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1 files changed, 31 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/scripting/examples/python/SetCellColor.py b/scripting/examples/python/SetCellColor.py
index 4229d9914f6a..22d86edbbeff 100644
--- a/scripting/examples/python/SetCellColor.py
+++ b/scripting/examples/python/SetCellColor.py
@@ -15,24 +15,39 @@
# except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
# the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
#
+import uno
-def SetCellColor(x, y, color):
- """Sets the background of the cell at (x,y) (zero-based column and row
- indices, for example (2,3) == C4) on the first sheet and
- returns the contents of the cell as a string.
- """
- # Get the doc from the scripting context which is made available to
- # all scripts.
- desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
- model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
+def _SetCellColor(sheet, cellRange, color):
+ """Sets the background of 'cellRange' in 'sheet', to 'color'."""
+ # https://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/interfacecom_1_1sun_1_1star_1_1table_1_1XCellRange.html#a92c77dc3025ac50d55bf31bc80ab118f
+ cells = sheet.getCellRangeByName(cellRange)
- # Check whether there's already an opened document.
- if not hasattr(model, "Sheets"):
- return ""
+ # https://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/servicecom_1_1sun_1_1star_1_1table_1_1CellProperties.html
+ cells.CellBackColor = color
- sheet = model.Sheets.Sheet1
- cell = sheet.getCellByPosition(x, y)
+def SetCellColor():
+ ctx = uno.getComponentContext()
+ smgr = ctx.ServiceManager
+ desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", ctx)
- cell.CellBackColor = color
+ # Create a blank spreadsheet document, instead of operating on the existing one
+ doc = desktop.loadComponentFromURL("private:factory/scalc", "_blank", 0, ())
- return cell.String
+ # Select the first sheet in the spreadsheet (0-index based).
+ sheet = doc.Sheets[0]
+
+ # Call the above helper function to set color (in hex number).
+ # To get the hex number:
+ # 1. go to Calc, click toolbar dropdown "Background Color" > Custome Color;
+ # 2. Pick a color, copy the hex number and prefix it with "0x".
+ _SetCellColor(sheet, "C3:C21", 0x4021c9)
+ _SetCellColor(sheet, "D18:E21", 0x4021c9)
+ _SetCellColor(sheet, "G3:G21", 0x4021c9)
+ _SetCellColor(sheet, "H3:I5", 0x4021c9)
+ _SetCellColor(sheet, "I6:I21", 0x4021c9)
+ _SetCellColor(sheet, "H19:H21", 0x4021c9)
+
+ # You should get a nice "LO" in the spreadsheet!
+
+# Only the specified function will show in the Tools > Macro > Organize Macro dialog:
+g_exportedScripts = (SetCellColor,)