connect bootstrap BSF4Rexx Rony G. Flatscher How to connect to a already listening OpenOffice?

You can start OpenOffice in listening mode with e.g. this command:

soffice -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;

This commandline starts OpenOffice listening on port 8100

This snippet connects to a listening OpenOffice and creates a wordprocessor document.

/* Demonstrate how to connect to a remote OOo server and use it via ooRexx ({%external http://www.ooRexx.org}) Assumes that an instance of OOo got started that listens on port 8100; one can create such an instance via the commandline, using the following command: soffice -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp; to start an instance without a visible window on the server, you may use the command: soffice -invisible -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp; or soffice -headless -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp; OOo can be configured to listen on a specific port, cf. "Developer's Guide" for further information on this. The code in this snippet could be transcribed to Java in a 1:1 mapping. A version utilizing the special ooRexx support for UNO can be found here: {%internal ./Office.ConnectToListeningOpenOfficeVariant2_UNO_CLS_.snip} */ /* initialize connection to server, get its Desktop-service and XComponentLoader interface */ call bsf.cls /* get full access to Java using BSF4Rexx */ /****************************/ /* ===> Bootstrapping <=== */ /****************************/ unoRuntime = bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime}") /* import UnoRuntime Java class */ bootstrap = bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.comp.helper.Bootstrap}") /* import Bootstrap Java class */ localCC = bootstrap~createInitialComponentContext(.nil) /* create a local ComponentContext */ localSM = localCC~getServiceManager /* create its ServiceManager */ /* query the XUrlResolver interface from the local UnoUrlResolver object */ /* create the URL resolver service object */ localUUR = localSM~createInstanceWithContext("{%see com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver}", localCC) interfaceXUUR = bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.bridge.XUnoUrlResolver}") localXUUR = unoRuntime~queryInterface(interfaceXUUR, localUUR) /* query the XNamingService interface from the remote service object */ hostname="localhost" /* can be any host on the Internet */ hostport=8100 /* port on which OOo listens for clients */ /* URL to use for connecting to server */ unoUrl = "uno:socket,host="hostname",port="hostport";urp;StarOffice.NamingService" say "connecting using the URL:" pp(unoURL)"..." /* resolve URL, thereby retrieving the remote NamingService service object */ remoteNS = localXUUR~resolve(unoUrl) interfaceXNS = bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.uno.XNamingService}") remoteXNS = unoRuntime~queryInterface(interfaceXNS, remoteNS) /* query the XMultiServiceFactory interface from the remote service object */ remoteSM = remoteXNS~getRegisteredObject("StarOffice.ServiceManager") /* get remote ServiceManager */ interfaceXMSF = bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory}") remoteXMSF = unoRuntime~queryInterface(interfaceXMSF, remoteSM) /* query the XDesktop interface from the remote service object */ remoteD = remoteXMSF~createInstance("{%see com.sun.star.frame.Desktop}") interfaceXD = bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.frame.XDesktop}") remoteXD = unoRuntime~queryInterface(interfaceXD, remoteD) /* query the XComponentLoader interface from the remote service object */ interfaceXCL = bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader}") remoteXCL = unoRuntime~queryInterface(interfaceXCL, remoteXD) /*********************************************************************/ /* ===> Now we are ready to load/open and/or create documents <=== */ /*********************************************************************/ /* create an empty Java array of component type "PropertyValue" */ noProps = bsf.createArray(bsf.loadClass("{%see com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue}"), 0) /* 0=no elements, i.e. empty Java array */ /* load an empty text document into a (local) new window */ writerComponent = remoteXCL~loadComponentFromURL("private:factory/swriter", "_blank", 0, noProps)

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