New to macros, need some input
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:50 am
I'm a longtime user of Write and Calc, and I used to be a very good programmer. I would like to be able to create macros for both, but I'm having trouble finding good resources to do so.
First thing, I really should learn JavaScript anyway. Is this a good language for both Write & Calc? I don't see much other use for ball or python, and I think the basic macro language is limited to OpenOffice?
Second thing, can anybody point me toward a cohesive learning & reference resource for any of these methods, specifically for use in OpenOffice? I'm pretty old; I used to work with nice hefty books when I needed to pick up a computer language. All these bits and pieces I'm finding seem either uselessly simplistic, or assume everyone knows many things that I don't. My expertise was in assembly language, real-time & embedded, and BASIC, of course, then C as it matured, and at one time I was commercial Windows/C developer. A decade back, I used some PERL in creating databases for driving web sites. And I greatly lament the demise of dBase, especially effective as a prototyping tool.
Any input from writers of macros would be appreciated.
First thing, I really should learn JavaScript anyway. Is this a good language for both Write & Calc? I don't see much other use for ball or python, and I think the basic macro language is limited to OpenOffice?
Second thing, can anybody point me toward a cohesive learning & reference resource for any of these methods, specifically for use in OpenOffice? I'm pretty old; I used to work with nice hefty books when I needed to pick up a computer language. All these bits and pieces I'm finding seem either uselessly simplistic, or assume everyone knows many things that I don't. My expertise was in assembly language, real-time & embedded, and BASIC, of course, then C as it matured, and at one time I was commercial Windows/C developer. A decade back, I used some PERL in creating databases for driving web sites. And I greatly lament the demise of dBase, especially effective as a prototyping tool.
Any input from writers of macros would be appreciated.