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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2004-08-31T15:57:36">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<bookmark_value>Basic ;programming</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154232" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><variable id="programming"><link href="text/shared/main0600.xhp" name="Programming $[officename]">Programming $[officename]</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="basic">$[officename] can be controlled by using the $[officename] API. 
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<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3151111" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">$[officename] provides an Application Programming Interface (API) that enables you to control $[officename] components by using various programming languages. A $[officename] Software Development Kit is available for the programming interface.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3156346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15"><link href="http://api.openoffice.org/" name="For more information about $[officename] API Reference, please visit (http://api.openoffice.org/)">For more information about $[officename] API Reference, please visit (http://api.openoffice.org/)</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3153825" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Macros created with $[officename] Basic based on the old programming interface will no longer be supported by the current version.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">For more information on $[officename] Basic, select "Help about $[officename] Basic" in the list box.</paragraph>
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