7 Using Writer2LaTeX from another application

7.2 Using Writer2LaTeX from a Basic macro

You can also access Writer2LaTeX through LO's api. Here's an example using a Basic macro, but the principle is the same for any other language with a UNO binding.

Writer2LaTeX is used as any other filter in LO. Using the parameter FilterData, you can provide specific options for Writer2LaTeX: You can give an URL for a configuration file to use and/or you can provide values for simple options (the order does not matter, the configuration file is always read first). In addition (XHTML export only), you can define a target template and an included style sheet.

This example exports a document to LaTeX using a specific configuration, but overriding the value of the option use_colortbl.

Dim sUrl As String

sUrl = <url to document>

Dim sConfigUrl As String

sConfigUrl = <url to config>

Dim oFilterData(1) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue

oFilterData(0).Name  = "ConfigURL"

oFilterData(0).Value = sConfigUrl

oFilterData(1).Name  = "use_colortbl"

oFilterData(1).Value = "true"

Dim oProps(2) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue

oProps(0).Name  = "FilterName"

oProps(0).Value = "org.openoffice.da.writer2latex"

oProps(1).Name  = "Overwrite"

oProps(1).Value = true

oProps(2).Name  = "FilterData"

oProps(2).Value = oFilterData

ThisComponent.StoreToURL(sUrl, oProps())

The table lists the names of the filters provided by Writer2LaTeX:

This table lists the special properties available for the filter data (all are optional):

The URLs can contain variables such as $(user) for the user installation of LO. Thus for example “$(user)/myconfig.xml” can be used to point to a configuration within the user installation. See

http://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/servicecom_1_1sun_1_1star_1_1util_1_1PathSubstitution.html

for a list of available variables.

As a special feature, you can require one of Writer2LaTeX's standard configurations. To do this, the URL should start with an asterisk, for example “*ultraclean.xml”.