PrinttoWriter.py

Danny.OOo.PrintToWriter.py

This makes it easy and convenient to print a bunch of text into a Writer document.

See the example routine in the module that shows how easy this module is to use, and how useful it can be.

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3. Danny.OOo.PrintToWriter.py
5. This makes it easy and convenient to print a bunch of text into
6. a Writer document.
8. Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Danny Brewer
9. d29583@groovegarden.com
11. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
12. modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
13. License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
14. version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
16. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
19. Lesser General Public License for more details.
21. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
22. License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
23. Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
25. See: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
27. If you make changes, please append to the change log below.
29. Change Log
30. Danny Brewer Revised 2004-06-05-01

1. OOo's libraries

import uno

1. Danny's libraries

from Danny.OOo.OOoLib import StarDesktop

com_sun_star_text_ControlCharacter_PARAGRAPH_BREAK = uno.getConstantByName( "com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.PARAGRAPH_BREAK" ) com_sun_star_text_ControlCharacter_LINE_BREAK = uno.getConstantByName( "com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.LINE_BREAK" ) com_sun_star_text_ControlCharacter_HARD_HYPHEN = uno.getConstantByName( "com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.HARD_HYPHEN" ) com_sun_star_text_ControlCharacter_SOFT_HYPHEN = uno.getConstantByName( "com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.SOFT_HYPHEN" ) com_sun_star_text_ControlCharacter_HARD_SPACE = uno.getConstantByName( "com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.HARD_SPACE" ) com_sun_star_text_ControlCharacter_APPEND_PARAGRAPH = uno.getConstantByName( "com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.APPEND_PARAGRAPH" )

class PrintToWriter:

   """A class which allows conveniently printing stuff into a Writer document. 
   Very useful for debugging, general output purposes, or even for creating reports.""" 
   def __init__( self ): 
       self.oWriterDoc = StarDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( "private:factory/swriter", "_blank", 0, () ) 
       self.oWriterText = self.oWriterDoc.getText() 
       self.oWriterCursor = self.oWriterText.createTextCursor() 

   def writeLn( self, *args ): 
       if len( args ) > 0: 
           apply( self.write, args ) 
       self.writeParagraphBreak() 

   def write( self, arg1, *argsRest ): 
       self.writeOne( arg1 ) 
       for arg in argsRest: 
           self.writeTab() 
           self.writeOne( arg ) 

   def writeOne( self, arg, bAbsorb=False ): 
       self.writeString( str( arg ), bAbsorb ) 

   def writeTab( self, bAbsorb=False ): 
       self.writeString( "\t", bAbsorb ) 

   def writeParagraphBreak( self, bAbsorb=False ): 
       self.writeControlCharacter( com_sun_star_text_ControlCharacter_PARAGRAPH_BREAK, bAbsorb ) 

   def writeString( self, cString, bAbsorb=False ): 
       self.oWriterText.insertString( self.oWriterCursor, cString, bAbsorb ) 

   def writeControlCharacter( self, nCtrlChar, bAbsorb=False ): 
       self.oWriterText.insertControlCharacter( self.oWriterCursor, nCtrlChar, bAbsorb ) 

def example_PrintToWriter():

   """An example of how to use the PrintToWriter class to trivially create 
   a new Writer document, and write out text into it.""" 
   oOutput = PrintToWriter() 
   oOutput.writeLn( "Hello World" ) 
   oOutput.write( "String", 123, 456.23, True ) 
   oOutput.writeLn() 
   oOutput.writeLn() 

   oOutput.writeLn( "Tab delimited values..." ) 
   
   oOutput.write( 123 ) 
   oOutput.writeTab() 
   oOutput.write( 456 ) 
   oOutput.writeTab() 
   oOutput.write( 789 ) 
   oOutput.writeLn() 
   
   oOutput.write( 465 ) 
   oOutput.writeTab() 
   oOutput.write( 522 ) 
   oOutput.writeTab() 
   oOutput.write( 835 ) 
   oOutput.writeLn() 
   
   oOutput.write( 886 ) 
   oOutput.writeTab() 
   oOutput.write( 164 ) 
   oOutput.writeTab() 
   oOutput.write( 741 ) 
   oOutput.writeLn()