Re: [libreoffice-users] Macros - Basic Documentation

2012/2/19 Nicolás Adamo <nicoadamo@gmail.com>:
> Hello people! I'm finding it very hard to get help on Macro's Basic
> instructions... For example, I want to find out how to copy
> spreadsheets with macros. I turn on the record, copy some sheet and
> then see the instructions used:

Just don't never ever use the macro recorder. It's crap and will never
be anything else.
There is an alternative macro recorder somewhere to install that is
slightly better, but the best thing to do (as far as I know) is to
install (and use) xray and learn from others, maybe
http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php could be a good start.


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ

> ----------------
> Dim ...
> Dim ...
> x(0)=...
> [etc]
> dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:Move", "", 0, args1())
> End Sub
> ---------------
>
> Very Good! Now I know the instruction is a dispatcher with URL/Command .uno:Move
> If I place the cursor over ".uno:move" and press F1, help comes out
> with "subject not found". Ok, building the documentation for all the
> instructions is hard work no one has the time to accomplish it.
> Let's see the internet... There's api.libreoffice.com , which at first
> glance seems sooo helpful. Articles have a lot of links to more
> articles, etc. If I start browsing, one thing leads to another and
> then I'm lost. I see no search box so I return to the main page.
> There's a google box, so I write .uno:move  . There are plenty of
> results, no one describing how to move/copy a sheet. Google didn't
> realize I wanted the whole phrase, so I put double quotes
> ".uno:move"... and nothing... Am I missing something?? I gave
> google.com a try with the phrase, but the only interesting result is a
> forum discussion. Is helpful, but my point is: Where the heck is the
> precise description of the instruction .uno:move ?? What are it's
> arguments??
> Andrew Pytoniak wrote very good books and collections of forum
> questions regarding to macros, but when you have a certain doubt,
> where do you seek for help??
> I really love Libreoffice, just suffered the luck of a clear way to
> get help on macros.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nicolás
>
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