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 Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:30 am Post subject: OO Basic: advanced printing macro |
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Hi,
During the past years I have elaborated more and more on my printing macro, and that was only possible through some excellent answers I received in these forums. At this point I can say I have a perfectly working set of macro's and I would like to share them with the community.
Usecase: You use printed stationary and you have more than 1 printertray (2 or 3). There are different ways of sending your letter to the recipient: regular mail, recommended mail, fax or email. You want to be able to print a 'stamp with date and time' to the version of the document that you keep in your own file. You want to be able to generate a PDF of the document with or without a background picture.
Solution: Make a document with an image for a background that resembles the stationary. Make a new toolbar with at least 4 buttons and bind each button to one of the macro's listed below. The macro will do whatever necessary and then close the document. The macro's are clean and commented, so they should be self-explanatory. There is only 1 place to set your printername (mine is 'MFC8880DN') and you can set the options to which printertray to print inside the functions print_plain(), print_stat_first() and print_stat_rest(). You might need to set the dimensions and placement of the stamp that can be inserted, according to your template.
Known problems:
1. I set the printertray hardcoded for 2 pagestyles - if someone knows how to accomplish this dynamically, I'd be interested to hear that  - around the three lines that are commented out in 'printPage()'
2. I would like to automate the fax-process so that I don't need to print, get up and fax manually, but that could be inserted rather easily once the fax-procedure is known.
Macro:
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Version 2.0.1: now with error handling, explicit data types and dynamic fetching of pagestyles.
Still looking for a way to send the document to my faxmachine!
| Code: | REM ** VERSIONING **
'Version 2.0.1 (12 okt 2012)
' Thanks To Bernard Marcelly, I have added explicit declarations everywhere
' and simplified the loops
'Version 2.0 (11 okt 2012)
' Added simple ErrorHandler and rewrote comments
REM ***** BASIC *****
Option Explicit
Sub Main
REM Set backgroundImage-option in DocumentSettings to True
DIM oDoc AS Object, oSettings AS Object
oSettings = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.DocumentSettings")
oSettings.PrintPageBackground = TRUE
End Sub
REM ** GENERAL HELPERS **
' ------------------------------
' This macro closes the current document
'
' Written by Andrew Pitonyak (2010)
' Adapted by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub closeDocument(oDoc AS Object)
REM Check if the document exists
If IsNull(oDoc) Then
Exit Sub
End If
REM Store the document if it was modified
If (oDoc.isModified) Then
If (oDoc.hasLocation AND (Not oDoc.isReadOnly)) Then
oDoc.store()
Else
oDoc.setModified(False)
End If
End If
REM Close the document
oDoc.close(true)
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' Written by Andrew Pitonyak the Great
' Used in the Date-time-functions
' ------------------------------
Function FindCreateNumberFormatStyle ( sFormat As String, Optional doc, Optional locale)
Dim oDoc As Object
Dim aLocale As New com.sun.star.lang.Locale
Dim oFormats As Object
Dim formatNum As Integer
oDoc = IIf(IsMissing(doc), ThisComponent, doc)
oFormats = oDoc.getNumberFormats()
'If you choose to query on types, you need to use the type
'com.sun.star.util.NumberFormat.DATE
'I could set the locale from values stored at
'http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/http/related/iso639.txt
'http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html
'I use a NULL locale and let it use whatever it likes.
