OpenOffice Basic

Three modern Basic variants: Mono Basic, OpenOffice Basic and Gambas.

OpenOffice Basic (formerly known as StarOffice Basic or StarBasic or OOoBasic) is a dialect of the programming language BASIC that originated with the StarOffice office suite and spread through OpenOffice.org and derivatives such as LibreOffice (where it is known as LibreOffice Basic).

Example

Although Openoffice Basic itself is similar to other dialects of Basic, such as Microsoft's VBA, the application programming interface (API) is very different, as the example below of a macro illustrates. While there is a much easier way to obtain the "paragraph count" document property, the example shows the fundamental methods for accessing each paragraph in a text document, sequentially.

Sub ParaCount
'
' Count number of paragraphs in a text document
'
  Dim Doc As Object, Enum As Object, TextEl As Object, Count As Long
  Doc = ThisComponent
' Is this a text document?
  If Not Doc.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.TextDocument") Then
    MsgBox "This macro must be run from a text document", 64, "Error"
    Exit Sub
  End If
  Count = 0
' Examine each component - paragraph or table?
  Enum = Doc.Text.CreateEnumeration
  While Enum.HasMoreElements
    TextEl = Enum.NextElement
' Is the component a paragraph?
    If TextEl.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.Paragraph") Then
      Count = Count + 1
     End If
  Wend
'Display result
  MsgBox Count, 0, "Paragraph Count"
End Sub

See also

• Comparison of office suites

Further reading

• Steinberg, James. Open Office Basic: An Introduction. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1481270939. 

External links

BASIC Macros

• OpenOffice.org BASIC Programming Guide wiki
• OpenOffice.org VBA emulation model project (still in heavy development)
• Andrew Pitonyak's macro information

OpenOffice.org API

• OpenOffice.org/StarOffice API Project Page
  • OpenOffice.org SDK
  • OpenOffice.org Developer's Guide
  • API reference manual

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