Range( ) is supported in AOO Basic, when the VBA compatibility mode is on. It can be used within a function, but can't be used as a parameter...
On 3 July 2015 at 10:26, JZA <acolor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Andrew Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> > wrote: > > > On 30.06.2015 14:54, Mark Polczynski wrote: > > > >> I am an absolute beginner to OpenOffice macros, but have some knowledge > of > >> VBA. What is the OpenOffce macro equivalent of the VBA statement: > >> > >> x = Range("Y") > >> > >> Also, what is the equivalent of: > >> > >> x = Cells(1,1) > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Mark Polczynski > >> > > > > > > I assume that you posted this to the forum as suggested, but, I did not > > see your question there (it is a better place to answer these questions) > > > > You get cells from the sheet containing them. I am unsure what Range("Y") > > does, but a rough guess is that it is a defined range. > > > > > Doing some googling this seems to explain what range is: > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff836512.aspx > > Just as Andrew mentioned, is the same as GetCellRangeBy[Position, Name]. > > > > > > > So, if you just want the currently active sheet in a Calc document, you > > can do something like this: > > > > ThisComponent.CurrentController.getActiveSheet() > > > > If you want a specific sheet, you can use > > > > ThisComponent.Sheets.getByIndex(<insert sheet index here>) > > ThisComponent.Sheets.getByName(<insert sheet name here>) > > > > Now, assume that you want cell A1, you can use > > > > ThisComponent.CurrentController.getActiveSheet().getCellByPosition(0, 0) > > > > The first 0 means the first column and the second 0 means the first row. > > > > You can also use: > > > > getCellByPosition(left, top) Get a cell within the range. > > getCellRangeByPosition(left, top, right, bottom) Get a cell range within > > the range. > > getCellRangeByName(name) Get a cell range within the range based on its > > name. The string directly references cells using the standard formats — > > such as “B2:D5” or “$B$2” — or defined cell range names. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Oh, and you can find some examples here: > > > > http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php > > http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > > http://www.pitonyak.org/OOME_3_0.odt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 >