2018-04-08

2: The UNO Dispatch Command Specifications of '.uno:GoToCell'

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Summary


The URL, the description, the arguments, the result information, and the related information (which can be gotten from the command execution) of the UNO dispatch command, '.uno:GoToCell', are described.

Topics


About: UNO (Universal Network Objects)
About: LibreOffice
About: Apache OpenOffice

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Starting Context


  • The reader has knowledge of what UNO dispatch commands are and how to call them (if the URL and the arguments of each command are clear).

Target Context


  • The reader will know the specifications of the UNO dispatch command.

Introduction


'Orientation' is meant for the passersby who don't stand in 'Starting Context' and/or aren't enthusiastic about 'Target Context'. It doesn't contain any new technical information and can be skipped by anyone who doesn't need any orientation.



Orientation


There are some articles that explain how to execute any UNO dispatch commands and get the whole available information from the execution, in Java and in C++ ( the articles for some other programming languages will come eventually).

There is the list for Calc, of the UNO dispatch commands listed so far in this series.


Main Body


1: The Specifications


URL: .uno:GoToCell

Description: This command moves the current spread sheet cell (the cell that is current, but not necessarily has the GUI focus) and the GUI focus to the specified spread sheet cell. The existing 'cells selection' will be discarded.

Arguments (the types are UNO datum types):

NameTypeValue
ToPointstringAn expression that designates the cell to which this command moves the current spread sheet cell. The expression is in the form of '$A$1'.

The related information (the value of com.sun.star.frame.FeatureStateEvent.State) (the types are UNO datum types):

TypeValue
stringThe expression that designates the cell from which this command moved the current spread sheet cell. The expression is in the form of '$A$1'.
stringThe expression that designates the cell to which this command moved the current spread sheet cell. The expression is in the form of '$A$1'.

The result information (the value of com.sun.star.frame.DispatchResultEvent.Result) (the type is a UNO datum type):

TypeValue
stringThe expression that designates the cell to which this command moved the current spread sheet cell. The expression is in the form of '$A$1'.

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