Interfaceoriented programming in openoffice libreoffice. If the data export module and the parser had been correctly set up, then you should see realtime drawing in openofficelibreoffice calc fig. If no print range has been defined for the active sheet, then it will export the entire active sheet. The adobe pdf format is a portable document standard just like a word or excel file, and it has advantages compared to word or excel files. Export to hybrid pdf format the document foundation wiki. The ods file with all values and plots you can download here. Open office base database tutorials exporting csv with a macro.
Jul 31, 2012 the challenging part was to use the pdf objects from vba, so i searched for adobe sdk to find the vocabulary that uses adobe in their programs acrobat readerpro. Sub firstoooproc dim osm root object for accessing openoffice from vb dim odesk, odoc as object first objects from the api dim arg ignore it. Out of date has a powerful support for plugins called macros that allow a lot of additional functionality to be added to application. The export to pdf supports lots of settings via the filterdata property. The recipe here uses basic to program an macro to convert from doc to pdf. Export or save as pdf a specific range in libreoffice calc. Saving as web pages html calc can save files as html documents. May 26, 2016 to create a hybrid pdf file, run openoffice with the pdf import extension installed, select file, choose export as pdf, a pdf options window like the screen shot will open, then tick create hybrid file or embed this document inside the pdf where applicable and click export. All the print ranges are deleted, then the used area of the sheet is defined as print range, then exported as pdf. Jul 29, 2018 how to create a pdf file with openoffice. On the export dialog, specify a file name for the exported document, then select the xhtml in the file format list and click the export button.
Openoffice and libreoffice are the main opensource office suites, the opensource equivalent to microsoft office, to create text document, spreadsheets, presentations and drawings. Solved macro to export print range of active sheet to pdf. Click the export directly as pdf icon to export the entire document using the default pdf settings. Copy the code to a regular code module, then select the sheets you want to export, and run the macro. Using the same code as an openoffice macro works fine. When i record a macro to export to pdf with fileopen password protection, the resulting pdf does in fact have password protection.
If you want to print a copy, your pdf viewer should have an option for printing two pages on one sheet of paper, but you may need to start with page 2 to get it to print. In such case you can simply save your whole sheet or a particular range from that sheet in pdf form. In this article i am going to show you how to send the activesheet as an attachment in pdf format. Converting microsoft office documents to openoffice documents. A hybrid pdf is a file which can be read like any other pdf, but which contains a source document in pdf format, allowing you to modify it using libreoffice. Openoffice calc save as pdf with name taken fron cell.
Libreoffice was a fork of when openoffice went under oracles umbrella and is built on the original code base. Many people have the adobe reader to view pdf files, or. You can see the entire sheet1 content is saved in the specified directory mentioned in above macro. Its important that to save file with name taken from a cell sheet1. Also, we have seen how to send the activesheet as an attachment in email. Run the main subroutine, and specify the sheet name inside the quotes. Finally, there are many optional settings for a pdf export. This excel vba to openoffice basic converter offers a starting point for migrating vba projects in excel to the openoffice or star office calc application.
Simply start the macro from a calc file, such as the one included below. Print to pdf just choose file export to pdf, and youve got an easy way of making a noneditable, readablebyanyone, version of your file. The converter may also serve as a learning mechanism to better understand the similarities and differences between the vba and oo basic coding specifications. I have following code to export a sheet to a pdf file. The process and dialogs are the same for writer, calc, impress, and draw, with a few minor differences mentioned in this section. I will include later in this cell name,date and hour. Many a times we generate certain reports in an excel sheet but while sending that report to your boss, you want that to be saved in a pdf form. Option explicit sub exporttopdf dim document as object dim dispatcher as object documentthiscomponent.
Rem basic sub main first export to csv which we will later use as the source for the export to json. Ods file that export save this document as pdf html, txt or cvs file. How to export an entire sheet to pdf tutorial can be found here. The apache openoffice user forum is an user to user help and discussion forum for exchanging information and tips with other users of apache openoffice, the open source office suite.
Send sheet as a pdf attachment in email learn excel macro. It can be created with the menu command file export as pdf. To export as leave the url of the current document alone but save a copy of the file in the specified format. Use file save as and select html document, or file wizards web page. Call the datasource window f4 browse your database and drag a table onto a cell. The export pdf function work as expected from user interface, but fails miserably running from macro. Both are equivalent, but the usual advise is to use libreoffice see the differences since it is the project of the volunteers from the opensource community and has been developping more quickly. Many people have the adobe reader to view pdf files, or can get it or alternative. If you want to print a copy, your pdf viewer should have an option for printing two pages on one sheet of paper, but you may need to start with page 2 to get it to print facing pages correctly. Oct 06, 2006 even without modifying the macro, you could do conversions from any openoffice. See the section further down, for details on how the macro works.
