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LibreOffice static dialogs are created with the Dialog editor and are stored in varying places according to their personal (My Macros), shared (Application Macros) or document-embedded nature. In reverse, dynamic dialogs are constructed at runtime, from Basic or Python scripts, or using any other LibreOffice supported language for that matter. Opening static dialogs with Python is illustrated herewith. Exception handling and internationalization are omitted for clarity.
The examples below open Access2Base Trace console or the imported TutorialsDialog dialog with menu:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals
def consoleDlg():
ctx =XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getComponentContext()
smgr = ctx.getServiceManager()
dp = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.awt.DialogProvider", ctx)
dlg = dp.createDialog( "vnd.sun.star.script:Access2Base.dlgTrace?location=application")
dlg.execute()
dlg.dispose()
def tutorDialog():
ctx =XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getComponentContext()
smgr = ctx.getServiceManager()
dp = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.awt.DialogProvider", ctx)
dlg = dp.createDialog("vnd.sun.star.script:Standard.TutorialsDialog?location=application")
dlg.execute()
dlg.dispose()
g_exportedScripts = (consoleDlg, tutorDialog)
The example below opens a newly edited Dialog1 dialog from a document with menu:
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals
def docDialog():
""" Display a doc-based dialog """
model = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDocument()
smgr = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getComponentContext().ServiceManager
dp = smgr.createInstanceWithArguments( "com.sun.star.awt.DialogProvider", (model,))
dlg = dp.createDialog( "vnd.sun.star.script:Standard.Dialog1?location=document")
dlg.execute()
dlg.dispose()
g_exportedScripts = (docDialog,)
Refer to msgbox.py in {installation}/program/ directory for Python dynamic dialog examples.