Load files into Writer only?

[Jens Tröger]

I've done some digging around, and I've figured out how to spawn a
Writer instance.  But then I get stuck when I try to load the document.
There's more code here:

  https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=75608#p345563

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated :-)

Thanks!


On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 05:53:35AM +0100, Jens Tröger wrote:
> One way of approaching the problem below is by checking the file type of
> the document, before handing it off to the soffice instance.  Checking
> the extension only might be too flimsy, perhaps libmagic can help?
> 
> There is a list of supported file formats here:
> 
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice#Supported_file_formats
> 
> but it seems rather tedious to me to check manually for Writer document
> files.  Is there a better way?
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 05:36:18PM +0100, Jens Tröger wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is there a way to load Writer supported documents only, and dismiss
> > (fail) on others?  For example, I connect to an office server like so
> > 
> >   local = uno.getComponentContext()                                       
> >   resolver = local.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", local)
> >   context = resolver.resolve("uno:pipe,name=foopipe;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
> >   desktop = context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", context)
> > 
> > Now I'd like to 
> > 
> >   desktop.loadComponentFromURL()
> > 
> > and if that file is e.g. and image that Writer can not open, then fail.
> > Same for any other file which is not a Writer supported file.  I've
> > looked at this call
> > 
> >   http://www.openoffice.org/api/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/lang/XMultiComponentFactory.html#createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext
> > 
> > but can't figure out if that's the right way to go.  Or should I check
> > if the file is of a certain type before I pass it on to office?  In that
> > case though, I might reject some funky format which Writer supports,
> > just because I didn't know about it.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Jens
> 

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