Starting OpenOffice from applet

Question

I have this code down and this working fine from command line ... But when I put this in applet I get following error

com.sun.star.lang.IllegalArgumentException at com.sun.star.comp.bridgefactory.BridgeFactory.createBridge(BridgeFactory.java:158) at com.sun.star.comp.urlresolver.UrlResolver$_UrlResolver.resolve(UrlResolver.java:130)

Anybody have solution for this problem ? Where I can find BridgeFactory source ?

   Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:/Program Files/OpenOffice.org 3/program/soffice.exe -accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager"); // oooUrlW - the url of soffice.exe
              Thread.sleep(5000);

              XComponentContext xLocalContext = com.sun.star.comp.helper.Bootstrap.createInitialComponentContext(null);
              XMultiComponentFactory xLocalServiceManager = xLocalContext.getServiceManager();
              Object urlResolver  = xLocalServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver",xLocalContext);
              XUnoUrlResolver xUnoUrlResolver = (XUnoUrlResolver) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XUnoUrlResolver.class,urlResolver);

              Object initialObject = xUnoUrlResolver.resolve("uno:socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager");
              XPropertySet xPropertySet = (XPropertySet) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XPropertySet.class,initialObject);
              XComponentContext remoteContext = (XComponentContext) UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XComponentContext.class, xPropertySet.getPropertyValue("DefaultContext"));

              XMultiComponentFactory remoteServiceManager = remoteContext.getServiceManager();
              Object desktop = remoteServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", remoteContext);

                 xDesktop =(XDesktop) UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XDesktop.class, desktop);
 XComponent xCalcComponent =
           newDocComponent(xDesktop, "scalc");
           XSpreadsheetDocument xCalcDocument =
                      (XSpreadsheetDocument)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
                                           XSpreadsheetDocument.class, xCalcComponent);
           XSpreadsheets a=xCalcDocument.getSheets();
           Object o = a.getByName("Sheet1");

           XSpreadsheet sheet = (XSpreadsheet)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
                    XSpreadsheet.class, o);


           XCell jjjj = sheet.getCellByPosition(0, 0);
           jjjj.setFormula("Some Text ");

Answer 1

Is your applet signed ? else I don't think you can call

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("C:/Program Files/OpenOffice.org 3/program/soffice.exe-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=8100;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager");

from an applet.

Answer 2

I agree with Pierre... you would need a trusted/signed applet to do that. You might also want to reconsider why you are trying to do this with an applet rather than a standalone application (using webstart or something if you need to web-deliverable).

One more thing to consider is that the end-user would have to have OpenOffice installed locally (unless they have changed the way their API works) for any Java-OO.o access to work correctly. This requirement may have changed though, it has been a while since I have played around with their API.

Good luck and I hope this helps a little.

Answer 3

It is signed, and I found kind of solution - on client I grant permission java.security.AllPermission; and now everything work... I still did'nt try grant SignedBy "MyCompany" permission java.securyty.AllPermission which I must do...

Error message is misleading me com.sun.star.lang.IllegalArgumentException ... stupid message

I must use applet ... it is Oracle Forms application and I need to start Calc on client and fill some data.

Thanks on help.

Answer 4

Hello, I want to have a web page, which allows user to edit openoffice document. I'd like to use some kind of Java Applet, which will contain OOo and will do the downloading and uploading stuff.

Have you succeeded witch your applet? Could you please send me the applet code to my email: juzna.cz at gmail. Thank you

Answer 5

There is a very simple way to place OOo in an applet - use the OfficeBean

While you'll still have your java security problem, your code will be a lot tighter. We're using this to do the same thing. My post on how to get OO 3.2 working in Java 6 applets is here is you want to take a look. It works for 3.1 and 3.2.