:: com :: sun :: star :: text ::

interface XSimpleText
Base Hierarchy
::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface
 |
 +-XTextRange
    |
    +-XSimpleText
Description
is the main interface for a distinct text unit, i.e. the main text of a document, the text for headers and footers or for single cells of a table.
See also
XText
Developers Guide
7.3.1 Text Documents - Working with Text Documents - Word Processing - Editing Text - Strings

Methods' Summary
createTextCursor
createTextCursorByRange
insertString inserts a string of characters into the text.
insertControlCharacter inserts a control character (like a paragraph break or a hard space) into the text.
Methods' Details
createTextCursor
XTextCursor
createTextCursor();
 
 

Returns
a new instance of a TextCursor service which can be used to travel in the given text context.
See also
TextCursor
createTextCursorByRange
XTextCursor
createTextCursorByRange(
 
[in] XTextRange
 
aTextPosition );

Returns
a new instance of a TextCursor which is located at the specified TextRange to travel in the given text context.

The initial position is set to aTextPosition .

Parameter aTextPosition
specifies the start position for the new TextCursor .
See also
TextCursor
insertString
[oneway] void
insertString(
 
[in] XTextRange
[in] string
[in] boolean
 
xRange,
aString,
bAbsorb );

Description
inserts a string of characters into the text.

The string may contain the following white spaces:

  • blank
  • tab
  • cr (which will insert a paragraph break)
  • lf (which will insert a line break)
Parameter xRange
specifies the position of insertion. For example, XSimpleText::createTextCursor can be used to get an XTextRange for this argument.
Parameter aString
specifies the string to insert.
Parameter bAbsorb
specifies whether the text spanned by xRange will be replaced. If true then the content of xRange will be replaced by aString , otherwise aString will be inserted at the end of xRange .
Example
 xText.insertString( xTextCursor, "Hello " + aName$ + ",", false )

 xText.insertControlCharacter( xTextCursor,
 ControlCharacter_PARAGRAPH_BREAK, false );

 xText.insertString( xTextCursor, "more text ...", false )
insertControlCharacter
void
insertControlCharacter(
 
[in] XTextRange
[in] short
[in] boolean 

raises(

 
xRange,
nControlCharacter,
bAbsorb ) 
::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException );

Description
inserts a control character (like a paragraph break or a hard space) into the text.
See also
ControlCharacter
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