Re: [libreoffice-users] Macro from command line: ThisComponent.CurrentController not found

On 16/09/2013 18:29, greyspammer wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a macro which I want to be executed whenever a Writer document is
> being converted to a PDF. So I wrote my macro and assigned it to the
> appropriate event. And it works. At least, from within a running
> GUI-Session.
>
> If I try to do the conversion via command line, I get this error message:
> <----- snip ----->
> BASIC runtime error.
> Property or method not found: CurrentController
> <----- snap ----->
>
> The command I use to invoke LibreOffice is:
> <----- snip ----->
> lowriter --convert-to pdf:writer_pdf_Export  test.odt
> <----- snap ----->
>
> It is later planned to have it run in headless mode on a machine with no X
> server, but I removed those options to get an error message.
>
> I assume that in this mode, there is no "CurrentController" (because there
> is no Writer window?) and hence, the error. But what can I do about it?
for printing to PDF i assume there must be a "opened" document (who can 
been hidden) as soon the document is open it becomes "ThisComponent" who 
has its "CurrentController"

Hope it helps

Fernand


> Create one myself? How?
>
> System is Kubuntu 13.04 with LibreOffice 4.0.2.
>
>
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