2019-11-10

90: The UNO Dispatch Command Specifications of '.uno:Replace'

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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:Replace', are described.

Topics


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

The table of contents of this article


Starting Context


  • The reader has knowledge of what 'UNO dispatch command' is and how to call one (if the URL and the arguments of the 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, in C++, in C#, in Python, and in LibreOffice or Apache OpenOffice Basic.

There are the list for the application foundations and the list for Calc of the UNO dispatch commands listed so far in this series.


Main Body


1: The Specifications


URL: .uno:Replace

Description: This command executes the search for the specified string or with the specified regular expression or the specified glob expression and replace the next occurrence with the specified string, or executes the search for the specified cell style and replace the next occurrence with the specified cell style, on the preset search condition. The resulting current cell will be the will-be-searched-next-time cell (if the before-execution current cell is the searched-this-time cell) or the searched-this-time cell (if the before-execution current cell is not the searched-this-time cell).

Arguments (the types are UNO datum types):

NameTypeValue
SearchStringstringThe search expression (plain string, regular expression, glob expression, or cell style name)
ReplaceStringstringThe replacing expression (string or cell style name)

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

Nothing.

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

TypeValue
N/Anull

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