[Solved] How to start an OpenOffice extension? [closed]

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As an example, follow instructions at https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/OpenOffice_NetBeans_Integration#Configuration. Install the Apache OpenOffice API Plugin by going to Tools -> Plugins.

Click on the link that says OpenOffice.org Add-On Project Type to get more instructions. If you haven’t yet, download AOO 4.1.2 and the AOO 4.1.2 SDK. (The plugin did not work for me using LibreOffice, but the resulting extension did work in LibreOffice).

After the code is generated according to the instructions, then add this code to the dispatch method of TestAddOn.java:

if ( aURL.Path.compareTo("HelloWorld") == 0 )
{
    // add your own code here
    com.sun.star.frame.XController xController = m_xFrame.getController();
    if (xController != null) {
        XModel xModel = (com.sun.star.frame.XModel) xController.getModel();
        XTextDocument xTextDocument = (com.sun.star.text.XTextDocument)
            UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XTextDocument.class, xModel);
        XText xText = xTextDocument.getText();
        XTextRange xTextRange = xText.getEnd();
        xTextRange.setString( "Hello World (in Java)" );
        return;
    }
}

Now compile and deploy the extension. When the “Hello World” toolbar button is clicked, it should put “Hello World (in Java)” in the document.

The code was adapted from https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=72459.

In order to handle events like when the document is opened, I also tried calling a method of the extension from Basic code like this:

Sub CallJavaMacro
   MSPF = createUnoService("com.sun.star.script.provider.MasterScriptProviderFactory")
   scriptPro = MSPF.createScriptProvider("")
   xScript = scriptPro.getScript("vnd.sun.star.script:" & _
        "com.example.testaddon.TestAddOn.PutHello?" & _
        "language=Java&location=user:uno_packages/TestAddOn.oxt")
   Thing = xScript.Invoke()
End Sub

However the Basic routine said it could not find the method. Maybe I did not declare the method properly or something.

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