Prepare for removal of non-const operator[] from Sequence in sd

Change-Id: I82dc012188f846161beeb54901c2f5d298e5c3b7
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/124385
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Mike Kaganski <mike.kaganski@collabora.com>

35 files changed, 276 insertions, 328 deletions

diff --git a/sd/qa/unit/import-tests.cxx b/sd/qa/unit/import-tests.cxx
index 561f5b71abc5..e1b71fd788cf 100644
--- a/sd/qa/unit/import-tests.cxx
+++ b/sd/qa/unit/import-tests.cxx
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
 #include <stlpool.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/sequenceashashmap.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/graphicmimetype.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/lok.hxx>
@@ -1741,22 +1742,19 @@ void SdImportTest::testTdf113163()
     uno::Reference < uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
     uno::Reference< drawing::XGraphicExportFilter > xGraphicExporter = drawing::GraphicExportFilter::create(xContext);
 
-    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData(2);
-    aFilterData[0].Name = "PixelWidth";
-    aFilterData[0].Value <<= sal_Int32(100);
-    aFilterData[1].Name = "PixelHeight";
-    aFilterData[1].Value <<= sal_Int32(100);
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData{
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelWidth", sal_Int32(100)),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelHeight", sal_Int32(100))
+    };
 
     utl::TempFile aTempFile;
     aTempFile.EnableKillingFile();
 
-    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aDescriptor(3);
-    aDescriptor[0].Name = "URL";
-    aDescriptor[0].Value <<= aTempFile.GetURL();
-    aDescriptor[1].Name = "FilterName";
-    aDescriptor[1].Value <<= OUString("PNG");
-    aDescriptor[2].Name = "FilterData";
-    aDescriptor[2].Value <<= aFilterData;
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aDescriptor{
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL", aTempFile.GetURL()),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterName", OUString("PNG")),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterData", aFilterData)
+    };
 
     uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > xPage(getPage(0, xDocShRef), uno::UNO_QUERY);
     xGraphicExporter->setSourceDocument(xPage);
@@ -1794,22 +1792,19 @@ void SdImportTest::testTdf93124()
     uno::Reference < uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
     uno::Reference< drawing::XGraphicExportFilter > xGraphicExporter = drawing::GraphicExportFilter::create(xContext);
 
-    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData(2);
-    aFilterData[0].Name = "PixelWidth";
-    aFilterData[0].Value <<= sal_Int32(320);
-    aFilterData[1].Name = "PixelHeight";
-    aFilterData[1].Value <<= sal_Int32(180);
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData{
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelWidth", sal_Int32(320)),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelHeight", sal_Int32(180))
+    };
 
     utl::TempFile aTempFile;
     aTempFile.EnableKillingFile();
 
-    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aDescriptor(3);
-    aDescriptor[0].Name = "URL";
-    aDescriptor[0].Value <<= aTempFile.GetURL();
-    aDescriptor[1].Name = "FilterName";
-    aDescriptor[1].Value <<= OUString("PNG");
-    aDescriptor[2].Name = "FilterData";
-    aDescriptor[2].Value <<= aFilterData;
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aDescriptor{
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL", aTempFile.GetURL()),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterName", OUString("PNG")),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterData", aFilterData)
+    };
 
     uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > xPage(getPage(0, xDocShRef), uno::UNO_QUERY);
     xGraphicExporter->setSourceDocument(xPage);
@@ -1856,22 +1851,19 @@ void SdImportTest::testTdf99729()
         uno::Reference< drawing::XGraphicExportFilter > xGraphicExporter = drawing::GraphicExportFilter::create(xContext);
         CPPUNIT_ASSERT(xGraphicExporter.is());
 
-        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData(2);
-        aFilterData[0].Name = "PixelWidth";
-        aFilterData[0].Value <<= sal_Int32(320);
-        aFilterData[1].Name = "PixelHeight";
-        aFilterData[1].Value <<= sal_Int32(240);
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData{
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelWidth", sal_Int32(320)),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelHeight", sal_Int32(240))
+        };
 
         utl::TempFile aTempFile;
         aTempFile.EnableKillingFile();
 
-        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aDescriptor(3);
-        aDescriptor[0].Name = "URL";
-        aDescriptor[0].Value <<= aTempFile.GetURL();
-        aDescriptor[1].Name = "FilterName";
-        aDescriptor[1].Value <<= OUString("PNG");
-        aDescriptor[2].Name = "FilterData";
-        aDescriptor[2].Value <<= aFilterData;
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aDescriptor{
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL", aTempFile.GetURL()),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterName", OUString("PNG")),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterData", aFilterData)
+        };
 
         uno::Reference<drawing::XDrawPagesSupplier> xDrawPagesSupplier(xComponent, uno::UNO_QUERY);
         uno::Reference<lang::XComponent> xPage(xDrawPagesSupplier->getDrawPages()->getByIndex(0),
diff --git a/sd/qa/unit/tiledrendering/tiledrendering.cxx b/sd/qa/unit/tiledrendering/tiledrendering.cxx
index ea7bfc5c11bb..44d84207683f 100644
--- a/sd/qa/unit/tiledrendering/tiledrendering.cxx
+++ b/sd/qa/unit/tiledrendering/tiledrendering.cxx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <comphelper/dispatchcommand.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/propertysequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/string.hxx>
 #include <editeng/eeitem.hxx>
 #include <editeng/editids.hrc>
@@ -1674,9 +1675,7 @@ void SdTiledRenderingTest::testTdf104405()
     rEditView.SetSelection(ESelection(0, 0, 0, 3)); // start para, start char, end para, end char.
 
     // trigger the clone-formatting/paintbrush command to copy formatting contents of cell
-    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aArgs(1);
-    aArgs[0].Name  = "PersistentCopy";
-    aArgs[0].Value <<= true;
+    uno::Sequence aArgs{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("PersistentCopy", true) };
     comphelper::dispatchCommand(".uno:FormatPaintbrush", aArgs);
 
     Scheduler::ProcessEventsToIdle();
diff --git a/sd/source/core/CustomAnimationEffect.cxx b/sd/source/core/CustomAnimationEffect.cxx
index cb4e7db67b92..ee6317916f23 100644
--- a/sd/source/core/CustomAnimationEffect.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/core/CustomAnimationEffect.cxx
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ void CustomAnimationEffect::setPresetClassAndId( sal_Int16 nPresetClass, const O
     if( !bFoundPresetClass )
     {
         aUserData.realloc( nLength + 1);
-        auto& el = aUserData[nLength];
+        auto& el = aUserData.getArray()[nLength];
         el.Name = "preset-class";
         el.Value <<= mnPresetClass;
         ++nLength;
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ void CustomAnimationEffect::setPresetClassAndId( sal_Int16 nPresetClass, const O
     if( !bFoundPresetId && maPresetId.getLength() > 0 )
     {
         aUserData.realloc( nLength + 1);
-        auto& el = aUserData[nLength];
+        auto& el = aUserData.getArray()[nLength];
         el.Name = "preset-id";
         el.Value <<= maPresetId;
     }
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ void CustomAnimationEffect::setNodeType( sal_Int16 nNodeType )
     if( !bFound )
     {
         aUserData.realloc( nLength + 1);
-        auto& el = aUserData[nLength];
+        auto& el = aUserData.getArray()[nLength];
         el.Name = "node-type";
         el.Value <<= mnNodeType;
     }
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ void CustomAnimationEffect::setGroupId( sal_Int32 nGroupId )
     if( !bFound )
     {
         aUserData.realloc( nLength + 1);
-        auto& el = aUserData[nLength];
+        auto& el = aUserData.getArray()[nLength];
         el.Name = "group-id";
         el.Value <<= mnGroupId;
     }
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ void CustomAnimationEffect::setColor( sal_Int32 nIndex, const Any& rColor )
                         {
                             if( aValues.getLength() > nIndex )
                             {
-                                aValues[nIndex] = rColor;
+                                aValues.getArray()[nIndex] = rColor;
                                 xAnimate->setValues( aValues );
                             }
                         }
@@ -2000,8 +2000,9 @@ void stl_process_after_effect_node_func(AfterEffectNode const & rNode)
             Sequence< NamedValue > aUserData( rNode.mxNode->getUserData() );
             sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
             aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-            aUserData[nSize].Name = "master-element";
-            aUserData[nSize].Value <<= xMasterNode;
+            auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+            pUserData[nSize].Name = "master-element";
+            pUserData[nSize].Value <<= xMasterNode;
             rNode.mxNode->setUserData( aUserData );
 
