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Need to copy some cells in a document table

Asked by: sjef_bosman

Hi,

I have a template document that I use to create letters with. In the text there is a table that needs to be extended, to allow more values. For this, I use
      Call table.getRows().insertByIndex(x, n)
which works.

Now I would like the newly created cells to have the format of the first row of the table. What I thought would be the easiest is to copy the first row to the range of cells, and then to erase the value of all new cells. This works in theory if I do it manually, but I need to do it using LotusScript. Apparently, there is no CopyRange is a document... By the way, I'm using Lotus Symphony but there is little difference.

Can anyone help me, how can I programmatically copy a range of cells to another in the Document Writer?

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Answers

 

by: mbonaciPosted on 2009-10-30 at 03:18:01ID: 25701529

Have you tried to record a macro and read the code from there?

 

by: sjef_bosmanPosted on 2009-10-30 at 10:34:07ID: 25705163

Yes I did, but what I get are a bunch of UNO-calls that I try to avoid. I'll probably do it like this: create a cursor, mark the cells that need to be copied, copy, mark the cells that need to be pasted, and paste. I'd really love to have the code dictated to me, but I think I can manage on my own. It's a pity that CopyRange doesn't work without a Sheet...

 

by: sjef_bosmanPosted on 2009-11-03 at 05:33:32ID: 25728716

I finally got Symphony working for me! Here's the essential part of the code:

	Private wdApp As Variant
	Private wdDoc As Variant
	Private wordmap List As String
	Private ooSM As Variant
	Private ooApp As Variant
	Private ooDoc As Variant
	Private ooDH As Variant 
	Set ooSM = CreateObject("com.sun.star.ServiceManager")
	Set ooDH= ooSM.createInstance("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
	Set ooApp= ooSM.createInstance("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
	Set ooDoc= ooApp.loadComponentFromURL(filename, "_blank", 0, arg()) 
	Set bm= ooDoc.getBookmarks().getByName(fn)
	If Not(bm Is Nothing) Then
		Set tbl= bm.getAnchor().TextTable
		If Not(tbl Is Nothing) Then
			Set rng= bm.getAnchor()
			Set tbl= rng.TextTable 'cell
			Set cell= rng.Cell
			col = Asc(Left$(cell.CellName,1)) - Asc("A")
			row = Cint(Mid$(cell.CellName, 2))
			n2= nrows - 1 - ysize
			If n2>0 Then
				y= row + ysize
				Call tbl.getRows().insertByIndex(y, n2)
				Dim Frame As Variant
				Dim cr1 As Variant 
				Dim cr2 As Variant
				rf1= "A" & row
				rf2= Chr$(Asc("A")+ysize) & (row)
				Set cr1= tbl.createCursorByCellName(rf2)
				Call cr1.gotoCellByName(rf1, True)
				Set cr2= tbl.getCellRangeByName(cr1.getRangeName())
				Call ooDoc.getCurrentController().select(cr2)
				Dim ee() As Variant
				Set Frame = ooDoc.getCurrentController().getFrame()
				Call ooDH.executeDispatch(Frame, ".uno:Copy", "", 0, ee) 
				rt1= "A" & (row+1) 
				rt2= Chr$(Asc("A")+tableinfo(i).ysize) & (row+n2)
				Call cr1.gotoCellByName(rt1, False)
				Call cr1.gotoCellByName(rt2, True)
				Set cr2= tbl.getCellRangeByName(cr1.getRangeName())
				Call ooDoc.getCurrentController().select(cr2)
				Set Frame = ooDoc.getCurrentController().getFrame()
				Call ooDH.executeDispatch(Frame, ".uno:Paste", "", 0, ee)
                                              
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