A macro to update links then close the dialog box...

[Paco]

Hi all!

I'm currently learning how to use Macros; I have this one...

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REM ***** BASIC *****

Sub Main

End Sub



sub updatelinks
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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:EditLinks", "", 0, Array())


end sub
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...that I would like to make it go further. I've created a button that when pressed, run this macro and I want it to
/Edit/Links...//Update//then CLose
but it's currently stoping at the Links dialog box... Once Update, I would like the macros to Close the dialog box so I can go on with my input in this sheet.

Now, is something missing from the macro above to have it to Update the links and to Close the dialog box?

Thanks in advance for any help!
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[Zarius]

Hi,

After a little poking around I found this:

[Paco]

Should I just paste it on a new line inside my current macro?... I'll try it soon and let you know...

Thanks!
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[Zarius]

You should be able to replace your entire macro with it - if all you want the macro to do is update the links on the current document, without any dialog box at all. That one line does it for you.

[Paco]

Thanks a-l-o-t!



Curious: where did you find the info?
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[Zarius]

No worries.

As for finding the info: well, the easier bit is the keyboard shortcuts, just gotta run through the various things you can set in there a few times so you can remember them later when you try to do something (hopefully before doing it the hard way... done that a few times .

For the code, "ThisComponent" usually returns the current document you're in, and I knew updating the links was either going to be a responability of the document or each individual "section", so I inspected ThisComponent with a short macro I found elsewhere - however I'd recommend the Xray tool over at OOoMacros - it'll let you look at what properties objects have, as well as what you can run with them (methods - such as updateLinks()).
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Quoots - a quicker way to open your documents and fill in template details in OOo. (written in OOBasic)

[baba]

[quote="Zarius"]You should be able to replace your entire macro with it - if all you want the macro to do is update the links on the current document, without any dialog box at all. That one line does it for you.

[noranthon]

I have version 2.0.2 and the method seems to be unavailable for any object I can find. There is a method for updating links using the dispatcher on loading a document. See here for constants.

[baba]

[Villeroy]