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Howto Auto-skip Dialog Boxes in Macros?

 
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onguarde
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:48 pm    Post subject: Howto Auto-skip Dialog Boxes in Macros? Reply with quote
Peace!

I usually make macros through the "Record macro" function. However, I cannot find a way to automatically select a particular answer as the default for a particular dialog box.

Case in point, a macro involving the "Merge cells" function. OO will keep asking me the following question.

"Should the contents of the hidden cells be moved to the first cell?"

Is there a way to set the answer to the above as "No" each time the macro is run?

Thanks in advance!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:37 am    Post subject: Re: Howto Auto-skip Dialog Boxes in Macros? Reply with quote
A month passes and no response? Herein lies the problem with giving thanks in advance Wink

I have the same question, and have found a few things. It looks like OpenOffice macros might have a limitation with regards to dialog boxes. The below wiki page states .. If a dialog is opened, the command to open the dialog is likely to be generated. Any work done inside the dialog is not likely to be recorded..

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Getting_Started/Sometimes_the_macro_recorder_fails

The recorded BASIC macro code for the ToggleMergeCells is below:

Code:
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args3(0) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args3(0).Name = "MoveContents"
args3(0).Value = true

dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:ToggleMergeCells", "", 0, args3())


So are there arguments that can be passed to executeDispatch to invoke the "Yes" button click that we are looking for? I've yet to find an answer in all the OOo docs, forums, wikis, etc.
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