             // insert after effect node into timeline
diff --git a/sd/source/core/EffectMigration.cxx b/sd/source/core/EffectMigration.cxx
index e5ed520d9895..fe531f2b9667 100644
--- a/sd/source/core/EffectMigration.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/core/EffectMigration.cxx
@@ -1299,11 +1299,10 @@ static void createVisibilityOnOffNode(Reference< XTimeContainer > const & rxPare
     xOuterSeqTimeContainer->setFill(AnimationFill::HOLD);
 
     // set named values
-    Sequence< NamedValue > aUserDataSequence;
-    aUserDataSequence.realloc(1);
-
-    aUserDataSequence[0].Name = "node-type";
-    aUserDataSequence[0].Value <<= bOnClick ? EffectNodeType::ON_CLICK : EffectNodeType::AFTER_PREVIOUS;
+    Sequence< NamedValue > aUserDataSequence{
+        { /* Name  */ "node-type",
+          /* Value */ Any(bOnClick ? EffectNodeType::ON_CLICK : EffectNodeType::AFTER_PREVIOUS) }
+    };
 
     xOuterSeqTimeContainer->setUserData(aUserDataSequence);
 
diff --git a/sd/source/filter/grf/sdgrffilter.cxx b/sd/source/filter/grf/sdgrffilter.cxx
index 4e3fefb797ea..46ed24f3b412 100644
--- a/sd/source/filter/grf/sdgrffilter.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/filter/grf/sdgrffilter.cxx
@@ -268,8 +268,9 @@ bool SdGRFFilter::Export()
                     {
                         sal_Int32 nCount = aArgs.getLength();
                         aArgs.realloc( nCount + 1 );
-                        aArgs[ nCount ].Name = sFilterName;
-                        aArgs[ nCount ].Value <<= sShortName;
+                        auto pArgs = aArgs.getArray();
+                        pArgs[ nCount ].Name = sFilterName;
+                        pArgs[ nCount ].Value <<= sShortName;
                     }
 
                     // take selection if needed
diff --git a/sd/source/filter/html/HtmlOptionsDialog.cxx b/sd/source/filter/html/HtmlOptionsDialog.cxx
index daa5e7362a39..78939dc4ddac 100644
--- a/sd/source/filter/html/HtmlOptionsDialog.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/filter/html/HtmlOptionsDialog.cxx
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Sequence< PropertyValue > SdHtmlOptionsDialog::getPropertyValues()
         maMediaDescriptor.realloc( ++nCount );
 
     // the "FilterData" Property is an Any that will contain our PropertySequence of Values
-    auto& el = maMediaDescriptor[ i ];
+    auto& el = maMediaDescriptor.getArray()[ i ];
     el.Name = "FilterData";
     el.Value <<= maFilterDataSequence;
     return maMediaDescriptor;
diff --git a/sd/source/filter/html/buttonset.cxx b/sd/source/filter/html/buttonset.cxx
index ec35118ceb0b..1bc24a7e33cd 100644
--- a/sd/source/filter/html/buttonset.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/filter/html/buttonset.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <comphelper/storagehelper.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/oslfile2streamwrap.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <vcl/graph.hxx>
 #include <vcl/virdev.hxx>
 #include <vcl/image.hxx>
@@ -98,9 +99,8 @@ bool ButtonsImpl::getGraphic( const Reference< XGraphicProvider >& xGraphicProvi
     Reference< XInputStream > xInputStream( getInputStream( rName ) );
     if( xInputStream.is() && xGraphicProvider.is() ) try
     {
-        Sequence< PropertyValue > aMediaProperties( 1 );
-        aMediaProperties[0].Name = "InputStream";
-        aMediaProperties[0].Value <<= xInputStream;
+        Sequence< PropertyValue > aMediaProperties{ comphelper::makePropertyValue(
+            "InputStream", xInputStream) };
         Reference< XGraphic > xGraphic( xGraphicProvider->queryGraphic( aMediaProperties  ) );
 
         if( xGraphic.is() )
diff --git a/sd/source/filter/html/htmlex.cxx b/sd/source/filter/html/htmlex.cxx
index e357bba348a6..13f12dc69c2f 100644
--- a/sd/source/filter/html/htmlex.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/filter/html/htmlex.cxx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <sal/log.hxx>
 #include <rtl/tencinfo.h>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
 #include <osl/file.hxx>
 #include <unotools/pathoptions.hxx>
@@ -933,11 +934,10 @@ bool HtmlExport::SavePresentation()
         uno::Reference< frame::XStorable > xStorable( mpDoc->getUnoModel(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
         if( xStorable.is() )
         {
-            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProperties( 2 );
-            aProperties[ 0 ].Name = "Overwrite";
-            aProperties[ 0 ].Value <<= true;
-            aProperties[ 1 ].Name = "FilterName";
-            aProperties[ 1 ].Value <<= OUString("impress8");
+            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProperties{
+                comphelper::makePropertyValue("Overwrite", true),
+                comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterName", OUString("impress8"))
+            };
             xStorable->storeToURL( aURL, aProperties );
 
             mpDocSh->EnableSetModified( false );
@@ -964,19 +964,17 @@ bool HtmlExport::CreateImagesForPresPages( bool bThumbnail)
         Reference< drawing::XGraphicExportFilter > xGraphicExporter = drawing::GraphicExportFilter::create( xContext );
 
         Sequence< PropertyValue > aFilterData(((meFormat==FORMAT_JPG)&&(mnCompression != -1))? 3 : 2);
-        aFilterData[0].Name = "PixelWidth";
-        aFilterData[0].Value <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(bThumbnail ? PUB_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH : mnWidthPixel );
-        aFilterData[1].Name = "PixelHeight";
-        aFilterData[1].Value <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(bThumbnail ? PUB_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT : mnHeightPixel);
+        auto pFilterData = aFilterData.getArray();
+        pFilterData[0].Name = "PixelWidth";
+        pFilterData[0].Value <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(bThumbnail ? PUB_THUMBNAIL_WIDTH : mnWidthPixel );
+        pFilterData[1].Name = "PixelHeight";
+        pFilterData[1].Value <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(bThumbnail ? PUB_THUMBNAIL_HEIGHT : mnHeightPixel);
         if((meFormat==FORMAT_JPG)&&(mnCompression != -1))
         {
-            aFilterData[2].Name = "Quality";
-            aFilterData[2].Value <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(mnCompression);
+            pFilterData[2].Name = "Quality";
+            pFilterData[2].Value <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(mnCompression);
         }
 
-        Sequence< PropertyValue > aDescriptor( 3 );
-        aDescriptor[0].Name = "URL";
-        aDescriptor[1].Name = "FilterName";
         OUString sFormat;
         if( meFormat == FORMAT_PNG )
             sFormat = "PNG";
@@ -985,9 +983,12 @@ bool HtmlExport::CreateImagesForPresPages( bool bThumbnail)
         else
             sFormat = "JPG";
 
-        aDescriptor[1].Value <<= sFormat;
-        aDescriptor[2].Name = "FilterData";
-        aDescriptor[2].Value <<= aFilterData;
+        Sequence< PropertyValue > aDescriptor{
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL", Any()),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterName", sFormat),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterData", aFilterData)
+        };
+        auto pDescriptor = aDescriptor.getArray();
 
         for (sal_uInt16 nSdPage = 0; nSdPage < mnSdPageCount; nSdPage++)
         {
@@ -999,7 +1000,7 @@ bool HtmlExport::CreateImagesForPresPages( bool bThumbnail)
             else
                 aFull += maImageFiles[nSdPage];
 
