LibreOffice Calc Macro - export selected sheet to PDF

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#1

Hi

I’m new to LibreOffice, but “developed” a macro for Excel to first select some specific sheets, and then export them to PDF. When trying to do the same thing in Calc it just exports all sheets. I tried “reverse-engineering” a Macro recording, but this didn’t give me any useful information as to select the specific sheets. when running the macro that I recorded, it just exports all sheets once again.

This is what I’ve come up with using the record function, and adding a function to define the filename the same way I’m used to in Excel.

    Sub Main
rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rem define variables
dim document   as object
dim dispatcher as object
dim ReportDayFilename As String

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
rem get access to the document
document   = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
ReportDayFilename = Sheets("Dagsr_udr").Range("B10") & "-" & Sheets("Dagsr_udr").Range("B9") & "-" & Sheets("Dagsr_udr").Range("B8") & ".pdf"

rem ----------------------------------------------------------------------
dim args1(2) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
args1(0).Name = "URL"
args1(0).Value = "file:///C:/Path_to_report/Rapport/" & ReportDayFilename
args1(1).Name = "FilterName"
args1(1).Value = "calc_pdf_Export"
args1(2).Name = "FilterData"
args1(2).Value = Array(Array("UseLosslessCompression",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("Quality",0,90,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ReduceImageResolution",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("MaxImageResolution",0,300,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("UseTaggedPDF",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SelectPdfVersion",0,0,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ExportNotes",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ViewPDFAfterExport",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ExportBookmarks",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SinglePageSheets",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("OpenBookmarkLevels",0,-1,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("UseTransitionEffects",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("IsSkipEmptyPages",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ExportPlaceholders",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("IsAddStream",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ExportFormFields",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("FormsType",0,1,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("AllowDuplicateFieldNames",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("HideViewerToolbar",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("HideViewerMenubar",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("HideViewerWindowControls",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ResizeWindowToInitialPage",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("CenterWindow",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("OpenInFullScreenMode",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("DisplayPDFDocumentTitle",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("InitialView",0,0,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("Magnification",0,0,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("Zoom",0,100,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("PageLayout",0,0,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("FirstPageOnLeft",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("InitialPage",0,1,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("Printing",0,2,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("Changes",0,4,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("EnableCopyingOfContent",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("EnableTextAccessForAccessibilityTools",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ExportLinksRelativeFsys",0,true,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("PDFViewSelection",0,0,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ConvertOOoTargetToPDFTarget",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("ExportBookmarksToPDFDestination",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SignPDF",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("_OkButtonString",0,"",com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("Watermark",0,"",com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("EncryptFile",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("PreparedPasswords",0,,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("RestrictPermissions",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("PreparedPermissionPassword",0,Array(),com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("Selection",0,,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SignatureLocation",0,"",com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SignatureReason",0,"",com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SignatureContactInfo",0,"",com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SignaturePassword",0,"",com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SignatureCertificate",0,,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("SignatureTSA",0,"",com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE),Array("UseReferenceXObject",0,false,com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE))

dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:ExportToPDF", "", 0, args1())
End Sub

So this seems a bit overkill with the args.

In Excel it’s just like this:

Sub GemSomPDF()

    Dim ReportDayFilePath As String
    Dim ReportDayFilename As String
    
    ReportDayFilePath = "C:\path_to_report\Rapport\"
    ReportDayFilename = Sheets("Dagsr_udr").Range("B10") & "-" & Sheets("Dagsr_udr").Range("B9") & "-" & Sheets("Dagsr_udr").Range("B8") & ".pdf"
    
    ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= _
        ReportDayFilePath & ReportDayFilename, Quality:=xlQualityStandard, _
        IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas:=False, OpenAfterPublish:= _
        False
End Sub

I haven’t been able to find anything about Exporting a specific set of sheets using Calc macro, only how to do a basic export of one sheet or a range of cells at one sheet.

#2

I might have found a workaround being to go to each sheet that should be exported choose Format->Print Ranges->Edit and change to None. I will continue testing

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