ScriptForge.Platform service

The Platform service provides a collection of properties about the current execution environment and context, such as:

note

All properties of the Platform service are read-only.


Service invocation

Before using the Platform service the ScriptForge library needs to be loaded or imported:

note

â€ĸ Basic macros require to load ScriptForge library using the following statement:
GlobalScope.BasicLibraries.loadLibrary("ScriptForge")

â€ĸ Python scripts require an import from scriptforge module:
from scriptforge import CreateScriptService


The examples below in Basic and Python instantiate the Platform service and access the Architecture property.

In Basic

      GlobalScope.BasicLibraries.LoadLibrary("ScriptForge")
      Dim platform As Variant
      platform = CreateScriptService("Platform")
      MsgBox platform.Architecture
    
In Python

      from scriptforge import CreateScriptService
      svc = CreateScriptService("Platform")
      bas = CreateScriptService("Basic")
      bas.MsgBox(svc.Architecture)
    

Properties

Name

Readonly

Type

Description

Architecture

Yes

String

The hardware bit architecture. Example: '32bit' or '64bit'

ComputerName

Yes

String

The computer's network name.

CPUCount

Yes

Integer

The number of central processing units.

CurrentUser

Yes

String

The name of the currently logged user.

Extensions

Yes

String array

Returns a zero-based array of strings containing the internal IDs of all installed extensions.

FilterNames

Yes

String array

Returns a zero-based unsorted array of strings containing the available document import and export filter names.

Fonts

Yes

String array

Returns a zero-based array of strings containing the names of all available fonts.

FormatLocale

Yes

String

Returns the locale used for numbers and dates as a string in the format "la-CO" (language-COUNTRY).

Locale

Yes

String

Returns the locale of the operating system as a string in the format "la-CO" (language-COUNTRY). This is equivalent to the SystemLocale property.

Machine

Yes

String

The machine type. Examples are: 'i386' or 'x86_64'.

OfficeLocale

Yes

String

Returns the locale of the user interface as a string in the format "la-CO" (language-COUNTRY).

OfficeVersion

Yes

String

The actual LibreOffice version expressed as
' LibreOffice w.x.y.z (The Document Foundation)'.

Example: 'LibreOffice 7.4.1.2 (The Document Foundation, Debian and Ubuntu)'

OSName

Yes

String

The operating system type. Example: 'Darwin, Linux' or 'Windows'.

OSPlatform

Yes

String

A single string identifying the underlying platform with as much useful and human-readable information as possible.

Example: 'Linux-5.8.0-44-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.32'

OSRelease

Yes

String

The operating system's release. Example: '5.8.0-44-generic'

OSVersion

Yes

String

The operating system's build or version.

Example: '#50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 9 06:29:41 UTC 2021'

Printers

Yes

String
array

The list of available printers as a zero-based array.

The default printer is put in the first position of the list (index = 0).

Processor

Yes

String

The real processor name. Example: 'amdk6'.

This property may return the same value as the Machine property.

PythonVersion

Yes

String

Returns the version of the Python interpreter being used as a string in the format "Python major.minor.patchlevel" (ex: "Python 3.9.7").

SystemLocale

Yes

String

Returns the locale of the operating system as a string in the format "la-CO" (language-COUNTRY). This is equivalent to the Locale property.

UserData

Yes

Dictionary

Returns a Dictionary instance containing key-value pairs in relation with Tools - Options - User Data dialog.


Example:

In Basic

The following examples in Basic and Python illustrate how to use the Fonts property to write the names of all available fonts to the current Calc sheet starting at cell "A1":


    Dim oDoc as Object
    Dim allFonts as Object
    Dim svcPlatform as Object
    Set oDoc = CreateScriptService("Calc")
    Set svcPlatform = CreateScriptService("Platform")
    allFonts = svcPlatform.Fonts
    oDoc.setArray("~.A1", allFonts)
  

The example below demonstrates how to create a Calc table with all the values stored in the UserData property, which is a Dictionary service instance:


    Dim svcPlatform as Object, oUserData as Object, oDoc as Object
    Dim arrUserData As Object, currCell As String
    Set svcPlatform = CreateScriptService("Platform")
    oUserData = svcPlatform.UserData
    arrUserData = oUserData.ConvertToArray()
    Set oDoc = CreateScriptService("Calc", ThisComponent)
    oDoc.SetArray("~.A1", Array(Array("Key", "Value")))
    oDoc.SetArray("~.A2", arrUserData)
  
In Python

The examples above can be written in Python as follows:


    from scriptforge import CreateScriptService
    bas = CreateScriptService("Basic")
    doc = CreateScriptService("Calc", bas.ThisComponent)
    svc_platform = CreateScriptService("Platform")
    all_fonts = svc_platform.Fonts
    doc.setArray("~.A1", all_fonts)
  

    from scriptforge import CreateScriptService
    bas = CreateScriptService("Basic")
    doc = CreateScriptService("Calc", bas.ThisComponent)
    svc_platform = CreateScriptService("Platform")
    user_data = svc_platform.UserData
    arr_user_data = [[key, user_data[key]] for key in user_data]
    doc.SetArray("~.A1", (("Key", "Value"),))
    doc.SetArray("~.A2", arr_user_data)
  
warning

All ScriptForge Basic routines or identifiers that are prefixed with an underscore character "_" are reserved for internal use. They are not meant be used in Basic macros or Python scripts.


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