-            aDescriptor[0].Value <<= aFull;
+            pDescriptor[0].Value <<= aFull;
 
             Reference< XComponent > xPage( pPage->getUnoPage(), UNO_QUERY );
             xGraphicExporter->setSourceDocument( xPage );
diff --git a/sd/source/filter/ppt/pptinanimations.cxx b/sd/source/filter/ppt/pptinanimations.cxx
index 2d8a5ef17103..3b80cacc985a 100644
--- a/sd/source/filter/ppt/pptinanimations.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/filter/ppt/pptinanimations.cxx
@@ -681,8 +681,9 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
 
             sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
             aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-            aUserData[nSize].Name = "node-type";
-            aUserData[nSize].Value <<= nNodeType;
+            auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+            pUserData[nSize].Name = "node-type";
+            pUserData[nSize].Value <<= nNodeType;
         }
     }
 
@@ -693,8 +694,9 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
         {
             sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
             aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-            aUserData[nSize].Name = "group-id";
-            aUserData[nSize].Value <<= nGroupId;
+            auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+            pUserData[nSize].Name = "group-id";
+            pUserData[nSize].Value <<= nGroupId;
         }
     }
 
@@ -717,8 +719,9 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
             }
             sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
             aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-            aUserData[nSize].Name = "preset-class";
-            aUserData[nSize].Value <<= nEffectPresetClass;
+            auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+            pUserData[nSize].Name = "preset-class";
+            pUserData[nSize].Value <<= nEffectPresetClass;
         }
     }
 
@@ -728,7 +731,8 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
         {
             sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
             aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-            aUserData[nSize].Name = "preset-id";
+            auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+            pUserData[nSize].Name = "preset-id";
 
             const oox::ppt::preset_mapping* p = oox::ppt::preset_mapping::getList();
             while( p->mpStrPresetId && ((p->mnPresetClass != nEffectPresetClass) || (p->mnPresetId != nPresetId )) )
@@ -736,7 +740,7 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
 
             if( p->mpStrPresetId )
             {
-                aUserData[nSize].Value <<= OUString::createFromAscii( p->mpStrPresetId );
+                pUserData[nSize].Value <<= OUString::createFromAscii( p->mpStrPresetId );
             }
             else
             {
@@ -753,7 +757,7 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
                 }
                 sBuffer.append( nPresetId );
 
-                aUserData[nSize].Value <<= sBuffer.makeStringAndClear();
+                pUserData[nSize].Value <<= sBuffer.makeStringAndClear();
             }
         }
     }
@@ -767,8 +771,9 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
             {
                 sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
                 aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-                aUserData[nSize].Name = "preset-sub-type";
-                aUserData[nSize].Value <<= oox::ppt::getConvertedSubType( nEffectPresetClass, nPresetId, nPresetSubType );
+                auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+                pUserData[nSize].Name = "preset-sub-type";
+                pUserData[nSize].Value <<= oox::ppt::getConvertedSubType( nEffectPresetClass, nPresetId, nPresetSubType );
             }
         }
     }
@@ -779,8 +784,9 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
         {
             sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
             aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-            aUserData[nSize].Name = "after-effect";
-            aUserData[nSize].Value <<= bAfterEffect;
+            auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+            pUserData[nSize].Name = "after-effect";
+            pUserData[nSize].Value <<= bAfterEffect;
         }
     }
 
@@ -791,8 +797,9 @@ void AnimationImporter::fillNode( Reference< XAnimationNode > const & xNode, con
         {
             sal_Int32 nSize = aUserData.getLength();
             aUserData.realloc(nSize+1);
-            aUserData[nSize].Name = "master-rel";
-            aUserData[nSize].Value <<= nMasterRel;
+            auto pUserData = aUserData.getArray();
+            pUserData[nSize].Name = "master-rel";
+            pUserData[nSize].Value <<= nMasterRel;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1315,10 +1322,9 @@ Any AnimationImporter::implGetColorAny( sal_Int32 nMode, sal_Int32  nA, sal_Int3
             dump( "hsl(%ld", nA );
             dump( ",%ld", nB );
             dump( ",%ld)", nC );
-            Sequence< double > aHSL( 3 );
-            aHSL[0] = nA * 360.0/255.0;
-            aHSL[1] = nB / 255.0;
-            aHSL[2] = nC / 255.0;
+            Sequence< double > aHSL{ nA * 360.0/255.0,
+                                     nB / 255.0,
+                                     nC / 255.0 };
             return makeAny( aHSL );
         }
 
@@ -2125,7 +2131,9 @@ void AnimationImporter::importAnimateKeyPoints( const Atom* pAtom, const Referen
         nKeyTimes++;
 
     Sequence< double > aKeyTimes( nKeyTimes );
+    auto aKeyTimesRange = asNonConstRange(aKeyTimes);
     Sequence< Any > aValues( nKeyTimes );
+    auto aValuesRange = asNonConstRange(aValues);
     OUString aFormula;
 
     pIter = pAtom->findFirstChildAtom(DFF_msofbtAnimKeyTime);
@@ -2137,7 +2145,7 @@ void AnimationImporter::importAnimateKeyPoints( const Atom* pAtom, const Referen
             sal_Int32 nTemp(0);
             mrStCtrl.ReadInt32(nTemp);
             double fTemp = static_cast<double>(nTemp) / 1000.0;
-            aKeyTimes[nKeyTime] = fTemp;
+            aKeyTimesRange[nKeyTime] = fTemp;
             if( fTemp == -1 )
                 bToNormalize = true;
 
@@ -2154,7 +2162,7 @@ void AnimationImporter::importAnimateKeyPoints( const Atom* pAtom, const Referen
                         if (importAttributeValue(pValue, aValue2) && aFormula.isEmpty())
                             aValue2 >>= aFormula;
                     }
-                    aValues[nKeyTime] = aValue1;
+                    aValuesRange[nKeyTime] = aValue1;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -2218,7 +2226,7 @@ void AnimationImporter::importAnimateKeyPoints( const Atom* pAtom, const Referen
         // if TimeAnimationValueList contains time -1000, key points must be evenly distributed between 0 and 1 ([MS-PPT] 2.8.31)
         for( int nKeyTime = 0; nKeyTime < nKeyTimes; ++nKeyTime )
         {
-            aKeyTimes[nKeyTime] = static_cast<double>(nKeyTime) / static_cast<double>(nKeyTimes - 1);
+            aKeyTimesRange[nKeyTime] = static_cast<double>(nKeyTime) / static_cast<double>(nKeyTimes - 1);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/sd/source/filter/xml/sdxmlwrp.cxx b/sd/source/filter/xml/sdxmlwrp.cxx
index 90dc2c589e07..bc757626df3c 100644
--- a/sd/source/filter/xml/sdxmlwrp.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/filter/xml/sdxmlwrp.cxx
@@ -987,8 +987,7 @@ extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT bool TestImportFODP(SvStream &rStream)
     {
         { "UserData", uno::Any(aUserData) },
     }));
-    css::uno::Sequence<uno::Any> aOuterArgs(1);
-    aOuterArgs[0] <<= aAdaptorArgs;
+    css::uno::Sequence<uno::Any> aOuterArgs{ uno::Any(aAdaptorArgs) };
 
     uno::Reference<lang::XInitialization> xInit(xInterface, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
     xInit->initialize(aOuterArgs);
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx b/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx
index b888d92926f4..58e595e75877 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx
@@ -861,10 +861,7 @@ void SdFontStylePropertyBox::setValue( const Any& rValue, const OUString& )
 