'First, see if the number format exists
If ( Not IsMissing(locale)) Then
aLocale = locale
End If
formatNum = oFormats.queryKey (sFormat, aLocale, TRUE)
'MsgBox "Current Format number is" & formatNum
'If the number format does not exist then add it
If (formatNum = -1) Then
formatNum = oFormats.addNew(sFormat, aLocale)
If (formatNum = -1) Then formatNum = 0
' MsgBox "new Format number is " & formatNum
End If
FindCreateNumberFormatStyle = formatNum
End Function
REM ** HELPER MACRO'S TO INSERT / REMOVE A DATESTAMP**
' ------------------------------
' This macro inserts a 'DATE/TIME'-stamp with sActionText
' like 'Printed' or 'Sent'
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub InsertDTstampFirstPage(sActionText AS String)
DIM oCursor AS Object, oText AS Object, oDoc AS Object
oDoc = ThisComponent
oText = oDoc.getText()
oCursor = oText.createTextCursor()
oCursor.goToStart(FALSE)
REM Create the date and time objects
DIM oDate AS Object, oTime AS Object
oDate = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.TextField.DateTime")
oDate.IsFixed = TRUE
oDate.IsDate = TRUE
oDate.NumberFormat = FindCreateNumberFormatStyle("D MMMM JJJJ", oDoc)
oTime = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.TextField.DateTime")
oTime.IsFixed = True
oTime.IsDate = False
oTime.NumberFormat = FindCreateNumberFormatStyle("UU:MM", oDoc)
REM Create the frame
DIM oFrameDT AS Object
oFrameDT = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.TextFrame")
With oFrameDT
.setName("FrameDT")
.AnchorType = com.sun.star.text.TextContentAnchorType.AT_PAGE
.HoriOrient = com.sun.star.text.HoriOrientation.NONE
.VertOrient = com.sun.star.text.VertOrientation.NONE
.HoriOrientPosition = -4200
.VertOrientPosition = -4000
.width = 4000
.height = 1500
.BorderDistance = 100
End With
REM Insert the frame into the text document
oText.insertTextContent( oCursor, oFrameDT, True )
REM Write the text inside the frame
DIM oCursor2 AS Object
oCursor2 = oFrameDT.createTextCursor()
With oCursor2
.charHeight = 13
.charWeight = com.sun.star.awt.FontWeight.BOLD
.paraAdjust = com.sun.star.style.ParagraphAdjust.CENTER
End With
oFrameDT.insertString( oCursor2, sActionText, False )
With oCursor2
.charHeight = 9
.charWeight = com.sun.star.awt.FontWeight.NORMAL
.paraAdjust = com.sun.star.style.ParagraphAdjust.CENTER
End With
oFrameDT.insertControlCharacter( oCursor2, com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.PARAGRAPH_BREAK, False )
oFrameDT.insertTextContent( oCursor2, oDate, False )
oFrameDT.insertControlCharacter( oCursor2, com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.LINE_BREAK, False )
oFrameDT.insertTextContent( oCursor2, oTime, False )
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro inserts a 'DATE/TIME'-stamp with sActionText
' like 'Printed', 'Copy', 'Books' or 'Sent'
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2012)
' ------------------------------
Sub InsertDTstampLastPage(sActionText AS String)
DIM oCursor AS Object, oText AS Object, oDoc AS Object
oDoc = ThisComponent
oText = oDoc.getText()
oCursor = oText.createTextCursor()
oCursor.goToEnd(FALSE)
REM Create the date and time objects
DIM oDate AS Object, oTime AS Object
oDate = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.TextField.DateTime")
oDate.IsFixed = TRUE
oDate.IsDate = TRUE
oDate.NumberFormat = FindCreateNumberFormatStyle("D MMMM JJJJ", oDoc)
oTime = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.TextField.DateTime")
oTime.IsFixed = True
oTime.IsDate = False
oTime.NumberFormat = FindCreateNumberFormatStyle("UU:MM", oDoc)
REM Create the frame
DIM oFrameDT AS Object
oFrameDT = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.TextFrame")
With oFrameDT
.setName("FrameDT")
.AnchorType = com.sun.star.text.TextContentAnchorType.AT_PAGE
.HoriOrient = com.sun.star.text.HoriOrientation.NONE
.VertOrient = com.sun.star.text.VertOrientation.NONE
.HoriOrientPosition = -4200
.VertOrientPosition = -4000
.width = 4000
.height = 1500
.BorderDistance = 100
End With
REM Insert the frame into the text document
oText.insertTextContent( oCursor, oFrameDT, True )
REM Write the text inside the frame
DIM oCursor2 AS Object
oCursor2 = oFrameDT.createTextCursor()
With oCursor2
.charHeight = 13
.charWeight = com.sun.star.awt.FontWeight.BOLD
.paraAdjust = com.sun.star.style.ParagraphAdjust.CENTER
End With
oFrameDT.insertString( oCursor2, sActionText, False )
With oCursor2
.charHeight = 9
.charWeight = com.sun.star.awt.FontWeight.NORMAL
.paraAdjust = com.sun.star.style.ParagraphAdjust.CENTER
End With
oFrameDT.insertControlCharacter( oCursor2, com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.PARAGRAPH_BREAK, False )
oFrameDT.insertTextContent( oCursor2, oDate, False )
oFrameDT.insertControlCharacter( oCursor2, com.sun.star.text.ControlCharacter.LINE_BREAK, False )
oFrameDT.insertTextContent( oCursor2, oTime, False )
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro removes the 'DATE/TIME'-stamp created with
' the previous macro
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub RemoveDTstamp()
DIM oDoc AS Object, oTextFrames AS Object, oFrameDT AS Object
oDoc = ThisComponent
REM Look for the datetimestamp-frame and remove it
oTextFrames = oDoc.getTextFrames
If oTextFrames.hasByName("FrameDT") Then
oFrameDT = oTextFrames.getByName("FrameDT")
oFrameDT.dispose()
EndIf
End Sub
REM ** HELPER PRINTING FUNCTIONS **
' ------------------------------
' This macro shows a dialog with a list of all installed printers on your system.
