DESCRIPTION

obasync is an OpenOffice/LibreOffice Basic macro source synchronizer. It synchronizes your Basic macros with your local project files.

Given the following source files:

• Directory: MyApp

• Files: MyMacros.vb Utils.vb Registry.vb Data.vb

Running obasync will synchronize them with the following Basic macros:

• Library: MyApp

• Modules: MyMacros Utils Registry Data

If the Basic library MyApp does not exist, it will be created. Missing modules will be added, and excess modules will be removed.

On the other hand, given the following Basic macros:

• Library: MyApp

• Modules: MyMacros Utils Registry Data

Running obasync --get will synchronize them with the following source files:

• Directory: MyApp

• Files: MyMacros.vb Utils.vb Registry.vb Data.vb

Missing source files will be added, and excess source files will be deleted.

INSTALL

You can either:

1. Install obasync with pip (recommended), or

2. Download the obasync script manually, and run it with the Python that come with your OpenOffice/LibreOffice installation.

We will explain them in detail.

pip install obasync

python obasync

#! /usr/bin/python

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo /opt/openoffice4/program/python get-pip.py
/opt/openoffice4/program/python-core-2.7.6/bin/pip install obasync

/opt/openoffice4/program/python obasync

#! /opt/openoffice4/program/python

/opt/libreoffice5.2/program/python obasync

#! /opt/libreoffice5.2/program/python

"C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenOffice 4\program\python.exe" obasync

"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 5\program\python.exe" obasync

wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py
sudo pip install obasync

python obasync

#! /usr/bin/python

/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/Resources/python obasync

#! /Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/Resources/python

OPTIONS

obasync [options] [DIRECTORY [LIBRARY]]

DIRECTORY The project source directory. Default to the current

working directory.

LIBRARY The name of the Basic library. Default to the same

name as the project source directory.

--get

Download (check out) the macros from the OpenOffice/LibreOffice Basic storage to the source files, instead of upload (check in). By default it uploads the source files onto the OpenOffice/LibreOffice Basic storage.

--set-passwd

Sets the password of the library after upload. Supply nothing when prompting the new password to remove the password protection. This does not work with –get.

-p, --port N

The TCP port to communicate with OpenOffice/LibreOffice. The default is 2002. You can change it if port 2002 is already in use.

-x, –ext .EXT The file name extension of the source files. The

default is .vb. This may be used for your convenience of editor syntax highlighting.

-e, --encoding CS

The encoding of the source files. The default is system-dependent. For example, on Traditional Chinese MS-Windows, this will be CP950 (Big5). You can change this to UTF-8 for convenience if you obtain/synchronize your source code from other sources.

-r, –run MODULE.MACRO

Run he specific macro after synchronization, for convenience.

--user

Store the macros in the user macro storage. (default)

--doc

Store the macros in the document macro storage.

–target TARGET The target storage document if there are more than one

opened documents. You may specify a partial path, or as “Untitied 1” (in your language) if it is a new file.

-h, --help

Show the help message and exit

-v, --version

Show program’s version number and exit

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2016-2017 imacat.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

SUPPORT

Contact imacat <imacat@mail.imacat.idv.tw> if you have any question.