John, Here is something that works for me under XPsp2 to either save a doc or save it as PDF:
filepath = argv[0] exportpdf = argv[1] ctxLocal = uno.getComponentContext() smgrLocal = ctxLocal.ServiceManager resolver = smgrLocal.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver",ctxLocal) url = "uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" ctx = resolver.resolve(url) smgr = ctx.ServiceManager desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop",ctx) properties = [] if exportpdf == "yes": p = PropertyValue() p.Name = "Hidden" p.Value = True properties.append(p) properties = tuple(properties) doc = desktop.loadComponentFromURL("file:///c:"+filepath+".odt" , "_blank", 0, properties) if exportpdf == "yes": 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("file:///c:"+filepath+".pdf", properties) else: doc.store() doc.dispose() You must start OO this way first: cd C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program soffice "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list