' Ideally, the dialog closes after a selection has been made
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2012)
' ------------------------------
Function ShowListPrinters
DIM aPrinterNames(10)
DIM d AS Object, l AS Object, list AS Object, result(10)
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
aPrinterNames = GetAllPrinterNames()
DialogLibraries.loadLibrary("Standard")
d = CreateUnoDialog(DialogLibraries.Standard.dlgListPrinters)
d.setTitle("Selecteer printer")
l = d.getControl("ListPrinters")
l.getModel().StringItemList = aPrinterNames
l.selectItemPos( 0, true )
d.execute()
list = d.getModel().getByName("ListPrinters")
result = list.StringItemList(list.SelectedItems(0))
d.dispose()
ShowListPrinters = result
'ErrorHandler
Exit Function
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Function
' ------------------------------
' This macro returns an array with a list of all installed printers. It is possible
' that it doesn't work on older (pre OOo3.5) versions of OOo / LO
'
' Written by Niklas Nebel (cited by Andrew Pitonyak)
' Adapted very slightly by Vincent Van Houtte (2012)
' ------------------------------
Function GetAllPrinterNames()
DIM oPrintServer AS Object ' The print server service.
DIM oCore AS Object ' Get classes and other objects by name.
DIM oClass AS Object ' XPrinterServer class object.
DIM oMethod AS Object ' getPrinterNames method from the XPrinterServer class.
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
' Create the object that will not be directly usable until OOo 3.5.
oPrintServer = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.awt.PrinterServer")
oCore = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.reflection.CoreReflection")
' Get the class object for the XPrinterServer interface.
oClass = oCore.forName("com.sun.star.awt.XPrinterServer")
' Get the getPrinterNames method for the XPrinterServer class.
oMethod = oClass.getMethod("getPrinterNames")
' Call the getPrinterNames method on the PrinterServer object.
GetAllPrinterNames = oMethod.invoke(oPrintServer, Array())
'ErrorHandler
Exit Function
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Function
REM ** HELPER PRINTING MACRO'S **
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints a given page without the background(-image) to the
' papertray holding the pre-printed (first-page-)stationary:
' you can set an image as a background, that you don't want to print,
' but that you want to show up when converted to PDF.
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Print_stat_first(iPageNr AS Integer, sPrinter AS String)
DIM sTray AS String
DIM bBg AS Boolean
sTray = "Tray2"
bBg = False
printPage(sTray, bBg, iPageNr, sPrinter)
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints a given page without the background(-image) to the
' papertray holding the pre-printed (other-page-)stationary:
' you can set an image as a background, that you don't want to print,
' but that you want to show up when converted to PDF.