 Any SdFontStylePropertyBox::getValue()
 {
-    Sequence<Any> aValues(3);
-    aValues[0] <<= mfFontWeight;
-    aValues[1] <<= meFontSlant;
-    aValues[2] <<= mnFontUnderline;
+    Sequence<Any> aValues{ Any(mfFontWeight), Any(meFontSlant), Any(mnFontUnderline) };
     return makeAny( aValues );
 }
 
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationPane.cxx b/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationPane.cxx
index 73d4b581cfbd..b604824f694f 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationPane.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationPane.cxx
@@ -951,10 +951,11 @@ Any CustomAnimationPane::getProperty1Value( sal_Int32 nType, const CustomAnimati
 
     case nPropertyTypeCharDecoration:
         {
-            Sequence< Any > aValues(3);
-            aValues[0] = pEffect->getProperty( AnimationNodeType::SET, u"CharWeight" , EValue::To );
-            aValues[1] = pEffect->getProperty( AnimationNodeType::SET, u"CharPosture" , EValue::To );
-            aValues[2] = pEffect->getProperty( AnimationNodeType::SET, u"CharUnderline" , EValue::To );
+            Sequence< Any > aValues{
+                pEffect->getProperty( AnimationNodeType::SET, u"CharWeight" , EValue::To ),
+                pEffect->getProperty( AnimationNodeType::SET, u"CharPosture" , EValue::To ),
+                pEffect->getProperty( AnimationNodeType::SET, u"CharUnderline" , EValue::To )
+            };
             return makeAny( aValues );
         }
     }
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/controller/slidelayoutcontroller.cxx b/sd/source/ui/controller/slidelayoutcontroller.cxx
index 26c0d5bebcb2..cbfd847204b8 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/controller/slidelayoutcontroller.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/controller/slidelayoutcontroller.cxx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/drawing/DrawViewMode.hpp>
 
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <vcl/commandinfoprovider.hxx>
 #include <vcl/toolbox.hxx>
 
@@ -265,9 +266,7 @@ void LayoutToolbarMenu::SelectHdl(AutoLayout eLayout)
 
     if( eLayout != AUTOLAYOUT_END )
     {
-        aArgs = Sequence< PropertyValue >(1);
-        aArgs[0].Name = "WhatLayout";
-        aArgs[0].Value <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(eLayout);
+        aArgs = { comphelper::makePropertyValue("WhatLayout", static_cast<sal_Int32>(eLayout)) };
     }
     else if( mbInsertPage )
     {
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/dlg/diactrl.cxx b/sd/source/ui/dlg/diactrl.cxx
index aa2296edeb5d..2335508091b6 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/dlg/diactrl.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/dlg/diactrl.cxx
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
  *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
  */
 
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <vcl/fieldvalues.hxx>
 #include <vcl/settings.hxx>
 #include <vcl/svapp.hxx>
@@ -129,11 +132,9 @@ IMPL_LINK_NOARG(SdPagesField, ModifyHdl, weld::SpinButton&, void)
 {
     SfxUInt16Item aItem(SID_PAGES_PER_ROW, m_xWidget->get_value());
 
-    ::uno::Any a;
-    ::uno::Sequence< ::beans::PropertyValue > aArgs( 1 );
-    aArgs[0].Name   = "PagesPerRow";
+    uno::Any a;
     aItem.QueryValue( a );
-    aArgs[0].Value  = a;
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aArgs{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("PagesPerRow", a) };
     SfxToolBoxControl::Dispatch( ::uno::Reference< ::frame::XDispatchProvider >( m_xFrame->getController(), ::uno::UNO_QUERY ),
                                  ".uno:PagesPerRow",
                                  aArgs );
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/dlg/gluectrl.cxx b/sd/source/ui/dlg/gluectrl.cxx
index 171d475c87af..a6baf3e920b6 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/dlg/gluectrl.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/dlg/gluectrl.cxx
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
  *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
  */
 
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <svx/svdglue.hxx>
 #include <svl/intitem.hxx>
 #include <vcl/toolbox.hxx>
@@ -99,10 +102,8 @@ IMPL_LINK(GlueEscDirLB, SelectHdl, weld::ComboBox&, rBox, void)
     if ( m_xFrame.is() )
     {
         Any a;
-        Sequence< PropertyValue > aArgs( 1 );
-        aArgs[0].Name   = "GlueEscapeDirection";
         aItem.QueryValue( a );
-        aArgs[0].Value  = a;
+        Sequence< PropertyValue > aArgs{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("GlueEscapeDirection", a) };
         SfxToolBoxControl::Dispatch( Reference< XDispatchProvider >( m_xFrame->getController(), UNO_QUERY ),
                                     ".uno:GlueEscapeDirection",
                                     aArgs );
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ConfigurationUpdater.cxx b/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ConfigurationUpdater.cxx
index ceb5693275a1..96ac74186b6d 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ConfigurationUpdater.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ConfigurationUpdater.cxx
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ void ConfigurationUpdater::CheckPureAnchors (
     Sequence<Reference<XResourceId> > aResources(
         rxConfiguration->getResources(
             nullptr, OUString(), AnchorBindingMode_INDIRECT));
+    auto aResourcesRange = asNonConstRange(aResources);
     sal_Int32 nCount (aResources.getLength());
 
     // Prepare the list of pure anchors that have to be deactivated.
@@ -324,7 +325,7 @@ void ConfigurationUpdater::CheckPureAnchors (
                     "because it has no children");
             // Erase element from current configuration.
             for (sal_Int32 nI=nIndex; nI<nCount-2; ++nI)
-                aResources[nI] = aResources[nI+1];
+                aResourcesRange[nI] = aResources[nI+1];
             nCount -= 1;
 
             rResourcesToDeactivate.push_back(xResourceId);
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ResourceId.cxx b/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ResourceId.cxx
index 9afc594cd7e9..1845b353f168 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ResourceId.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/framework/configuration/ResourceId.cxx
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
 #include <rtl/ref.hxx>
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
 
 using namespace ::com::sun::star;
@@ -152,8 +154,7 @@ Sequence<OUString> SAL_CALL
     if (nAnchorCount > 0)
     {
         Sequence<OUString> aAnchorURLs (nAnchorCount);
-        for (sal_Int32 nIndex=0; nIndex<nAnchorCount; ++nIndex)
-            aAnchorURLs[nIndex] = maResourceURLs[nIndex+1];
+        std::copy_n(maResourceURLs.begin() + 1, nAnchorCount, aAnchorURLs.getArray());
         return aAnchorURLs;
     }
     else
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/FullScreenPane.cxx b/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/FullScreenPane.cxx
index b63da87397b3..6d5f8ee121ce 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/FullScreenPane.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/FullScreenPane.cxx
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ void SAL_CALL FullScreenPane::setAccessible (
         Reference<css::accessibility::XAccessible> xAccessibleParent;
         if (pParentWindow != nullptr)
             xAccessibleParent = pParentWindow->GetAccessible();
-        Sequence<Any> aArguments (1);
-        aArguments[0] <<= xAccessibleParent;
+        Sequence<Any> aArguments{ Any(xAccessibleParent) };
         xInitializable->initialize(aArguments);
     }
     GetWindow()->SetAccessible(rxAccessible);
@@ -189,13 +188,12 @@ Reference<rendering::XCanvas> FullScreenPane::CreateCanvas()
     if (!pWindow)
         throw RuntimeException();
 
-    Sequence<Any> aArg(4);
-
-    // common: first any is VCL pointer to window (for VCL canvas)
-    aArg[0] <<= reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(pWindow.get());
-    aArg[1] <<= css::awt::Rectangle();
-    aArg[2] <<= false;
-    aArg[3] <<= mxWindow;
+    Sequence<Any> aArg{ // common: first any is VCL pointer to window (for VCL canvas)
+                        Any(reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(pWindow.get())),
+                        Any(css::awt::Rectangle()),
+                        Any(false),
+                        Any(mxWindow)
+    };
 