In the earlier tutorial i have shown how to export an entire sheets content to a pdf file. To create a hybrid pdf file, run openoffice with the pdf import extension installed, select file, choose export as pdf, a pdf options window like the screen shot will open, then tick create hybrid file or embed this document inside the pdf where applicable and click export. How to export an excel sheet as pdf file welcome to. Writing a macro to export csv files from an oobase database. Any file of this name will be overwritten by the macro. Basically, the export works fine but thenone of filterdata properies take effect. Getting started with 3 this pdf is designed to be read onscreen, two pages at a time. It will be listed as opof6button if you saved it with the name i told you to use. Solved macro export selection to pdf view topic apache openoffice community forum. However, this does not include support for hyperlinks or pdf bookmarks. Export or save as pdf in libreoffice calc sheets using macro. Martin w brown this macro creates a pdf document from your original with pdf bookmarks, document metainformation author, keywords etc, notes and hyperlinks.
Exporting realtime data and charting in openoffice or. Rightclick in the datasouce window and call the dialog to register databases make a base files tables and queries accessible in other components. The challenging part was to use the pdf objects from vba, so i searched for adobe sdk to find the vocabulary that uses adobe in their programs acrobat readerpro. Blog this veteran started a code bootcamp for people who went to bootcamp. Excel vba to openoffice basic converter spreadsheets. However, if i run the previously recorded macro again, the resulting pdf is not password protected.
Here is the content of the pdf that is created using this macro. Some chapters from the third edition of macros explained. This macro uses the last used settings from the last manual export. Export a calc sheet as pdf the document foundation wiki. Exporting a lo sheets content to pdf is often necessary because of wide use of pdf files for distributions, reporting etc.
If you think to need macros, read the guide and study the famous texts by andrew pitonyak availabele from his site. There is also a pdf version last uploaded april 30, 2016 09. I successfully used the export pdf function fro a macro, specifying as property selection and as value a cellrange, but i need to do this selecting several sheets together. Apr 11, 2020 if the data export module and the parser had been correctly set up, then you should see realtime drawing in openoffice libreoffice calc fig. This industrystandard file format for file viewing is ideal for sending the file to someone else to view using acrobat reader or other pdf viewers.
Many people have the adobe reader to view pdf files. On the left is a window macro from listing several places macros can be. This industrystandard file format is ideal for sending the file to someone else to view using adobe reader or other pdf viewers. The converter may also serve as a learning mechanism to better understand the similarities and differences between the. Macro to save a selected area in openoffice calc as pdf. You may find that the database being shipped with openoffice ver.
Dear readers, in my previous article, you saw how to save an excel sheet as pdf file. For most or all of them you can accept the defaults. Although the installation of extendedpdf is not as straightforward as that of the other macros, the whole installation procedure is well documented, and it shouldnt cause any problems. Some chapters from the third edition of openoffice. Converting microsoft word document to pdf format using. The following macro shows how to do this in libreoffice basic. Browse other questions tagged openofficecalc openofficebasic or ask your own question. Jan 25, 2015 libreoffice calc save as pdf macro sheet. In this article you are going to learn how to save an excel sheet as pdf file. Browse other questions tagged openoffice calc openoffice basic or ask your own question.
In this tutorial i will show how to export a specific range e. Export active sheet as pdf file the following macro code will export the active sheet or sheets in pdf format. Martin w brown this macro creates a pdf document from your openoffice. If you dont see your database among the datasources. I am neither an artist nor a designer, so, i hired amanda barham to create the cover art.
Though has its own builtin pdf export feature, extendedpdf can convert writer documents into pdfs that contain hyperlinks and bookmarks. Even without modifying the macro, you could do conversions from any supported format to pdf because we relied not specifying any import filter in the macro that the document would be recognized and opened by the. Created attachment 77598 windows vbs script the problem is related to pdf export using com bridge on windows. Install most recent version advisable in a visual basic or visual basic for application module, copy and paste this procedure. If needed, the settings can be configured through the macro by adding another args1 with an array value as seen here. Drop a comment using below comment box, if you faced any problem using this. I have found a mention of this problem with oo but havent had any success using the suggested solution there with. I successfully used the export pdf function fro a macro, specifying as property selection and as value a cellrange, but i. Quit end if end function function cancelquit msgbox macro cancelled. Solved macro export selection to pdf apache openoffice. Naming convention can be changed based on your requirement.
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