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Print_stat_rest(iPageNr AS Integer, sPrinter AS String)
DIM sTray AS String
DIM bBg AS Boolean
sTray = "Tray1"
bBg = False
printPage(sTray, bBg, iPageNr, sPrinter)
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints a given page without the background(-image) to the
' papertray holding plain paper, for example to keep in your own file
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Print_plain(iPageNr AS Integer, sPrinter AS String)
DIM sTray AS String
DIM bBg AS Boolean
sTray = "Tray1"
bBg = False
printPage(sTray, bBg, iPageNr, sPrinter)
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints a given page with the background(-image) to the
' papertray holding plain paper, for example to keep in your official books
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2012)
' ------------------------------
Sub Print_plain_with_background(iPageNr AS Integer, sPrinter AS String)
DIM sTray AS String
DIM bBg AS Boolean
sTray = "Tray1"
bBg = True
printPage(sTray, bBg, iPageNr, sPrinter)
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints a specified page given the chosen parameters
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2010)
' ------------------------------
Sub printPage(sTray AS String, bBg AS Boolean, sPageNr AS String, sPrinter AS String)
DIM oDoc AS Object
oDoc = ThisComponent
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
REM Set backgroundImage-option in DocumentSettings to False
DIM oSettings AS Object
oSettings = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.DocumentSettings")
oSettings.PrintPageBackground = bBg
REM Set the chosen printer
DIM mPrinterOpts(2) AS NEW com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
mPrinterOpts(0).Name = "Name"
mPrinterOpts(0).Value = sPrinter
mPrinterOpts(1).Name = "PaperFormat"
mPrinterOpts(1).Value = com.sun.star.view.PaperFormat.A4
mPrinterOpts(2).Name = "PaperOrientation"
mPrinterOpts(2).Value = com.sun.star.view.PaperOrientation.PORTRAIT
oDoc.Printer = mPrinterOpts()
REM cast sPageNr as a integer
DIM iPageNr AS Integer
iPageNr = sPageNr
REM set Papertray in Styles
DIM oStyle AS Object, oViewCursor AS Object, sPageStyleName AS String
oViewCursor = oDoc.CurrentController.getViewCursor()
oViewCursor.JumpToPage(iPageNr)
sPageStyleName = oViewCursor.PageStyleName
oStyle = oDoc.StyleFamilies.getByName("PageStyles").getByName(sPageStyleName)
'If the printer has but one tray, comment the next line out:
oStyle.PrinterPaperTray = sTray
REM Set printOptions
DIM mPrintOpts(3) AS NEW com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
mPrintOpts(0).Name = "CopyCount"
mPrintOpts(0).Value = 1
mPrintOpts(1).Name = "Collate"
mPrintOpts(1).Value = True
mPrintOpts(2).Name = "Pages"
mPrintOpts(2).Value = sPageNr
mPrintOpts(3).Name = "Wait"
mPrintOpts(3).Value = True
REM Print or Debug
' MsgBox sPageNr + " / " + sPageStyleName
' Xray oViewCursor
oDoc.Print(mPrintOpts())
REM RESET OPTIONS
REM Set backgroundImage-option in DocumentSettings to True
oSettings = oDoc.createInstance("com.sun.star.text.DocumentSettings")
oSettings.PrintPageBackground = True
'ErrorHandler
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Sub
REM ** PRINTING MACRO'S ASSIGNED TO BUTTONS**
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints the document once to stationary and exits
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Fax_close()
DIM oDoc AS Object, oCursor AS Object, oText AS Object
DIM iPageCount AS Integer, n AS Integer
DIM sPage AS String
DIM sPrinter AS String
DIM sActionText AS String
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
sPrinter= ShowListPrinters()
oDoc = ThisComponent
REM Count the amount of pages
iPageCount = oDoc.getCurrentController().getPropertyValue("PageCount")
'Print stat
REM Print the first page
Print_stat_first(1, sPrinter)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 2 to iPageCount
Print_stat_rest(n, sPrinter)
next
'Exit
REM Save and close the document
closeDocument(oDoc)
'ErrorHandler
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints a copy of the document, sends the
' document to the default email app as a PDF and exits
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Mail_close()
DIM oDoc AS Object, oCursor AS Object, oText AS Object
DIM iPageCount AS Integer, n AS Integer
DIM sPage AS String
DIM sPrinter AS String
DIM sActionText AS String
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
sPrinter= ShowListPrinters()
oDoc = ThisComponent
REM Count the amount of pages
iPageCount = oDoc.getCurrentController().getPropertyValue("PageCount")
'Print copy
REM Insert timestamp of sending
sActionText = "VERZONDEN"
