OpenOffice Basic (formerly known as StarOffice Basic or StarBasic or OOoBasic) is a dialect of the programming language BASIC that originated with the StarOffice office suite and spread through OpenOffice.org and derivatives such as Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice (where it is known as LibreOffice Basic). The language is a domain-specific programming language which specifically serves the OpenOffice application suite.

Example

Although OpenOffice Basic is similar to other dialects of BASIC, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the application programming interface (API) is very different, as the example below of a macro illustrates. While there is a much easier way to obtain the "paragraph count" document property, the example shows the fundamental methods for accessing each paragraph in a text document, sequentially.

<syntaxhighlight lang="vbnet">

Sub ParaCount

'

' Count number of paragraphs in a text document

'

Dim Doc As Object, Enum As Object, TextEl As Object, Count As Long

Doc = ThisComponent

' Is this a text document?

If Not Doc.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.TextDocument") Then

MsgBox "This macro must be run from a text document", 64, "Error"

Exit Sub

End If

Count = 0

' Examine each component - paragraph or table?

Enum = Doc.Text.CreateEnumeration

While Enum.HasMoreElements

TextEl = Enum.NextElement

' Is the component a paragraph?

If TextEl.SupportsService("com.sun.star.text.Paragraph") Then

Count = Count + 1

End If

Wend

'Display result

MsgBox Count, 0, "Paragraph Count"

End Sub

</syntaxhighlight>

See also

  • Comparison of office suites

Further reading

  • OpenOffice.org BASIC Programming Guide wiki
  • LibreOffice Basic Help
  • Automating Open Office in VB.NET