Re: [libreoffice-users] Confused with Macro results??

Might I ask what you want the macro to do? Your macro confuses me a bit... 

That said, the actual API has a very harsh learning curve (in my opinion). If I rip apart what I 
see, I would guess the following: 

The user enters some text, which represents a set of cells separated by a comma. 

Next, you do things with these cells based on a very complicated formula. I am not familiar with 
the EnterString dispatch off hand, but I assume that it places whatever this string is into a cell. 

Next you call the dispatcher to Copy to the clipboard followed by Cutting to the clipboard. That 
seems redundant. 


Next you have InsertContents, again, a dispatch command with which I have no familiarity, but, off 
hand it looks like it is probably doing something similar to "Paste", but I am just guessing. 

So, what do you really want to accomplish? 



On Saturday, July 04, 2020 18:30 EDT, "Michael D. Setzer II" <msetzerii@gmail.com> wrote:
 Been doing a lot of googling, but finding lots of stuff, but nothing that works?
Have done a lot of versions and this is the latest one.
The record process does not allow for the use of the F2 key, so as is, it
results in the original args1(0).Value being in the cell?
After the macro ends, I've found that if I manually press F2 then a space and
enter it puts the formula as I originally wanted? F2 and enter does nothing??
I've also found that if I manually do F2 F9 Enter Enter, it will place just the
final text result in cell.

Seems there use to be a Keypress option, that would allow for simulating
keys, but that has been deprecated?
Also, found pages that talk about API stuff to modify cells, but the two I tried
did nothing?

Am I missing something??

Note: In string I replaced the original "s with _ because it kept giving me
messages about unbalanced ()?? That got rid of the errors, and then just
converted them back?

Not and important macro, but was just hoping to find a way to make it work
the way I originally planned. Just playing around with stuff.

Thanks. Perhaps I am overlooking something very simple..


sub Z1
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rem define variables
dim document as object
dim dispatcher as object
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rem get access to the document
document = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim sText
sText = InputBox ("Please enter Date Cells Example D2,D1:")

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args1(0) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args1(0).Name = "StringName"
args1(0).Value =
"=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(""=IF(DATEDIF(A2,A1,_y_),IF(DATEDIF(A2,
A1,_y_)=1,_1 Year _,DATEDIF(A2,A1,_y_)&_ Years
_),__)&IF(MOD(DATEDIF(A2,A1,_m_),12),IF(MOD(DATEDIF(A2,A1,_m_),1
2)=1,_1 Month _,MOD(DATEDIF(A2,A1,_m_),12)&_ Months
_),__)&IF(DATEDIF(A2,A1,_md_),IF(DATEDIF(A2,A1,_md_)=1,_1 Day
_,DATEDIF(A2,A1,_md_)&_ Days_),__)"",""A2,A1""," & chr$(34) & sText &
chr$(34) & "),""_"",CHAR(34))"

dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:EnterString", "", 0, args1())

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:Copy", "", 0, Array())

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Cut contents of cell to avoid the overwrite message
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:Cut", "", 0, Array())

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args2(5) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args2(0).Name = "Flags"
args2(0).Value = "SVD"
args2(1).Name = "FormulaCommand"
args2(1).Value = 0
args2(2).Name = "SkipEmptyCells"
args2(2).Value = false
args2(3).Name = "Transpose"
args2(3).Value = false
args2(4).Name = "AsLink"
args2(4).Value = false
args2(5).Name = "MoveMode"
args2(5).Value = 4

dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:InsertContents", "", 0, args2())
msgbox ("To complete process,"+chr$(13)+" Formula Press F2 then Space
then Enter" + chr$(13)+"For Text Result Press F2 then F9 then Enter then
Enter")

end sub

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Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired)
mailto:mikes@guam.net
mailto:msetzerii@gmail.com
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