Currently active document
The currently active document can be accessed using thisComponent.
An almost equivalent to the BASIC command thisComponent is:
StarDesktop.CurrentComponent
In Apache OpenOffice Basic it is generally preferable to use thisComponent.
By using StarDesktop.CurrentComponent, a macro in one document can be run on another document.
Another exception is when a routine is run by the Apache OpenOffice event "Document Open". In this case use StarDesktop.CurrentComponent and a check on the document type. The reason for not using thisComponent is that when a library is opened the event fires and thus runs a second time on the currently active document.
To determine the type of document that is currently active you could use the following function:
function fnWhichComponent(oDoc) as string if HasUnoInterfaces(oDoc, "com.sun.star.lang.XServiceInfo") then if thisComponent.supportsService ("com.sun.star.text.GenericTextDocument") then fnWhichComponent = "Text" elseif thisComponent.supportsService("com.sun.star.sheet.SpreadsheetDocument") then fnWhichComponent = "Spreadsheet" elseif thisComponent.supportsService("com.sun.star.presentation.PresentationDocument") then fnWhichComponent = "Presentation" elseif thisComponent.supportsService("com.sun.star.drawing.GenericDrawingDocument") then fnWhichComponent = "Drawing" else fnWhichComponent = "Oops current document something else" end if else fnWhichComponent = "Not a document" end if End function
An example of calling this function is:
if fnWhichComponent(thisComponent) <> "Text" then msgbox "Sorry - this only works for text documents", 16, "Error" exit sub end if