = desktop.loadComponentFromURL(url, "_blank", 0, [])

# save as ppt
# filter name:  MS PowerPoint 97
#http://www.openoffice.org/files/documents/25/111/filter_description.html#anchor_impress
saveProperty = createStruct("com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue")
saveProperty.Name = "FilterName"
saveProperty.Value = "MS PowerPoint 97"
present.storeAsUrl("file:///c|/collection_data.ppt",[saveProperty])

This example starts OpenOffice, creates a new document and writes the text “The first line in the newly created text document.” to it.

import win32com.client

objServiceManager = win32com.client.Dispatch("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
objServiceManager._FlagAsMethod("CreateInstance")
objDesktop = objServiceManager.CreateInstance("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
objDesktop._FlagAsMethod("loadComponentFromURL")

args = []
objDocument = objDesktop.loadComponentFromURL("private:factory/swriter", "_blank", 0, args)
objDocument._FlagAsMethod("GetText")
objText = objDocument.GetText()
objText._FlagAsMethod("createTextCursor","insertString")
objCursor = objText.createTextCursor()
objText.insertString(objCursor, "The first line in the newly created text document.\n", 0)