parameters: ()
return_statement: return xContext
docstring: Bootstrap OOo and PyUNO Runtime.
      The soffice process is started opening a named pipe of random name, then the local context is used
          to access the pipe. This function directly returns the remote component context, from whereon you can
          get the ServiceManager by calling getServiceManager() on the returned object.
docstring_summary: Bootstrap OOo and PyUNO Runtime.
      The soffice process is started opening a named pipe of random name, then the local context is used
          to access the pipe. This function directly returns the remote component context, from whereon you can
          get the ServiceManager by calling getServiceManager() on the returned object.
docstring_tokens: Bootstrap OOo and PyUNO Runtime . The soffice process is started opening a named pipe of random name then the local context is used to access the pipe . This function directly returns the remote component context from whereon you can get the ServiceManager by calling getServiceManager () on the returned object .
function: def bootstrap():
      """Bootstrap OOo and PyUNO Runtime.
      The soffice process is started opening a named pipe of random name, then the local context is used
          to access the pipe. This function directly returns the remote component context, from whereon you can
          get the ServiceManager by calling getServiceManager() on the returned object.
          """
      try:
          # soffice script used on *ix, Mac; soffice.exe used on Windoof
          if "UNO_PATH" in os.environ:
              sOffice = os.environ["UNO_PATH"]
          else:
              sOffice = "" # lets hope for the best
          sOffice = os.path.join(sOffice, "soffice")
          if platform.startswith("win"):
              sOffice += ".exe"
  
          # Generate a random pipe name.
          random.seed()
          sPipeName = "uno" + str(random.random())[2:]
  
          # Start the office process, don't check for exit status since an exception is caught anyway if the office terminates unexpectedly.
          cmdArray = (sOffice, "-nologo", "-nodefault", "".join(["-accept=pipe,name=", sPipeName, ";urp;"]))
          os.spawnv(os.P_NOWAIT, sOffice, cmdArray)
  
          # ---------
  
          xLocalContext = uno.getComponentContext()
          resolver = xLocalContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
                          "com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", xLocalContext)
          sConnect = "".join(["uno:pipe,name=", sPipeName, ";urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext"])
  
          # Wait until an office is started, but loop only nLoop times (can we do this better???)
          nLoop = 20
          while True:
              try:
                  xContext = resolver.resolve(sConnect)
                  break
              except NoConnectException:
                  nLoop -= 1
                  if nLoop <= 0:
                      raise BootstrapException("Cannot connect to soffice server.", None)
                  sleep(0.5)  # Sleep 1/2 second.
  
      except BootstrapException:
          raise
      except Exception as e:  # Any other exception
          raise BootstrapException("Caught exception " + str(e), None)
  
      return xContext
function_tokens: def bootstrap ( ) : try : # soffice script used on *ix, Mac; soffice.exe used on Windoof if "UNO_PATH" in os . environ : sOffice = os . environ [ "UNO_PATH" ] else : sOffice = "" # lets hope for the best sOffice = os . path . join ( sOffice , "soffice" ) if platform . startswith ( "win" ) : sOffice += ".exe" # Generate a random pipe name. random . seed ( ) sPipeName = "uno" + str ( random . random ( ) ) [ 2 : ] # Start the office process, don't check for exit status since an exception is caught anyway if the office terminates unexpectedly. cmdArray = ( sOffice , "-nologo" , "-nodefault" , "" . join ( [ "-accept=pipe,name=" , sPipeName , ";urp;" ] ) ) os . spawnv ( os . P_NOWAIT , sOffice , cmdArray ) # --------- xLocalContext = uno . getComponentContext ( ) resolver = xLocalContext . ServiceManager . createInstanceWithContext ( "com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver" , xLocalContext ) sConnect = "" . join ( [ "uno:pipe,name=" , sPipeName , ";urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" ] ) # Wait until an office is started, but loop only nLoop times (can we do this better???) nLoop = 20 while True : try : xContext = resolver . resolve ( sConnect ) break except NoConnectException : nLoop -= 1 if nLoop <= 0 : raise BootstrapException ( "Cannot connect to soffice server." , None ) sleep ( 0.5 ) # Sleep 1/2 second. except BootstrapException : raise except Exception as e : # Any other exception raise BootstrapException ( "Caught exception " + str ( e ) , None ) return xContext