---- Original message ----
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:27:51 -0500 (EST)
From: <codyh...@comporium.net>
Subject: Re: [users] Re: API to clone a row in a
writer's table
To: users@openoffice.org
>---- Original message ----
>
> Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:16:25 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Sandro <san...@e-den.it>
> Subject: [users] Re: API to clone a row in a
> writer's table
> To: users@openoffice.org
>
> >Thanks Andrew,
> >
> >Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <andrew <at>
> pitonyak.org> writes:>
> >
> >> Note that I have not tried anything that I am
> about to suggest
> >>
> >> 1. Insert the new row where you desire it to
> be.
> >>
> >> 2. Use the view cursor to select the row that
> you desire to duplicate.
> >>
> >> 3. Use a dispatch to copy row to the
clipboard.
> >>
> >> 4. Move the view cursor to the new position
and
> use a dispatch to paste
> >> the row into the new row.
> >
> >after sending this mail I did also investigate
> the solution with dispatcher,
> >but I realized I couldn't understand how to
move
> the viewcursor to the
> >correct location... moreover I mean to use it
in
> a headless environ and I
> >wasn't sure that this is the best solution.
> Anyhow this is what I did:
> >
> >
> > table = document.TextTables.getByIndex(0)
> > cell = table.getCellByPosition(0,1)
> > controller=document.getCurrentController()
> > frame=controller.getFrame()
> > view_cursor=controller.getViewCursor()
> >
> > ... how to move the cursor to the cell??
> >
> > dispatcher = context.ServiceManager.
> >
>
createInstance('com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper')
> >
> > dispatcher.executeDispatch(frame,
> '.uno:EntireRow', '', 0, tuple())
> > dispatcher.executeDispatch(frame, '.uno:Copy',
> '', 0, tuple())
> > dispatcher.executeDispatch(frame,
'.uno:Paste',
> '', 0, tuple())
> > dispatcher.executeDispatch(frame,
> '.uno:JumpToNextCell', '', 0, tuple())
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Note: This will likely fail with a complex
> table and special care is
> >> required for complex content (such as when a
> cell contains multiple text
> >> objects; for example, an embedded image).
> >
> >The case I'm dealing with now is simple but as
it
> is part of a template
> >system that is public I can't make assumptions
on
> how complex will the real
> >templates be.
> >
> >> I think that new provisions may exist for
> copying text content. If that is
> >> the case, you may be able to copy the text
> content in each cell to the new
> >> cell in the new row.
> >
> >Can you explain what you mean by "new
provisions
> may exist for copying text
> >content". I think this is what I was looking
for
> but I was not able to find
> >a way neather for copying text and style nor
for
> pasting it!...
> >
> >
> >thanks for your time
> >sandro
> >*:-)
> >
> >>
> >> On 12/28/2010 11:36 AM, Sandro wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I already spent many hours on this problem
> and I can't find the correct
> >> > approach. I really hope someone can help me
> or point me in the correct
> >> > direction/reading.
> >> >
> >> > I need to programmatically duplicate rows
of
> a Table in openoffice writer.
> >> >
> >> > It's not difficult to add rows via
> table.Rows.insertByIndex(idx, count),
> >> > that adds empty rows and it's easy to add
> text in that row assigning
> >> > DataArray to the CellRange. Doing this way
> you loose control on the style of
> >> > the cells and specifically if a cell has
> words with different style
> >> > (bold/italic) they get flattened to the
same
> face. What I need is to
> >> > duplicate a row in a way that preserves the
> style of each word in the
> >> > cell/row.
> >> >
> >> > This is the last step of a Python template
> system that uses openoffice
> >> > (http://oootemplate.argolinux.org). I
access
> the document via 'uno'
> >> > interface in Python but any language would
do
> to explain the logic behind
> >> > it.
> >> >
> >> > thanks in advance
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > sandro
> >> > *
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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