How to run multiple instances of Writer simultaneously?

[Jens Tröger]

Hi Mike,

That would be a good answer to have, because finding documentation on this topic is tricky. Here is how I currently handle this in Python:

    pipe = …
    p = subprocess.Popen("/…/soffice --accept='pipe,name=" + pipe + ";url;StarOffice.ServiceManager' --headless --invisible", shell=True)
    # Wait for the pipe to become available.
    local = uno.getComponentContext() 
    resolver = local.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver”, local)
    context = resolver.resolve("uno:pipe,name=" + pipe + ";urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
    desktop = context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", context)
    # Load the document
    docfile = …
    document = desktop.loadComponentFromURL("file://" + docfile, "_blank", 0, props)

This creates a new office process and open the Writer document and connects to it. Note the absence of the custom user installation (for performance reasons)! Once I’m done with it, then:

    document.close(True) # or if XCloseable doesn’t exist: document.dispose()
    desktop.terminate()                                                                      
    # context.??                                                                             
    # resolver.??                                                                            
    # local.??                                                                               
    p.terminate()                                                                            

The termination of the process p seems to destroy the other running soffice process. Hence using custom user installations with -env:UserInstallation=/tmp/random-dir but that just prolongs the process creation noticeably!

Thanks!
Jens


> On Oct 19, 2017, at 16:48, Kaganski Mike <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Maybe the real question is how to close a document without forcing 
> soffice process (which is shared in your case among all open documents) 
> shutdown?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Mike Kaganski
> 

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