API/Samples/StarBasic/ListOfFilterName

Description: To get a list of Filter Name in OpenOffice.org 2.3, the property of Filter Name used to importand export has to be exactly matched the name in the list. This snippet will open a new ODT document and append the list to the document.

REM  *****  BASIC  *****
Sub Main
   oFF = createUnoService( "com.sun.star.document.FilterFactory" )
   oFilterNames = oFF.getElementNames()
 
   ' Now print the filter names.
'   For i = LBound( oFilterNames ) To UBound( oFilterNames )
'      Print oFilterNames(i)
'   Next
 
   ' Create a Writer doc and save the filter names to it.
   oDoc = StarDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( "private:factory/swriter", "_blank", 0, Array() )
   oText = oDoc.getText()
   oCursor = oText.createTextCursor()
   oCursor.gotoEnd( False )
 
   ' Print the filter names into a Writer document.
   For i = LBound( oFilterNames ) To UBound( oFilterNames )
      oText.insertString( oCursor, oFilterNames(i), False )
      oText.insertControlCharacter( oCursor, com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.PARAGRAPH_BREAK, False )
   Next
End Sub