Python and OpenOffice.org Basic

[Lazy-legs]

Hello,

To email a backup copy of the currently opened document. I've written a simple OpenOffice.org Basic macro that executes the following Python script:

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import smtplib
from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
from email import Encoders
import os
import sys

GMAIL_USER = 'username@gmail.com'
GMAIL_PASSWD = "password"
RECIPIENT = "backup@gmail.com"
SUBJECT = "Writer's Tools document backup: " + sys.argv[2]
MESSAGE = "A backup version of an OpenOffice.org document is attached."

def mail(to, subject, text, attach):
   msg = MIMEMultipart()

   msg['From'] = GMAIL_USER
   msg['To'] = to
   msg['Subject'] = subject

   msg.attach(MIMEText(text))

   part = MIMEBase('application', 'octet-stream')
   part.set_payload(open(attach, 'rb').read())
   Encoders.encode_base64(part)
   part.add_header('Content-Disposition',
           'attachment; filename="%s"' % os.path.basename(attach))
   msg.attach(part)

   mailServer = smtplib.SMTP("smtp.gmail.com", 587)
   mailServer.ehlo()
   mailServer.starttls()
   mailServer.ehlo()
   mailServer.login(GMAIL_USER, GMAIL_PASSWD)
   mailServer.sendmail(GMAIL_USER, to, msg.as_string())
   mailServer.close()

mail(RECIPIENT, SUBJECT, MESSAGE, sys.argv[1])

The sys.argv[1] and sys.argv[1] values are parameters that are sent from the macro using the Shell() routine. Here is the macro:

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Sub EmailBackup()

Dim Args(0) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue

ThisDoc=ThisComponent

If ThisDoc.hasLocation=False Then
MsgBox (MsgSaveDocument, 16, MsgAttn) :End
End If
ThisDocURL=ThisDoc.getURL()

If ThisDoc.isModified Then
ThisDoc.storeAsURL(ThisDocURL, Args)
End if

ThisDocURL=ThisDoc.getURL()

PathSubstService = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.util.PathSubstitution")
HomeDir = ConvertFromURL(PathSubstService.substituteVariables("$(home)", true))

If (Not GlobalScope.BasicLibraries.isLibraryLoaded("Tools")) Then
GlobalScope.BasicLibraries.LoadLibrary("Tools")
End If

FileName=Dir(ThisDocURL, 0)

If GetGuiType()=1 Then

DocPath=ConvertFromURL(ThisDocURL)
Shell("C:\Python25\python.exe", 1, "C:\Python25\gmail_backup.py " & """" & DocPath & """" & """" & FileName & """")

Else

DocDir=DirectoryNameoutofPath(ThisDocURL, "/")
DocPath=ConvertFromURL(DocDir)

Shell("python", 1, HomeDir & "/gmail_backup.py " & DocPath & "/" & FileName & " " & FileName)
End If

End Sub

I realize that OpenOffice.org comes with its own version of Python and the Python-UNO bridge. I know nothing about it and how it works, and I wonder whether it's possible to adapt the script to work with Python-UNO instead of relying on an "external" Python installation and the OOo Basic macro?

[ccornell]

I realize that OpenOffice.org comes with its own version of Python and the Python-UNO bridge. I know nothing about it and how it works, and I wonder whether it's possible to adapt the script to work with Python-UNO instead of relying on an "external" Python installation and the OOo Basic macro?

Probably the best place to dig up info on the PyUNO thing is on the PyUNO Wiki pages, and a combination of the BASIC Guide and the Developer's Guide.

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Python
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wik ... ASIC_Guide
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wik ... pers_Guide

[Lazy-legs]

Thanks for the pointers. Actually, I was hoping that someone would do the heavy lifting for me and provide a working example.

Kind regards,
Dmitri