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hi, I'm trying to write a python script to open and read another .ods file.
The other file name is given in a cell, the cell is in a sheet which the python script runs from.
will the XComponentLoader interface do this? I just want to read data from other .ods file, but don't want some window to show the other file.
Is there any python example to demo the use of XComponentLoader?
thanks!

This code reads a file URL (not just the file name) from Sheet1.A1 of the current document, opens as a hidden document the file at that URL, and copies the value of Sheet1.B1 from the hidden document to Sheet1.A10 of the original document. It then closes the hidden document.

this works fine! thanks

FJCC wrote:This code reads a file URL (not just the file name) from Sheet1.A1 of the current document, opens as a hidden document the file at that URL, and copies the value of Sheet1.B1 from the hidden document to Sheet1.A10 of the original document. It then closes the hidden document.

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import uno
from com.sun.star.beans import PropertyValue

def Main(): 
  ctx = uno.getComponentContext()  
  smgr = ctx.ServiceManager  
  oDesktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext( 'com.sun.star.frame.Desktop',ctx) 
  oDoc = oDesktop.getCurrentComponent() 
  Sheets = oDoc.getSheets()
  oSheet = oDoc.Sheets.getByName('Sheet1')
  NameCell = oSheet.getCellRangeByName("A1") #A complete URL
  FileName = NameCell.String
  
  PropVal = PropertyValue()
  PropVal.Name = 'Hidden'
  PropVal.Value = True
  oDataDoc = oDesktop.loadComponentFromURL(FileName, '_blank', 0, (PropVal,))
  DataSheets = oDataDoc.getSheets()
  DataSheet = DataSheets.getByName("Sheet1")
  DataCell = DataSheet.getCellRangeByName("B1")
  
  TargetCell = oSheet.getCellRangeByName("A10")
  TargetCell.Value = DataCell.Value
  oDataDoc.close(True)