Macro to break external link in text document

[ohallot]

I have a text document that has Sections with links to external text files.

I need to break these links to that the document stays independent of the external sources.

I can get the sections with, e.g.

oSec = ThisComponent.getTextSections().getByName("SEC_GUIDE")

But then I can’t find a way to break the external link.

Assigning

oSec.FileLink.FileURL = ""
oSec.FileLink.FilterName = ""

is ineffective to break the link.

Note that with the dialog Format - Sections, I can clear the Link checkbox and I’m done. Less trivial is to do that with a macro.

Note2: I can also break the link with Edit - Links . But don’t know how to get the collection of external links…

[mikekaganski]

Try this:

l = new com.sun.star.text.SectionFileLink
oSec.FileLink = l

[ohallot]

Effectively the file link is then broken as demanded. But it also makes the linked contents disappear. My strategy was to break the link and keep the contents.

[mikekaganski]

It is kept here in a sample lorem ipsum file using Version: 7.1.2.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 8a45595d069ef5570103caea1b71cc9d82b2aae4
CPU threads: 12; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: en-US
Calc: CL

But indeed I might overlook something.