[libreoffice-users] Re: Can't create python script?

Am 17.05.2012 21:01, Kelly Holman wrote:
> Sorry, I didn't mean to be unclear. There are several ways I could get
> the result of the perl script: an array of strings, a single string I
> would parse, or writing it to a file as you suggest. That part doesn't
> matter.
>
> All I need to know is whether I can call the perl script from within
> LO, using LO basic. My understanding of UNO is that it's a way for
> other programs to control LO, but I need the other way around. Is
> there more to UNO than I realize?
>
> If running a perl script isn't possible, there are perl modules that
> can write to a Calc file, so I could go that route. But it would be
> simpler to just use that one little perl script and then do the rest
> in LO.
>
> Thanks for your help!

I don't know much about Perl. But I remember that calling a Perl script 
under Windows is a horrible mess. If I remember correctly, you need to 
write some shell script because Windows can not identify the correct 
interpreter.

Anyhow, on my Linux system the following Basic macro ...

Sub Main
x = shell("~/bin/number2words.pl",0,"123")
End Sub

... executes number2words.pl in no visible window and with argument 123.
The output "one hundred twenty three" is dumped to the shell from where 
I started the office. Variable x is zero in case of no error.



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