[Solved] "accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp"

[vancouver]

I'm using Windows XP + LibreOffice 3.5.2

I'm trying to setup Python scripting environment. According to some online tutorial(http://stuvel.eu/ooo-python#h2tocholder), I'm supposed to put the following in command line:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3.5\program\soffice.exe -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;"

What does this line mean? Is this absolutely necessary for Python scripting in Libreoffice? Thanks.

[FJCC]

I don't know enough to explain the meaning of that part of the command, but it is part of starting LibreOffice from Python. Python can be used as a macro language without this. You can write Python scripts and store them in the Scripts\python folder of your user profile. You can then start LibreOffice in the normal way and access the Python scripts via buttons, tool bars, key combinations or the menu Tools -> Macros -> Organize Macros -> Python.

[Villeroy]

If you write a stand-alone computer program in any language you need to start the office in listening mode in order to make it accessible for any other programs such as your own one. No, you don't have to start the office from your program. It just needs to be there listening to some port number. A connected program can query all the UNO objects just like a browser can query web-pages from a http server.
If you write some macro or extension then your code is triggered from within the office process knowing about its context.
This is thoroughly documented with code examples for the Python UNO bridge: http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html. That document answers all your questions.

[vancouver]

Thanks Villeroy.