Re: [libreoffice-users] Writer: How to know the X, Y coordinates of an object on the page?

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Fernand Vanrie <sos@pmgroup.be> wrote:
> On 14/05/2012 17:55, Dotan ,
>
> OK, then we use the table and some basic macro code
>
>       oDesktop = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
>    oDocument = ThisComponent
>     oVCursor = ThisComponent.CurrentController.getViewCursor()
>  oText = oDocument.getText()
>  oFrame = oDocument.CurrentController.Frame
>  oDispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
>   oTable = ThisComponent.getTextTables().getByName("Table1")
>  ovcursor.gotoStart(false)
>
> now the Viewcursor is in the top left cell of the table
>
> do xray on oVcursor to find the rest

Wow, thanks Fernand. I must admit that I don't even know where to
begin with macros and I will have to do some reading before I get very
far with this. The official Writer Guide does not have any real
information on macros, but with your example code I should be able to
google my way around.

Thank you very much!

For the archives, that is for my future self next time I get stuck
with this: I simply increased the page zoom to a few hundred percent
and then looked at where on the ruler fell the cell border in
question. It was at 5.6 units, which makes sense as it represents the
fold of the page, which is itself just a tad over 11 units tall.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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