Writer/API/Overview

In this chapter, we use again the starting code described in previous chapter. It consists of a subprogram “ooConnect()” and a main(). Starting with this code consists in adding new code in the main() where « add code here » is quoted in red. We give for the third time the main program : [cpp] //Listing 1 Our starting Code // C++ // adapted for OOoWriter int main( ) { //retrieve an instance of the remote service manager

   Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > rOfficeServiceManager;
   rOfficeServiceManager = ooConnect();
   if( rOfficeServiceManager.is() ){
       printf( "Connected sucessfully to the office\n" );
   }

//get the desktop service using createInstance returns an XInterface type

   Reference< XInterface  > Desktop = rOfficeServiceManager->createInstance(
   OUString::createFromAscii( "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop" ));

//query for the XComponentLoader interface

   Reference< XComponentLoader > rComponentLoader (Desktop, UNO_QUERY);
   if( rComponentLoader.is() ){
       	printf( "XComponentloader successfully instanciated\n" );
   	}

//get an instance of the OOowriter document

   Reference< XComponent > xWriterComponent = rComponentLoader->loadComponentFromURL(

OUString::createFromAscii("private:factory/swriter"),

       OUString::createFromAscii("_blank"),
       0,
       Sequence < ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue >());

// add code here

   return 0;

} We remember the reader that for the examples below we use the “<OpenOffice.org1.1_SDK>/examples/DevelopersGuide/ProfUNO/CppBinding” example. Our code is put in “office_connect.cxx” file. If needed, comments in the code indicate what to add into the makefile and into the source code. The function ooConnect() is also used and not presented here : we have already studied such a function, so it should be quite familiar to us by now. If not, have a look in [UNO_automation_with_a_binary_%28executable%29|previous chapter]].

See also

• Using C++ with OOo SDK : Main Page
• Programming OOoWriter (Chapter 8 from UNO/C++ document)
• Using OOoBasic
• Writing a Program to Control OpenOffice.org, by Franco Pingiori — Part 1 and Part 2, Linux Journal
• Text cursor