[Libreoffice-commits] core.git: scripting/examples

[Tor Lillqvist]

 scripting/examples/python/NamedRanges.py |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

New commits:
commit e32b4c8a079e4b51b1028d2467b872ff5b8cdd3a
Author: Tor Lillqvist <tml at collabora.com>
Date:   Fri Jan 19 18:00:46 2018 +0200

    Add another sample Python script, to handle named ranges in spreadsheets
    
    Change-Id: Ibe11ab2c3513a05b9aec574602b24df70270908c
    Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/51968
    Tested-by: Jenkins <ci at libreoffice.org>
    Reviewed-by: Tor Lillqvist <tml at collabora.com>

diff --git a/scripting/examples/python/NamedRanges.py b/scripting/examples/python/NamedRanges.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abdef141f397
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+++ b/scripting/examples/python/NamedRanges.py
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+import traceback
+import uno
+
+def GetNamedRanges():
+    """Returns a list of the named ranges in the document.
+    """
+    try:
+        desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
+        model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
+        rangeNames = model.NamedRanges.ElementNames
+        result = []
+        for i in rangeNames:
+            range = model.NamedRanges.getByName(i).Content
+            result.append((i, range))
+        return result
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Caught Exception: " + str(e))
+        tb = e.__traceback__
+        traceback.print_tb(tb)
+        return None
+
+def DefineNamedRange(sheet, x0, y0, width, height, name):
+    """Defines a new (or replaces an existing) named range on a sheet,
+    using zero-based absolute coordinates
+    """
+    desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
+    model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
+    # FIXME: Is there some Python-callable API to turn a row and column into an A1 string?
+    # This obviously works only for the first 26 columns.
+    abc = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+    content = sheet +"!" + "$" + abc[x0 : x0+1] + "$" + str(y0+1) + ":" + "$" + abc[x0+width-1 : x0+width] + "$" + str(y0+height)
+    position = uno.createUnoStruct('com.sun.star.table.CellAddress')
+    position.Sheet = 0
+    position.Column = 0
+    position.Row = 0
+    model.NamedRanges.addNewByName(name, content, position, 0)
+    return None