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Posted: **Wed Aug 07, 2013 1:52 pm**

I would like to remotely read the content of a loaded document, paragraph by paragraph. After the initial connect to OO

>>> import uno
>>> local = uno.getComponentContext()
>>> resolver = local.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", local)
>>> context = resolver.resolve("uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
>>> desktop = context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", context)
>>> document = desktop.loadComponentFromURL("file:///bla.doc", "_blank", 0, ())
>>> cursor = document.Text.createTextCursor()

So far I've gotten to

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>>> document.Text.getString()

but that gives me the whole text plainly.

What I would like to do is go from paragraph to paragraph, query the kind/type of the paragraph, and then read the text for that one paragraph only. Even better, could I noodle through the text of the paragraph and find formatting, like bolding or italic?

Any help is appreciated

Thanks!

Posted: **Wed Aug 07, 2013 2:59 pm**

This basic code will produce a Portion for every differently formatted section of text in a document.

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oText = ThisComponent.Text
ParaEnum = oText.createEnumeration() 'makes a collection of paragraphs.
While ParaEnum.hasMoreElements()
	Para = ParaEnum.nextElement()
	PortionEnum = Para.createEnumeration()
	While PortionEnum.hasMoreElements()
		Portion = PortionEnum.nextElement()
		Print Portion.String
	Wend
Wend

My oText variable is equivalent to your document.Text. The Python code would look much the same. Of course, you don't want to just print the Portion, but I hope that gets you started

Posted: **Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:04 pm**

Thank you, FJCC, that's exactly what I was looking for

For completeness' sake, here's the equivalent Python code

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    parenum = document.Text.createEnumeration()
    while parenum.hasMoreElements() :
        par = parenum.nextElement()
        # check par.ParaStyleName here for Heading or body text or any other paragraph styling
        textenum = par.createEnumeration()
        while textenum.hasMoreElements() :
            text = textenum.nextElement()
            # check text.CharPosture and text.CharWeight and other properties here
            print(text.getString())

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