     Reference<lang::XMultiServiceFactory> xFactory (
         mxComponentContext->getServiceManager(), UNO_QUERY_THROW);
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/ViewShellWrapper.cxx b/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/ViewShellWrapper.cxx
index d5604e79d5cb..dcca52ae3a78 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/ViewShellWrapper.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/framework/factories/ViewShellWrapper.cxx
@@ -153,11 +153,12 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL ViewShellWrapper::getSelection()
         mpSlideSorterViewShell->GetSlideSorter().GetController().GetPageSelector().GetSelectedPageCount());
 
     Sequence<Reference<XInterface> > aPages(nSelectedPageCount);
+    auto aPagesRange = asNonConstRange(aPages);
     int nIndex = 0;
     while (aSelectedPages.HasMoreElements() && nIndex<nSelectedPageCount)
     {
         slidesorter::model::SharedPageDescriptor pDescriptor (aSelectedPages.GetNextElement());
-        aPages[nIndex++] = pDescriptor->GetPage()->getUnoPage();
+        aPagesRange[nIndex++] = pDescriptor->GetPage()->getUnoPage();
     }
     aResult <<= aPages;
 
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/framework/module/ModuleController.cxx b/sd/source/ui/framework/module/ModuleController.cxx
index 93d1efa9dbdf..07c02ee57d4b 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/framework/module/ModuleController.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/framework/module/ModuleController.cxx
@@ -177,8 +177,7 @@ void ModuleController::ProcessStartupService (const ::std::vector<Any>& rValues)
             ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
 
         // Create the startup service.
-        Sequence<Any> aArguments(1);
-        aArguments[0] <<= mxController;
+        Sequence<Any> aArguments{ Any(mxController) };
         // Note that when the new object will be destroyed at the end of
         // this scope when it does not register itself anywhere.
         // Typically it will add itself as ConfigurationChangeListener
@@ -216,8 +215,7 @@ void SAL_CALL ModuleController::requestResource (const OUString& rsResourceURL)
         ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
 
     // Create the factory service.
-    Sequence<Any> aArguments(1);
-    aArguments[0] <<= mxController;
+    Sequence<Any> aArguments{ Any(mxController) };
     try
     {
         xFactory = xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/presenter/PresenterHelper.cxx b/sd/source/ui/presenter/PresenterHelper.cxx
index 7504e914e475..7cc32eae1db1 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/presenter/PresenterHelper.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/presenter/PresenterHelper.cxx
@@ -140,13 +140,12 @@ Reference<rendering::XCanvas> SAL_CALL PresenterHelper::createCanvas (
     if (!pWindow)
         throw RuntimeException();
 
-    Sequence<Any> aArg(4);
-
-    // common: first any is VCL pointer to window (for VCL canvas)
-    aArg[0] <<= reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(pWindow.get());
-    aArg[1] <<= css::awt::Rectangle();
-    aArg[2] <<= false;
-    aArg[3] <<= rxWindow;
+    Sequence<Any> aArg{ // common: first any is VCL pointer to window (for VCL canvas)
+                        Any(reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(pWindow.get())),
+                        Any(css::awt::Rectangle()),
+                        Any(false),
+                        Any(rxWindow)
+    };
 
     Reference<lang::XMultiServiceFactory> xFactory (
         mxComponentContext->getServiceManager(), UNO_QUERY_THROW);
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/remotecontrol/ImagePreparer.cxx b/sd/source/ui/remotecontrol/ImagePreparer.cxx
index 2647b213884e..860dc394649a 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/remotecontrol/ImagePreparer.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/remotecontrol/ImagePreparer.cxx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <comphelper/base64.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <osl/file.hxx>
 #include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
 #include <rtl/strbuf.hxx>
@@ -117,27 +118,17 @@ uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> ImagePreparer::preparePreview(
 
     xFilter->setSourceDocument( xSourceDoc );
 
-    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData(3);
-
-    aFilterData[0].Name = "PixelWidth";
-    aFilterData[0].Value <<= aWidth;
-
-    aFilterData[1].Name = "PixelHeight";
-    aFilterData[1].Value <<= aHeight;
-
-    aFilterData[2].Name = "ColorMode";
-    aFilterData[2].Value <<= sal_Int32(0); // 0: Color, 1: B&W
-
-    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps(3);
-
-    aProps[0].Name = "MediaType";
-    aProps[0].Value <<= OUString( "image/png" );
-
-    aProps[1].Name = "URL";
-    aProps[1].Value <<= aFileURL;
-
-    aProps[2].Name = "FilterData";
-    aProps[2].Value <<= aFilterData;
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData{
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelWidth", aWidth),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("PixelHeight", aHeight),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("ColorMode", sal_Int32(0)) // 0: Color, 1: B&W
+    };
+
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps{
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("MediaType", OUString( "image/png" )),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL", aFileURL),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("FilterData", aFilterData)
+    };
 
     xFilter->filter( aProps );
 
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/slideshow/SlideShowRestarter.cxx b/sd/source/ui/slideshow/SlideShowRestarter.cxx
index cf05679c25af..b8c61ba48515 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/slideshow/SlideShowRestarter.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/slideshow/SlideShowRestarter.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <ViewShellBase.hxx>
 #include <slideshow.hxx>
 #include "SlideShowRestarter.hxx"
+
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <framework/ConfigurationController.hxx>
 #include <framework/FrameworkHelper.hxx>
 #include <sfx2/dispatch.hxx>
@@ -141,9 +143,8 @@ void SlideShowRestarter::StartPresentation()
         mpDispatcher->Execute(SID_PRESENTATION, SfxCallMode::ASYNCHRON);
         if (mpSlideShow.is())
         {
-            Sequence<css::beans::PropertyValue> aProperties (1);
-            aProperties[0].Name = "FirstPage";
-            aProperties[0].Value <<= "page" + OUString::number(mnCurrentSlideNumber+1);
+            Sequence aProperties{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("FirstPage",
+                                  "page" + OUString::number(mnCurrentSlideNumber+1)) };
             mpSlideShow->startWithArguments(aProperties);
         }
         mpSelf.reset();
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshow.cxx b/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshow.cxx
index 9f90799f8ddd..e6bb3f334e85 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshow.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshow.cxx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/util/URL.hpp>
 
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
 
 #include <sal/log.hxx>
@@ -803,9 +804,7 @@ void SAL_CALL SlideShow::end()
 
 void SAL_CALL SlideShow::rehearseTimings()
 {
-    Sequence< PropertyValue > aArguments(1);
-    aArguments[0].Name = "RehearseTimings";
-    aArguments[0].Value <<= true;
+    Sequence< PropertyValue > aArguments{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("RehearseTimings", true) };
     startWithArguments( aArguments );
 }
 
@@ -910,19 +909,12 @@ void SAL_CALL SlideShow::disposing()
 
 void SlideShow::startPreview( const Reference< XDrawPage >& xDrawPage, const Reference< XAnimationNode >& xAnimationNode )
 {
-    Sequence< PropertyValue > aArguments(4);
-
-    aArguments[0].Name = "Preview";
-    aArguments[0].Value <<= true;
-
-    aArguments[1].Name = "FirstPage";
-    aArguments[1].Value <<= xDrawPage;
-
-    aArguments[2].Name = "AnimationNode";
-    aArguments[2].Value <<= xAnimationNode;
-
-    aArguments[3].Name = "ParentWindow";
-    aArguments[3].Value <<= Reference< XWindow >();
+    Sequence< PropertyValue > aArguments{
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("Preview", true),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("FirstPage", xDrawPage),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("AnimationNode", xAnimationNode),
+        comphelper::makePropertyValue("ParentWindow", Reference< XWindow >()),
+    };
 
     startWithArguments( aArguments );
 }
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshowimpl.cxx b/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshowimpl.cxx
index b199bd03ddf0..0c775d275913 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshowimpl.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/slideshow/slideshowimpl.cxx
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include <vcl/svapp.hxx>
 #include <vcl/help.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <rtl/ref.hxx>
 #include <avmedia/mediawindow.hxx>
 #include <svtools/colrdlg.hxx>
@@ -455,9 +456,7 @@ void AnimationSlideController::displayCurrentSlide( const Reference< XSlideShow
     const sal_Int32 nNextSlideNumber = getNextSlideNumber();
     if( getSlideAPI( nNextSlideNumber, xSlide, xAnimNode )  )
     {
-        Sequence< Any > aValue(2);
-        aValue[0] <<= xSlide;
-        aValue[1] <<= xAnimNode;
+        Sequence< Any > aValue{ Any(xSlide), Any(xAnimNode) };
         aProperties.emplace_back( "Prefetch" ,
                 -1,
                 Any(aValue),
@@ -814,13 +813,14 @@ bool SlideshowImpl::startPreview(
             nPropertyCount++;
 
         Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProperties(nPropertyCount);
-        aProperties[0].Name = "AutomaticAdvancement";
-        aProperties[0].Value <<= 1.0; // one second timeout
+        auto pProperties = aProperties.getArray();
+        pProperties[0].Name = "AutomaticAdvancement";
+        pProperties[0].Value <<= 1.0; // one second timeout
 
         if( mxPreviewAnimationNode.is() )
         {
-            aProperties[1].Name = "NoSlideTransitions";
-            aProperties[1].Value <<= true;
+            pProperties[1].Name = "NoSlideTransitions";
+            pProperties[1].Value <<= true;
         }
 
         bRet = startShowImpl( aProperties );
@@ -2503,9 +2503,7 @@ void SlideshowImpl::setAutoSaveState( bool bOn)
         aURL.Complete = "vnd.sun.star.autorecovery:/setAutoSaveState";
         xParser->parseStrict(aURL);
 
-        Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aArgs(1);
-        aArgs[0].Name = "AutoSaveState";
-        aArgs[0].Value <<= bOn;
+        Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aArgs{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("AutoSaveState", bOn) };
 
         uno::Reference< frame::XDispatch > xAutoSave = frame::theAutoRecovery::get(xContext);
         xAutoSave->dispatch(aURL, aArgs);
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/SdUnoSlideView.cxx b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/SdUnoSlideView.cxx
index 1055d51b1cc3..c30962ed766b 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/SdUnoSlideView.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/SdUnoSlideView.cxx
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ Any SAL_CALL SdUnoSlideView::getSelection()
         mrSlideSorter.GetController().GetPageSelector().GetSelectedPageCount());
 
     Sequence<Reference<XInterface> > aPages(nSelectedPageCount);
+    auto aPagesRange = asNonConstRange(aPages);
     int nIndex = 0;
     while (aSelectedPages.HasMoreElements() && nIndex<nSelectedPageCount)
     {
         slidesorter::model::SharedPageDescriptor pDescriptor (aSelectedPages.GetNextElement());
-        aPages[nIndex++] = pDescriptor->GetPage()->getUnoPage();
+        aPagesRange[nIndex++] = pDescriptor->GetPage()->getUnoPage();
     }
     aResult <<= aPages;
 
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/UnoDocumentSettings.cxx b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/UnoDocumentSettings.cxx
index 16d6557bca14..ec168b7e42d6 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/UnoDocumentSettings.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/UnoDocumentSettings.cxx
@@ -314,12 +314,13 @@ uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>
                 const uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>& aConfigProps )
 {
     uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> aRet( aConfigProps.getLength() );
+    auto aRetRange = asNonConstRange(aRet);
     int nRet = 0;
     for( const auto& rConfigProp : aConfigProps )
     {
         XPropertyListType t = getTypeOfName( rConfigProp.Name );
         if (t == XPropertyListType::Unknown)
-            aRet[nRet++] = rConfigProp;
+            aRetRange[nRet++] = rConfigProp;
         else
         {
             OUString aURL;
@@ -357,11 +358,12 @@ uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>
         if( !xSubStorage.is() )
             return aRet;
 
+        auto aRetRange = asNonConstRange(aRet);
         // now populate it
         for( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < aConfigProps.getLength(); i++ )
         {
             XPropertyListType t = getTypeOfName( aConfigProps[i].Name );
-            aRet[i] = aConfigProps[i];
+            aRetRange[i] = aConfigProps[i];
             if (t != XPropertyListType::Unknown) {
                 const XPropertyListRef& pList = pDoc->GetPropertyList( t );
                 if( !pList.is() || !pList->IsEmbedInDocument() )
@@ -375,7 +377,7 @@ uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>
                     if( pList->SaveTo( xSubStorage, aName, &aResult ) )
                     {
                         OUString aRealPath = "Settings/" + aResult;
-                        aRet[i].Value <<= aRealPath;
+                        aRetRange[i].Value <<= aRealPath;
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unomodel.cxx b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unomodel.cxx
index a7d1e8568168..c629f2ca87d0 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unomodel.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unomodel.cxx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include <officecfg/Office/Common.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/lok.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/servicehelper.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
@@ -1093,60 +1094,52 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL SdXImpressDocument::getAvailableServiceNames(
 
     const uno::Sequence< OUString > aSNS_ORG( SvxFmMSFactory::getAvailableServiceNames() );
 
-    uno::Sequence< OUString > aSNS( mbImpressDoc ? 36 : 19 );
-
-    sal_uInt16 i(0);
-
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.DashTable";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.GradientTable";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.HatchTable";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.BitmapTable";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.TransparencyGradientTable";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.MarkerTable";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.text.NumberingRules";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.Background";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.document.Settings";
-    aSNS[i++] = sUNO_Service_ImageMapRectangleObject;
-    aSNS[i++] = sUNO_Service_ImageMapCircleObject;
-    aSNS[i++] = sUNO_Service_ImageMapPolygonObject;
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.xml.NamespaceMap";
-
-    // Support creation of GraphicStorageHandler and EmbeddedObjectResolver
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.document.ExportGraphicStorageHandler";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.document.ImportGraphicStorageHandler";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.document.ExportEmbeddedObjectResolver";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.document.ImportEmbeddedObjectResolver";
-    aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.TableShape";
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > aSNS_Common{ "com.sun.star.drawing.DashTable",
+                                           "com.sun.star.drawing.GradientTable",
+                                           "com.sun.star.drawing.HatchTable",
+                                           "com.sun.star.drawing.BitmapTable",
+                                           "com.sun.star.drawing.TransparencyGradientTable",
+                                           "com.sun.star.drawing.MarkerTable",
+                                           "com.sun.star.text.NumberingRules",
+                                           "com.sun.star.drawing.Background",
+                                           "com.sun.star.document.Settings",
+                                           sUNO_Service_ImageMapRectangleObject,
+                                           sUNO_Service_ImageMapCircleObject,
+                                           sUNO_Service_ImageMapPolygonObject,
+                                           "com.sun.star.xml.NamespaceMap",
+
+                                           // Support creation of GraphicStorageHandler and EmbeddedObjectResolver
+                                           "com.sun.star.document.ExportGraphicStorageHandler",
+                                           "com.sun.star.document.ImportGraphicStorageHandler",
+                                           "com.sun.star.document.ExportEmbeddedObjectResolver",
+                                           "com.sun.star.document.ImportEmbeddedObjectResolver",
+                                           "com.sun.star.drawing.TableShape" };
+
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > aSNS_Specific;
 
     if(mbImpressDoc)
-    {
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.TitleTextShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.OutlinerShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.SubtitleShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.GraphicObjectShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.ChartShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.PageShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.OLE2Shape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.TableShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.OrgChartShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.NotesShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.HandoutShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.DocumentSettings";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.FooterShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.HeaderShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.SlideNumberShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.DateTimeShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.CalcShape";
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.presentation.MediaShape";
-    }
+        aSNS_Specific = { "com.sun.star.presentation.TitleTextShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.OutlinerShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.SubtitleShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.GraphicObjectShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.ChartShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.PageShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.OLE2Shape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.TableShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.OrgChartShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.NotesShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.HandoutShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.DocumentSettings",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.FooterShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.HeaderShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.SlideNumberShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.DateTimeShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.CalcShape",
+                          "com.sun.star.presentation.MediaShape" };
     else
-    {
-        aSNS[i++] = "com.sun.star.drawing.DocumentSettings";
-    }
+        aSNS_Specific = { "com.sun.star.drawing.DocumentSettings" };
 
