I've done some digging around, and I've figured out how to spawn a Writer instance. But then I get stuck when I try to load the document. There's more code here:
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=75608#p345563 Any help with this would be greatly appreciated :-) Thanks! On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 05:53:35AM +0100, Jens Tröger wrote: > One way of approaching the problem below is by checking the file type of > the document, before handing it off to the soffice instance. Checking > the extension only might be too flimsy, perhaps libmagic can help? > > There is a list of supported file formats here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#Supported_file_formats > > but it seems rather tedious to me to check manually for Writer document > files. Is there a better way? > > Cheers. > > > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 05:36:18PM +0100, Jens Tröger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is there a way to load Writer supported documents only, and dismiss > > (fail) on others? For example, I connect to an office server like so > > > > local = uno.getComponentContext() > > resolver = > > local.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", > > local) > > context = > > resolver.resolve("uno:pipe,name=foopipe;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext") > > desktop = > > context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", > > context) > > > > Now I'd like to > > > > desktop.loadComponentFromURL() > > > > and if that file is e.g. and image that Writer can not open, then fail. > > Same for any other file which is not a Writer supported file. I've > > looked at this call > > > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/lang/XMultiComponentFactory.html#createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext > > > > but can't figure out if that's the right way to go. Or should I check > > if the file is of a certain type before I pass it on to office? In that > > case though, I might reject some funky format which Writer supports, > > just because I didn't know about it. > > > > Thanks! > > Jens > -- Jens Tröger http://savage.light-speed.de/ _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
