Re: [libreoffice-users] I Would Like to Learn a Macro Language LO 5.0

2015-10-05 Thread Brian Barker 

At 19:19 05/10/2015 +0200, Andreas Säger wrote:
This is like learning how to fly in a 747 
cockpit (UNO) sitting on a garden chair (StarBasic) as pilot seat.


I dare say most airline pilots, with early 
childhood imagination, started in exactly this 
way. One can imagine the arm actions and the sound effects!


Brian Barker  



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Re: [libreoffice-users] I Would Like to Learn a Macro Language LO 5.0

2015-10-05 Thread Stephan Bergmann 

On 10/04/2015 07:25 AM, mowestusa wrote:

| |  Macros created with LibreOffice Basic based on the old programming 
interface will no longer be supported by the current version. |


Do you have a link to where you found the above quote?  At least taken 
out of context, it looks very wrong.  (So I would assume "old 
programming interface" and "current version" actually refer to ancient 
history, fully irrelevant now.)


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[libreoffice-users] I Would Like to Learn a Macro Language LO 5.0

2015-10-03 Thread mowestusa 
I'm running LibreOffice 5.0 on Windows 10.
I really enjoy LibreOffice, and I would like to write some simple macros to get 
even more value out of LibreOffice. Writing macros will be my first programming 
experience, but would provide the most benefit for my profession since I mostly 
produce documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in my vocation since I do a 
lot of teaching. I found some materials to assist with learning and getting 
started with LibreOffice Basic:   
   - https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Macros 
   - https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Scripting 

However, while looking through the LibreOffice 5.0 Help documentation, I found 
this under LibreOffice Basic / Basic / programming page:
Programming LibreOfficeLibreOfficecan be controlled by using the LibreOffice 
API. 
|     |  LibreOffice provides an Application Programming Interface (API) that 
enables you to control LibreOffice components by using various programming 
languages. A LibreOffice Software Development Kit is available for the 
programming interface.  |

 

|     |  For more information about LibreOffice API reference, please visit 
http://api.libreoffice.org/  |



|     |  Macros created with LibreOffice Basic based on the old programming 
interface will no longer be supported by the current version. |


Formore information on LibreOffice Basic, select "LibreOffice Basic" inthe list 
box.
So before I start investing a lot of time in learning LibreOffice Basic, would 
I be better served learning to script macros in a different language that would 
then access the LibreOffice API?If so, which language works best using 
LibreOffice 5.0 on Windows 10 to write macros?
Possible Macros that I would like to create:- A macro that automates the 
formatting of a paragraph, changing the style, superscripting numbers, etc...- 
A macro that provides a quick way to look for Creative Commons graphics by 
opening a browser search page. (It would be similar to the "Research" panel in 
Google Docs)- A macro that provides a quick way to look up a meaning of a 
highlighted word in an online dictionary.
  | Steve | | mowest...@yahoo.com | 

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