One other suggestion. While not the best solution, at the end of the macro add ThisComponent.close(1). That will close the blank .odt & still leave the report visible.
Edit: Just tried at beginning of macro and blank screen appeared for shorter amount of time. Report still generated.
Hello
may be you missed that there need to be three /// after the keyword macro - try:
soffice "C:\Users\nuno\AppData\Roaming\LineMap.odb" macro:///LineMap/Reports.Report.genRep
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Unfortunately that doesn’t change anything. Same behaviour. No macro being fired.
Thanks
Ah - now I see. your path doesn’t fit to the format specification Library.Module.Macroname
@anon73440385: the macro: URI does fit to //authority/Library.Module.Macroname spec - where authority is docname; so it possibly should work - but it doesn’t (also in my testing)…
It also only works form me, if I put the macro into global section “My Macros”
Mike have you tried and is not working as well?
There’s something wrong I believe…
What I need is to generate a report that is inside that odb file! I have a macro in My Macros that receive a doc name (the odb in that case) and a report name and it works, the problem is I have to install libreoffice in multiple PC’s and I really don’t like the idea of install and then import Macros if I can have a macro inside a file.
I have debugged, and in SfxMacroLoader::loadMacro, the call to SfxObjectShell::GetFirst() returns nullptr - it means that the open database isn’t listed among open shells - and thus doesn’t offer the expected functionality (unlike Writer or Calc components). You may file an enhancement request to add such functionality to Base.
Ok Mike…Thank you so much…In that case I can create a odt dummy file with a macro where I pass the odb file path and report name and it solves my problem…Thanks you again
But possibly better assign the macro in the DB to the Open Document event?
I thought about that. But then how can I pass the name of the report that I want to open?
Then please do file a request to bug tracker, and post a ref# here.
@mikekaganski, Can I ask you just one more thing? I’m trying to open this dummy,odt file that I created which is just a black file in background (no GUI) but it doesn’t work as well…
soffice --headless --invisible --nologo “C:\Users\nuno\AppData\Roaming\dummy.odt”
Thanks
Doesn’t work in what way?
It launch the file normally…it bring the window to the front! Maybe I’m wrong but I was expecting to run the file without actually see it.
In 6.3, it runs without displaying anything; but I remember 6.2 working the way you describe. However, in no version will you succeed in calling LO with --headless, and then have something opened and properly working interactively: the --headless is designed for server mode, and even if it would open something visible, it would prevent dialogs, and many more. So - if you want the program to run interactively, then don’t use --headless. And yes, you likely won’t be able to open a document hidden that way.
Command is “Call”. If I’m understand the question aright, I call up other macro’s or sub’s, in other sub’s, by the command “call” then the name of sub or macro. If a crated macro (sub) is named “Open_Box_2”, I type a line in a sub… Call “Open_Box_2”. But all that is done, works, when all sub’s (or macro’s) are in the same file.
@MarkMcLean, that’s not what I want…I want to run the macro from a console command line, not call it from another Sub.
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