InsertDTstampFirstPage(sActionText)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 1 to iPageCount
Print_plain(n, sPrinter)
next
REM Remove the copystamp-frame
RemoveDTstamp()
'Create PDF
REM Replace .odt with .pdf
DIM sDocURL AS String, sPDFURL AS String
sDocURL = oDoc.getURL()
sPDFURL = Left$(sDocURL,Len(sDocURL)-4) + ".pdf"
REM Save as PDF
DIM args(0) AS NEW com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args(0).Name = "FilterName"
args(0).Value = "writer_pdf_Export"
oDoc.storeToURL(sPDFURL,args())
'Send to mailapp
REM Get the values of the textfields inside the document to form the subject line
DIM enuTF AS Object, aTextField AS Object
DIM sDosName AS String, sDosNum AS String, sDosUref AS String, sTo AS String, sSubject AS String
enuTF = oDoc.TextFields.createEnumeration
Do While enuTF.hasMoreElements
aTextField = enuTF.nextElement
if aTextField.supportsService("com.sun.star.text.TextField.Input") then
Select Case aTextField.getPropertyValue("Hint")
Case "briefBetreft":
sDosName = aTextField.getPropertyValue("Content")
Case "briefOnzeReferte":
sDosNum = aTextField.getPropertyValue("Content")
Case "briefUwReferte":
sDosUref = aTextField.getPropertyValue("Content")
Case "verzendingsadres":
sTo = aTextField.getPropertyValue("Content")
End Select
end if
Loop
sSubject = sDosName + " - " + sDosUref + " - " + sDosNum
REM Send the PDF as an attachment
DIM MailClient AS Object, MailAgent AS Object, MailMessage AS Object
'On linux systems, use SimpleCommandMail
MailAgent = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.system.SimpleCommandMail")
'On windows systems, use SimpleSystemMail
'MailAgent = CreateUnoService("com.sun.star.system.SimpleSystemMail")
MailClient = MailAgent.querySimpleMailClient()
MailMessage=MailClient.createSimpleMailMessage()
MailMessage.setRecipient(sTo)
MailMessage.setSubject(sSubject)
MailMessage.setAttachement(array(sPDFURL))
MailClient.sendSimpleMailMessage(MailMessage, 0)
'Exit
REM Save and close the document
closeDocument(oDoc)
'ErrorHandler
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints the document once to stationary, once as a copy and exits
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Letter_close()
DIM oDoc AS Object, oCursor AS Object, oText AS Object
DIM iPageCount AS Integer, n AS Integer
DIM sPage AS String
DIM sPrinter AS String
DIM sActionText AS String
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
sPrinter= ShowListPrinters()
oDoc = ThisComponent
REM Count the amount of pages
iPageCount = oDoc.getCurrentController().getPropertyValue("PageCount")
'Print stat
REM Print the first page
Print_stat_first(1, sPrinter)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 2 to iPageCount
Print_stat_rest(n, sPrinter)
next
'Print copy
REM Insert timestamp of sending
sActionText = "KOPIE"
InsertDTstampFirstPage(sActionText)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 1 to iPageCount
Print_plain(n, sPrinter)
next
REM Remove the copystamp-frame
RemoveDTstamp()
'Exit
REM Save and close the document
closeDocument(oDoc)
'ErrorHandler
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints the document twice to stationary, once as a copy and exits
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Letter_recommended_close()
DIM oDoc AS Object, oCursor AS Object, oText AS Object
DIM iPageCount AS Integer, n AS Integer
DIM sPage AS String
DIM sPrinter AS String
DIM sActionText AS String
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
sPrinter= ShowListPrinters()
oDoc = ThisComponent
REM Count the amount of pages
iPageCount = oDoc.getCurrentController().getPropertyValue("PageCount")
'Print stat
REM Print the first page
Print_stat_first(1, sPrinter)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 2 to iPageCount
Print_stat_rest(n, sPrinter)
next
'Print stat second
REM Print the first page
Print_stat_first(1, sPrinter)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 2 to iPageCount
Print_stat_rest(n, sPrinter)
next
'Print copy
REM Insert timestamp of sending
sActionText = "KOPIE"
InsertDTstampFirstPage(sActionText)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 1 to iPageCount
Print_plain(n, sPrinter)
next
REM Remove the copystamp-frame
RemoveDTstamp()
'Exit
REM Save and close the document
closeDocument(oDoc)
'ErrorHandler
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Sub
' ------------------------------
' This macro prints a copy of the document, and makes a
' PDF-doc with copy-stamp
'
' Written by Vincent Van Houtte (2011)
' ------------------------------
Sub Print_copy()
DIM oDoc AS Object, oCursor AS Object, oText AS Object
DIM iPageCount AS Integer, n AS Integer
DIM sPage AS String
DIM sPrinter AS String
