Au3 LibreOffice API Inspector tools

[donnyh13]

While working on the LibreOffice UDF I have used the following tools quite extensively. In case anybody else would find some help while toying with the LibreOffice API, I thought I would post these tools here. The LibreOffice Xray and MRI extensions allow you to inspect Objects and Properties in the LibreOffice API. These attached functions allow you to do it directly from an AutoIt Script, instead of having to use a Macro directly in LibreOffice. They're nothing fancy.

Either one will work, the Xray tool is the one I primarily use, only because it was the first tool I found, but it doesn’t seem to be maintained much any more. MRI seems to have been more recently updated, and perhaps is still maintained.

Prerequisites

In order to use these tools, you must have LibreOffice Installed, and have either the Xray Tool extension and/or the MRI extension installed according to their respective instructions.

Examples

Xray Tool

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include "AU3_LibreOffice_Inspector.au3"

_Example()

Func _Example()
    Local $oServiceManager = ObjCreate("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
    If Not IsObj($oServiceManager) Then Return MsgBox($MB_OK, "Error", "Failed to create a ServiceManager Object.")

    _AU3_LO_XRAY($oServiceManager)
    If @error Then Return MsgBox($MB_OK, "Error", "Failed to XRay an Object. @Error: " & @error & " @Extended: " & @extended)
EndFunc   ;==>_Example

MRI Tool

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include "AU3_LibreOffice_Inspector.au3"

_Example()

Func _Example()
    Local $oServiceManager = ObjCreate("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
    If Not IsObj($oServiceManager) Then Return MsgBox($MB_OK, "Error", "Failed to create a ServiceManager Object.")

    _AU3_LO_MRI($oServiceManager)
    If @error Then Return MsgBox($MB_OK, "Error", "Failed to MRI an Object. @Error: " & @error & " @Extended: " & @extended)
EndFunc   ;==>_Example

 

Best Regards,

Donny

AU3_LibreOffice_Inspector.au3

Edited Wednesday at 09:09 PM by donnyh13

[mLipok]

I think you can add this stuff to yours GITHUB project.

 

[donnyh13]

Good idea,

Just put it in a separate "Tools" folder?

[mLipok]

1 hour ago, donnyh13 said:

Just put it in a separate "Tools" folder?

Aha