[libreoffice-users] Re: open files automatically (a Star Basic macro)

Am 31.05.2015 um 22:43 schrieb James E Lang:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Your Star Basic macro looks very interesting. It is not super complex (initialization, a loop, 
> and a super simple supporting function). Has anyone given it a test drive?
>
> As I read the macro, the while loop looks suspect. Isn't it testing the length of a directory 
> name [ dir("path/file.ext") ] instead of a file name? And, won't it operate on no more than one 
> entity? I thought the idea was to automatically open zero or more office document files when 
> soffice starts running.
>
> It also could probably be made more robust by adding a supporting function that validates the 
> file's extension. Just a thought.

File name extensions are meaningless. LibreOffice tries to open any file
regardless of its extension. Rename a file to .xyz and open with
LibreOffice.
My code should have an error handler for unsupported (possibly broken)
files so the loop can continue in case of any error. That's it.


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