-    DBG_ASSERT( i == aSNS.getLength(), "Sequence overrun!" );
-
-    return comphelper::concatSequences( aSNS_ORG, aSNS );
+    return comphelper::concatSequences( aSNS_ORG, aSNS_Common, aSNS_Specific );
 }
 
 // lang::XServiceInfo
@@ -1346,25 +1339,26 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SdXImpressDocument::getPropertyValue( const OUString& Property
                     sal_uInt32 nItems = rPool.GetItemCount2( nWhichId );
 
                     aSeq.realloc( aSeq.getLength() + nItems*5 + 5 );
+                    auto pSeq = aSeq.getArray();
 
                     for (const SfxPoolItem* pItem : rPool.GetItemSurrogates(nWhichId))
                     {
                         const SvxFontItem *pFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem *>(pItem);
 
-                        aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= pFont->GetFamilyName();
-                        aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= pFont->GetStyleName();
-                        aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(pFont->GetFamily());
-                        aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(pFont->GetPitch());
-                        aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(pFont->GetCharSet());
+                        pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= pFont->GetFamilyName();
+                        pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= pFont->GetStyleName();
+                        pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(pFont->GetFamily());
+                        pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(pFont->GetPitch());
+                        pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(pFont->GetCharSet());
                     }
 
                     const SvxFontItem& rFont = static_cast<const SvxFontItem&>(rPool.GetDefaultItem( nWhichId ));
 
-                    aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= rFont.GetFamilyName();
-                    aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= rFont.GetStyleName();
-                    aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(rFont.GetFamily());
-                    aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(rFont.GetPitch());
-                    aSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(rFont.GetCharSet());
+                    pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= rFont.GetFamilyName();
+                    pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= rFont.GetStyleName();
+                    pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(rFont.GetFamily());
+                    pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(rFont.GetPitch());
+                    pSeq[nSeqIndex++] <<= sal_Int16(rFont.GetCharSet());
 
                 }
 
@@ -1478,10 +1472,7 @@ uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > SAL_CALL SdXImpressDocument::getRenderer(
             const ::tools::Rectangle aVisArea( mpDocShell->GetVisArea( embed::Aspects::MSOLE_DOCPRINT ) );
             aPageSize = awt::Size( aVisArea.GetWidth(), aVisArea.GetHeight() );
         }
-        aRenderer.realloc( 1 );
-
-        aRenderer[ 0 ].Name = "PageSize" ;
-        aRenderer[ 0 ].Value <<= aPageSize;
+        aRenderer = { comphelper::makePropertyValue("PageSize", aPageSize) };
     }
     return aRenderer;
 }
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unoobj.cxx b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unoobj.cxx
index 4e4a07c1389c..d17345234e56 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unoobj.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/unoidl/unoobj.cxx
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ uno::Sequence< uno::Type > SAL_CALL SdXShape::getTypes()
             aTypes = mpShape->_getTypes();
             sal_uInt32 nCount = aTypes.getLength();
             aTypes.realloc( nCount+1 );
-            aTypes[nCount] = cppu::UnoType<lang::XTypeProvider>::get();
+            aTypes.getArray()[nCount] = cppu::UnoType<lang::XTypeProvider>::get();
 
             gImplTypesCache.insert(std::make_pair(nObjId, aTypes));
         }
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx b/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx
index 3af73d2c22cb..b7153faf2f1b 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/view/DocumentRenderer.cxx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygon.hxx>
 #include <basegfx/polygon/b2dpolypolygon.hxx>
 #include <basegfx/matrix/b2dhommatrix.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
 #include <editeng/editstat.hxx>
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
 #include <officecfg/Office/Draw.hxx>
 #include <officecfg/Office/Impress.hxx>
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <memory>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -387,8 +389,7 @@ namespace {
             uno::Sequence< OUString > aHelpIds, aWidgetIds;
             if( mbImpress )
             {
-                aHelpIds.realloc( 1 );
-                aHelpIds[0] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageContentType:ListBox" ;
+                aHelpIds = { ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageContentType:ListBox" };
                 AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setChoiceListControlOpt(
                                     "impressdocument",
                                     SdResId(STR_IMPRESS_PRINT_UI_CONTENT),
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ namespace {
                                     0)
                                 );
 
-                aHelpIds[0] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:SlidesPerPage:ListBox" ;
+                aHelpIds = { ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:SlidesPerPage:ListBox" };
                 vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::UIControlOptions aContentOpt( "PageContentType" , 1 );
                 AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setChoiceListControlOpt(
                                     "slidesperpage",
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ namespace {
                                     )
                                 );
 
-                aHelpIds[0] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:SlidesPerPageOrder:ListBox" ;
+                aHelpIds = { ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:SlidesPerPageOrder:ListBox" };
                 vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::UIControlOptions aSlidesPerPageOpt( "SlidesPerPage" , -1, true );
                 AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setChoiceListControlOpt(
                                     "slidesperpageorder",
@@ -477,14 +478,10 @@ namespace {
             AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setSubgroupControlOpt("color",
                                SdResId(STR_IMPRESS_PRINT_UI_QUALITY), "" ) );
 
-            aHelpIds.realloc( 3 );
-            aHelpIds[0] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:Quality:RadioButton:0" ;
-            aHelpIds[1] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:Quality:RadioButton:1" ;
-            aHelpIds[2] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:Quality:RadioButton:2" ;
-            aWidgetIds.realloc( 3 );
-            aWidgetIds[0] = "originalcolors";
-            aWidgetIds[1] = "grayscale";
-            aWidgetIds[2] = "blackandwhite";
+            aHelpIds = { ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:Quality:RadioButton:0",
+                         ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:Quality:RadioButton:1",
+                         ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:Quality:RadioButton:2" };
+            aWidgetIds = { "originalcolors", "grayscale", "blackandwhite" };
             AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setChoiceRadiosControlOpt(
                                 aWidgetIds,
                                 "",
@@ -499,16 +496,11 @@ namespace {
             AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setSubgroupControlOpt("pagesizes",
                                SdResId(STR_IMPRESS_PRINT_UI_PAGE_OPTIONS), "" ) );
 
-            aHelpIds.realloc( 4 );
-            aHelpIds[0] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:0" ;
-            aHelpIds[1] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:1" ;
-            aHelpIds[2] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:2" ;
-            aHelpIds[3] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:3" ;
-            aWidgetIds.realloc( 4 );
-            aWidgetIds[0] = "originalsize";
-            aWidgetIds[1] = "fittoprintable";
-            aWidgetIds[2] = "distributeonmultiple";
-            aWidgetIds[3] = "tilesheet";
+            aHelpIds = { ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:0",
+                         ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:1",
+                         ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:2",
+                         ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PageOptions:RadioButton:3" };
+            aWidgetIds = { "originalsize", "fittoprintable", "distributeonmultiple", "tilesheet" };
 
