UNO - CreateUnoService("...") = <null>

[cjm51213]

Hi Folks,

UNO is not working, meaning CreateUnoService("…") returns <.null.>. I understand that this is all Java foolishness and I have confirmed that java seems to be in working order. I can invoke the UNO environment from a simple java program, but this doesn’t explain why the calls to CreateUnoService fail in the context of LibreOffice macros:

import com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext;
import com.sun.star.comp.helper.Bootstrap;

public class TestUNO {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // Bootstrap the UNO runtime
            XComponentContext xContext = Bootstrap.bootstrap();
            if (xContext != null) {
                System.out.println("UNO is available.");
            } else {
                System.out.println("UNO is NOT available.");
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Sure could use some advice here …

Thanks for the help,

Chris.

[sokol92]

Do you mean the Basic CreateUnoService function?

Yes, this function returns null if the service name is incorrectly specified. Note that the service name is case-sensitive.

[cjm51213]

It turns out that this was my problem. Ironically, I did not include the one piece that would have solved it – the name of the service I was trying to create

Thanks for the help,

Chris.

[fpy]

@cjm51213

doesn’t explain

a macro is called in an existing context, you receive it as parameter, so don’t have to “bootstrap” yourself.

ex. LibreOffice Developer's Guide: Chapter 18 - Scripting Framework - The Document Foundation Wiki

public class HelloWorld {
    public static void printHW(XScriptContext xScriptContext)
    {
        XModel xDocModel = xScriptContext.getDocument();
 ...