Framework/Article/Command Line Arguments
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Command line arguments
The general command line of OpenOffice.org is defined as:
Usage: soffice[.exe] [options] [documents]
| Command | Purpose |
| -minimized | keeps start up bitmap minimized |
| -invisible | Initially no start up screen, no default document and UI is shown. It's possible to show documents via API. This option is not designed to use OOo as a "background" process. The API developer has to make sure that the views are opened non-visible. |
| -norestore | Suppress restart/restore after a fatal error. |
| -quickstart | Start the quickstart service (only available on Windows and OS/2 platform). |
| -nologo | Don't show the splash screen. |
| -lockcheck | Don't check for remote instances using a .lock file in the user folder. |
| -nodefault | Don't start with an empty document. |
| -headless | Suppresses any modal dialog so OpenOffice.org can run without user interaction. This is NOT designed to run OOo as a "background" process. The Office still starts and open document views. It's the task of a developer to use the API correctly to assure that no UI is shown. |
| -help/-h/-? | Shows a small message box with information about the arguments (Windows) or outputs it to stdout. |
| -writer | Creates a new text document. |
| -calc | Creates a new spredsheet document. |
| -draw | Creates a new drawing document. |
| -impress | Creates a new presentation document. |
| -base | Creates a new database document. |
| -math | Creates a new formula document. |
| -global | Creates a new global text document. |
| -web | Creates a new HTML document. |
| -o | Opens a document regardless whether they are templates or not. |
| -n | Always open documents as new files (use as templates). |
| -display <display> | Specifies X-display to use in Unix/X11 versions. |
| -p <documents...> | Print the specified documents on the default printer. |
| -pt <printer> <documents...> | Print the specified documents on the specified printer. |
| -view <documents...> | Open the specified documents in viewer-(readonly-)mode. |
| -show <presentation> | Open the specified presentation and start it immediately. |
| -accept=<accept-string> | Specify an UNO connect-string to create an UNO acceptor through which other programs can connect to access the API. |
| -unaccept=<accept-string> | Close an acceptor that was created with -accept=<accept-string>. Use -unaccept=all to close all open acceptors. |
| Remaining arguments will be treated as filesnames or URLs of documents to open. |
