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[Solved] Endless loop with "ExtensionCompiler.ott"
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:43 pm
by reinralle
Hi folks,
am trying to learn some about develop Extensions. In the course of this I found
Extension Compiler v2.1.2 by B. Marcelly.
My problem is, that if I start the template II'am running in an endless
while loop:
A new *.odt file is created and pop up the following constantly:
- 1) a MessageBox with text: "After this message you will be asked to store this doc..."
2) a Dialog let me choose the store path
but whatever is chosen, everything repeats itself. The only way to stop this, is to terminate LO with "Task-Manager".
(btw: nothing is stored or created under chosen path)
Am I doing something wrong or did I not understand something correctly? Maybe a bug?
Thx for some hints
Ralf
Edit: Ok I think I found the reason. The "guilty" option I' had set in the past was:
- Extra - Options - Load/Save - General - Edit document properties before saving
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Code: Select all
Sub checkDocumentHasName
Dim currWindow As Object, dispatcher As Object
initToolIdentity
Do While Len(ThisComponent.Url) = 0
MsgBox(txt0241, 48, ToolIdentity)
currWindow = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
dispatcher.executeDispatch(currWindow, ".uno:SaveAs", "", 0, Array())
Loop
End Sub
Re: Prob with "ExtensionCompiler.ott" (2.1.2)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:32 pm
by JeJe
Works for me:
Click on okay
A Save As dialog pops up
I right click in the main pane and create a new folder with the name of my future extension and double click to open it
I Rename Untitled 1 to the name of my future extension and click save
I then go to the new file in the new folder and click on the file
Re: Prob with "ExtensionCompiler.ott" (2.1.2)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:34 pm
by JeJe
It goes round in a loop if you click on cancel instead of save.
Re: Prob with "ExtensionCompiler.ott" (2.1.2)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:54 pm
by reinralle
Thank you for your quick response!
JeJe wrote:It goes round in a loop if you click on cancel instead of save.
nope, I pressed Save and not Cancel => endless loop under LO ! (no matter which path or filename I try)
Have just install AOO 4.8 and all seems OK now, but still wonder that it differ from LO. Nevertheless, needs to dive deeper.
Re: {Solved] Prob with "ExtensionCompiler.ott" (2.1.2)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:10 pm
by JeJe
Works for me in LibreOffice 7 as well.
Re: {Solved] Prob with "ExtensionCompiler.ott" (2.1.2)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 5:18 pm
by reinralle
JeJe wrote:Works for me in LibreOffice 7 as well.
strange..maybe i have some changes in my profil/settings that are responsible for this..
Re: [Solved] Prob with "ExtensionCompiler.ott" (2.1.2)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 7:10 pm
by Villeroy
What makes you believe that anything like this could work as a Word document (*.doc)? You could learn a lot more about LibreOffice if you would not start with extension building. Extensions on top of something you don't know is counterproductive.
Re: [Solved] Prob with "ExtensionCompiler.ott" (2.1.2)
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:14 pm
by reinralle
Villeroy wrote:What makes you believe that anything like this could work as a Word document (*.doc)? You could learn a lot more about LibreOffice if you would not start with extension building. Extensions on top of something you don't know is counterproductive.
Hallo,
hm, I know Libreoffice/OpenOffice a long time and program a lot (not only LO/AOO). Until now I made only *.bas modules in documents (Writer, Calc, Base) for LO. In the past (
years ago) I started some tries to develop extensions for LO, but "by hand".
I thought: "try it again with another approach:
ExtensionCompiler.ott". But all is not so clear as it could
Sure, did not expect, that the target is an odt File. My temporary problem was, that I could not
test the template approach under
LO to get an
oxt for example. Since trying with AOO all seems OK now.
Yesterday, I still thought, it could be relative easy, to make a nice workflow with "Visual Studio" for creating, debugging, building a LO/AOO Extension (Basic, Python, ..). It seems, that everything still has to be done by hand
must all learn again and again...a hell for me
I 'am lazzy and my time is luxurious
But I give not up and
"ExtensionCompiler.ott" a chance.
| Edit: But in the mean time I could solve the problem with the endless loop! (see my first post) |