DIM sActionText AS String
REM Initiate Errorhandler
On error GoTo ErrorHandler
sPrinter= ShowListPrinters()
oDoc = ThisComponent
REM Count the amount of pages
iPageCount = oDoc.getCurrentController().getPropertyValue("PageCount")
'Print copy
REM Insert timestamp of sending
sActionText = "KOPIE"
InsertDTstampFirstPage(sActionText)
REM Loop over every next page and print it
For n = 1 to iPageCount
Print_plain(n, sPrinter)
next
REM Remove the copystamp-frame
RemoveDTstamp()
'Create PDF
REM Replace .odt with _cp.pdf
DIM sDocURL AS String, sPDFURL AS String
sDocURL = oDoc.getURL()
sPDFURL = Left$(sDocURL,Len(sDocURL)-4) + "_cp.pdf"
REM Save as PDF
DIM args(0) AS NEW com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args(0).Name = "FilterName"
args(0).Value = "writer_pdf_Export"
oDoc.storeToURL(sPDFURL,args())
REM Remove the copystamp-frame
RemoveDTstamp()
'ErrorHandler
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
Reset
MsgBox "Error " & Err & ": " & Error$ + chr(13) + "At line : " + Erl + chr(13) + Now , 16 ,"an error occurred"
End Sub
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lknoll
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| Rather than looping through every page and printing each individually, you could specify a page range like "2-Total Number of pages" |
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zenlord
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You're right - rereading the code in light of your reply, I suppose you're right.
The only reason I can think of to not go that road is that it would make my code less flexible, since I would have to shift logic from the higher level functions to the lower level functions.
Or do you see a way to keep the flexibility and group the printing commands into 1?
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lknoll
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It was just an observation I made while I was working on a similar task. Thanks for posting your code. It was beneficial in helping me complete this task!
I needed to provide 3 macros to print 1 copy, print 2 copies, and print the first page only.
| Code: | Sub PrintOneCopy
SendToPrinter(ThisComponent, 1)
End Sub
Sub PrintTwoCopy
SendToPrinter(ThisComponent, 2)
End Sub
Sub PrintFirstPage
SendToPrinter(ThisComponent, 1, "1")
End Sub
Sub SendToPrinter(oDoc, Optional CopyNo, Optional Pages, Optional PrinterName)
if isMissing(CopyNo) then
CopyNo = 1
end if
if isMissing(Pages) then
Pages = "1-" & oDoc.CurrentController.PageCount
end if
if isMissing(PrinterName) then
count = 0
else
count = 1
end if
REM Set the chosen printer
DIM mPrinterOpts(count) AS NEW com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
mPrinterOpts(0).Name = "PaperOrientation"
mPrinterOpts(0).Value = com.sun.star.view.PaperOrientation.PORTRAIT
if count = 1 then
mPrinterOpts(1).Name = "Name"
mPrinterOpts(1).Value = PrinterName
end if
oDoc.Printer = mPrinterOpts()
REM Set printOptions
DIM mPrintOpts(3) AS NEW com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
mPrintOpts(0).Name = "CopyCount"
mPrintOpts(0).Value = CopyNo
mPrintOpts(1).Name = "Collate"
mPrintOpts(1).Value = True
mPrintOpts(2).Name = "Pages"
mPrintOpts(2).Value = Pages
mPrintOpts(3).Name = "Wait"
mPrintOpts(3).Value = True
REM Print
oDoc.Print(mPrintOpts())
End Sub |
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zenlord
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| Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Nice - I like the way you pass the object as an argument. I guess I never really grasped the fundamentals of OO programming...
I do wonder why you're setting the var 'count' instead of using the isMissing(PrinterName) directly? (or am I not seeing the whole code?) |
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lknoll
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Location: Harrisburg, Pa
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| Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:01 am Post subject: |
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I set count to use it here:
| Code: | DIM mPrinterOpts(count) AS NEW com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
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zenlord
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| Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:10 am Post subject: |
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| Aha, but you don't need that. As long as you define the number high enough, you can add variables. It's not like you need to determine upfront how many variables you will set. |
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