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OO-Snippets: print preview

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Keywords	print preview
Language	Java
Application	Office
Authors	Tom Schindl (initial) Stephan Wunderlich (initial)
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Question	How to get a print preview I've been looking at printing via the OpenOffice.org API. Is there a way to get a print preview? There doesn't seem to be anything about this in the Devlopers' Guide.
Answer	supposing you have the XModel (xModel) of the document and the ServiceManager (xMSF) then the following should do what you want.

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import com.sun.star.frame.XController;
import com.sun.star.frame.XDispatch;
import com.sun.star.frame.XDispatchProvider;
import com.sun.star.frame.XModel;
import com.sun.star.util.XURLTransformer;
import com.sun.star.util.URL;
import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory;

XController xController = xModel.getCurrentController();

//switch to 'Print Preview' mode
try {
   XDispatchProvider xDispProv = (XDispatchProvider)
       UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XDispatchProvider.class, xController);
   XURLTransformer xParser = (com.sun.star.util.XURLTransformer)
       UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XURLTransformer.class,
   xMSF.createInstance("com.sun.star.util.URLTransformer"));
   URL[] aParseURL = new URL[1];
   aParseURL[0] = new URL();
   aParseURL[0].Complete = ".uno:PrintPreview";
   xParser.parseStrict(aParseURL);
   URL aURL = aParseURL[0];
   XDispatch xDispatcher = xDispProv.queryDispatch(aURL, "", 0);
   if(xDispatcher != null) {
       xDispatcher.dispatch( aURL, new PropertyValue[]{} );
   }
} catch (com.sun.star.uno.Exception e) {

} 

Changelog

Date	User	Modification
2004-11-18	tomsontom	Initial version, summed up from mailling list
2004-11-18	tomsontom	Added missing imports