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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">CreateUnoService Function</title>
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<bookmark_value>CreateUnoService function</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>API;FilePicker</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>API;FunctionAccess</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3150682"><variable id="createunoserviceh1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03131600.xhp" name="CreateUnoService Function">CreateUnoService Function</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3152924" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Instantiates a Uno service with the ProcessServiceManager.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153346" role="code" xml-lang="en-US">oService = CreateUnoService( Uno service name )</paragraph>

<paragraph id="par_idN1060F" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">For a list of available services, go to: <link href="https://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/namespacecom_1_1sun_1_1star.html" name="api.libreoffice.org com::sun::star Module Reference">https://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/namespacecom_1_1sun_1_1star.html</link></paragraph>

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<bookmark_value>Calc functions;API Service</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id891561653344669">Calling Calc functions in Basic:</paragraph>
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    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id741592351349391" xml-lang="en-US">REM The code below does not work for add-in functions, which have a different calling procedure.</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id511561653511948" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">Function MyVlook(item, InRange As Object, FromCol As Integer)</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id771561653522280" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    Dim oService As Object</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id791561653536896" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    oService = createUnoService("com.sun.star.sheet.FunctionAccess")</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id31561653863623" xml-lang="en-US">    REM Always use the function English name</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id391561653548274" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">    MyVlook = oService.callFunction("VLOOKUP",Array(item, InRange, FromCol, True))</paragraph>
    <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id951561653556383" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false">End Function</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154046" role="paragraph" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><literal>oIntrospection = CreateUnoService( "com.sun.star.beans.Introspection" )</literal></paragraph>
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<bookmark_value>filepicker;API service</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="par_idN10625" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The following code uses a service to open a file open dialog:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1206777616" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub Main</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idN1062B" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    fName = FileOpenDialog ("Please select a file")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idN10630" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">    Print "file chosen: "+fName</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206774256" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206773152" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206772000" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Function FileOpenDialog(title As String) As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206770832" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    filepicker = createUnoService("com.sun.star.ui.dialogs.FilePicker")</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206769648" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    filepicker.Title = title</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206768496" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    filepicker.execute()</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206767344" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    files = filepicker.getFiles()</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206766192" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    FileOpenDialog=files(0)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1206765040" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Function</paragraph>
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