Office Basic Help
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Office provides an Application Programming Interface (API) that allows controlling the Office components with different programming languages by using the Office Software Development Kit (SDK). For more information about the Office API and the Software Development Kit, visit https://api.libreoffice.org
This help section explains the most common functions of Office Basic. For more in-depth information please refer to the OpenOffice.org BASIC Programming Guide on the Wiki.
Working with Office Basic
Creating Controls in the Dialog Editor
Changing the Properties of Controls in the Dialog Editor
Programming Examples for Controls in the Dialog Editor
Working with VBA Macros
Exclusive VBA Functions and Statements
Working with Macros in Python
Setting up an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Python
Python Scripts Organisation and Location
Running Python Interactive Console
Programming with Python Scripts
Calling Basic Macros from Python
Office internal Basic macro libraries
Office installs a set of Basic macro libraries that can be accessed from your Basic macros.
The ScriptBindingLibrary Library
Help about the Help
The Help references the default settings of the program on a system that is set to defaults. Descriptions of colours, mouse actions, or other configurable items can be different for your program and system.