             // Mutually exclusive page options settings are stored in separate config keys...
             // TODO: There is no config key to set the distributeonmultiple option as default
@@ -557,8 +549,7 @@ namespace {
             vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::UIControlOptions
                 aIncludeOpt( "PrintProspect" , -1, false );
             aIncludeOpt.maGroupHint =  "LayoutPage" ;
-            aHelpIds.realloc( 1 );
-            aHelpIds[0] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintProspectInclude:ListBox" ;
+            aHelpIds = { ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintProspectInclude:ListBox" };
             AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setChoiceListControlOpt(
                                 "brochureinclude",
                                 SdResId(STR_IMPRESS_PRINT_UI_BROCHURE_INCLUDE),
@@ -629,14 +620,10 @@ namespace {
                                 nPrintRange ) );
 */
             OUString aPrintRangeName( "PrintContent" );
-            aHelpIds.realloc( 3 );
-            aHelpIds[0] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintContent:RadioButton:0" ;
-            aHelpIds[1] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintContent:RadioButton:1" ;
-            aHelpIds[2] = ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintContent:RadioButton:2" ;
-            aWidgetIds.realloc( 3 );
-            aWidgetIds[0] = "rbAllPages";
-            aWidgetIds[1] = "rbRangePages";
-            aWidgetIds[2] = "rbRangeSelection";
+            aHelpIds = { ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintContent:RadioButton:0",
+                         ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintContent:RadioButton:1",
+                         ".HelpID:vcl:PrintDialog:PrintContent:RadioButton:2" };
+            aWidgetIds = { "rbAllPages", "rbRangePages", "rbRangeSelection" };
 
             AddDialogControl( vcl::PrinterOptionsHelper::setChoiceRadiosControlOpt(aWidgetIds, OUString(),
                                 aHelpIds, aPrintRangeName,
@@ -665,8 +652,8 @@ namespace {
         static Sequence<OUString> CreateChoice(const TranslateId* pResourceId, size_t nCount)
         {
             Sequence<OUString> aChoices (nCount);
-            for (size_t nIndex=0; nIndex < nCount; ++nIndex)
-                aChoices[nIndex] = SdResId(pResourceId[nIndex]);
+            std::transform(pResourceId, pResourceId + nCount, aChoices.getArray(),
+                           [](const auto& id) { return SdResId(id); });
             return aChoices;
         }
 
@@ -1239,17 +1226,13 @@ public:
     */
     css::uno::Sequence<css::beans::PropertyValue> GetProperties () const
     {
-        css::uno::Sequence<css::beans::PropertyValue> aProperties (3);
-
-        aProperties[0].Name = "ExtraPrintUIOptions";
-        aProperties[0].Value <<= comphelper::containerToSequence(m_aUIProperties);
-
-        aProperties[1].Name = "PageSize";
-        aProperties[1].Value <<= maPrintSize;
-
-        // FIXME: is this always true ?
-        aProperties[2].Name = "PageIncludesNonprintableArea";
-        aProperties[2].Value <<= true;
+        css::uno::Sequence<css::beans::PropertyValue> aProperties{
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("ExtraPrintUIOptions",
+                                          comphelper::containerToSequence(m_aUIProperties)),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("PageSize", maPrintSize),
+            // FIXME: is this always true ?
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("PageIncludesNonprintableArea", true)
+        };
 
         return aProperties;
     }
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/view/ViewTabBar.cxx b/sd/source/ui/view/ViewTabBar.cxx
index 6b16f89ec7ea..fd8c83f8841c 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/view/ViewTabBar.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/view/ViewTabBar.cxx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/lang/DisposedException.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/drawing/framework/XView.hpp>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/servicehelper.hxx>
 #include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
 
@@ -443,14 +444,7 @@ bool ViewTabBar::HasTabBarButton (
 css::uno::Sequence<css::drawing::framework::TabBarButton>
     ViewTabBar::GetTabBarButtons()
 {
-    sal_uInt32 nCount (maTabBarButtons.size());
-    css::uno::Sequence<css::drawing::framework::TabBarButton>
-          aList (nCount);
-
-    for (sal_uInt32 nIndex=0; nIndex<nCount; ++nIndex)
-        aList[nIndex] = maTabBarButtons[nIndex];
-
-    return aList;
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(maTabBarButtons);
 }
 
 void ViewTabBar::UpdateActiveButton()
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/view/drviews5.cxx b/sd/source/ui/view/drviews5.cxx
index 7347eefbbb84..9c00365be2c2 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/view/drviews5.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/view/drviews5.cxx
@@ -446,8 +446,9 @@ void DrawViewShell::WriteUserDataSequence ( css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::Pro
 
     const sal_Int32 nIndex = rSequence.getLength();
     rSequence.realloc( nIndex + 1 );
-    rSequence[nIndex].Name = sUNO_View_ZoomOnPage ;
-    rSequence[nIndex].Value <<= mbZoomOnPage;
+    auto pSequence = rSequence.getArray();
+    pSequence[nIndex].Name = sUNO_View_ZoomOnPage ;
+    pSequence[nIndex].Value <<= mbZoomOnPage;
 
     // Common SdrModel processing
     GetDocSh()->GetDoc()->WriteUserDataSequence(rSequence);
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/view/drviewse.cxx b/sd/source/ui/view/drviewse.cxx
index dd9d8bb20620..f0e76ec6a32f 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/view/drviewse.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/view/drviewse.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <LibreOfficeKit/LibreOfficeKitEnums.h>
 #include <comphelper/lok.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <editeng/editstat.hxx>
 #include <editeng/outlobj.hxx>
 #include <vcl/svapp.hxx>
@@ -1668,14 +1669,8 @@ namespace slideshowhelp
         {
             //Start at page 0, this would blow away any custom
             //show settings if any were set
-            Sequence< PropertyValue > aArguments(1);
-            PropertyValue aPage;
-
-            aPage.Name = "FirstPage";
-            aPage.Value <<= OUString("0");
-
-            aArguments[0] = aPage;
-
+            Sequence< PropertyValue > aArguments{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("FirstPage",
+                                                                                OUString("0")) };
             xPresentation->startWithArguments( aArguments );
         }
         sfx2::SfxNotebookBar::UnlockNotebookBar();
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/view/sdview4.cxx b/sd/source/ui/view/sdview4.cxx
index 0bde5f7b759b..34b1bf322d50 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/view/sdview4.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/view/sdview4.cxx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <config_features.h>
 
 #include <View.hxx>
+
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <osl/file.hxx>
 #include <editeng/outlobj.hxx>
 #include <sfx2/bindings.hxx>
@@ -509,9 +511,8 @@ IMPL_LINK_NOARG(View, DropInsertFileHdl, Timer *, void)
                     {
                         //TODO/MBA: testing
                         OUString aName;
-                        uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue > aMedium(1);
-                        aMedium[0].Name = "URL" ;
-                        aMedium[0].Value <<= aCurrentDropFile ;
+                        uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue > aMedium{ comphelper::makePropertyValue(
+                            "URL", aCurrentDropFile) };
 
                         uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj = mpDocSh->GetEmbeddedObjectContainer().
                                 InsertEmbeddedObject( aMedium, aName );
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/view/viewshe2.cxx b/sd/source/ui/view/viewshe2.cxx
index 607768ec726c..9431efb9eb34 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/view/viewshe2.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/view/viewshe2.cxx
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ void ViewShell::WriteUserDataSequence ( css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::Propert
 {
     const sal_Int32 nIndex = rSequence.getLength();
     rSequence.realloc( nIndex + 1 );
+    auto pSequence = rSequence.getArray();
 
     OSL_ASSERT (GetViewShell()!=nullptr);
     // Get the view id from the view shell in the center pane.  This will
@@ -897,8 +898,8 @@ void ViewShell::WriteUserDataSequence ( css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::Propert
     SfxInterfaceId nViewID (IMPRESS_FACTORY_ID);
     if (GetViewShellBase().GetMainViewShell() != nullptr)
         nViewID = GetViewShellBase().GetMainViewShell()->mpImpl->GetViewId();
-    rSequence[nIndex].Name = sUNO_View_ViewId;
-    rSequence[nIndex].Value <<= "view" + OUString::number( static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nViewID));
+    pSequence[nIndex].Name = sUNO_View_ViewId;
+    pSequence[nIndex].Value <<= "view" + OUString::number( static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nViewID));
 
     mpFrameView->WriteUserDataSequence( rSequence );
 }