[Solved] Python copy text + style from a document to anothe

[Bastien]

Hi,

In a python macro I create a new doc from a template. I'd like now to copy the whole text of my current document (including styles) and paste it at the end of my new created document.

For now, I only can select text and paste it but I loose the formatting style. Is there a way to make it ?

[Villeroy]

Record a copy&paste operation in Basic, change the syntax to Python.
Otherwise, there is an XTransferable interface http://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/comm ... rable.html

[Bastien]

What do you mean by record a copy&paste operation in Basic? I can't see this function.

The Xtransferable interface seems to be really powerful but it is quite abstract to me. Could you suggest me a way to use it (preferably in python)?

[Villeroy]

Ah, LibreOffice. menu:Tools>Options>Advanced>Enable Macro recording
Tools>Macros>Record macro ... (a new toolbar pops up)
Copy some cells, paste some cells, stop the macro recorder, save and edit the macro which is a dispatch macro. Dispatch macros simulate selections and clicks in the user interface. It is easy to convert dispatch macros from Basic to Python. ThisComponent --> XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDocument(), change the blocks to Pyhon indentation blocks.

search.php?keywords=XTransferable&terms ... mit=Search

[Bastien]

Very quick, very easy indeed using the dispatcher.

Here is the code doing that:

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def copy_all():
    document = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDocument()
    ctx = uno.getComponentContext()
    sm = ctx.ServiceManager
    dispatcher = sm.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper", ctx)
    frame = document.CurrentController.Frame
    dispatcher.executeDispatch(frame, ".uno:SelectAll", "", 0, ())
    dispatcher.executeDispatch(frame, ".uno:Copy", "", 0, ())

It surely would have been smarter using Xtransferable but for now, it works.

[Villeroy]

Search Xtransferable in this forum:
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