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OpenOffice / LibreOffice: .ods Export To JSON (BASIC Macro)
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REM ***** BASIC ***** | |
'Exports sheet(s) to JSON in this file's directory under their sheet name.' | |
'Booleans are exported as int (1 = true, 0 = false).' | |
SUB JSONExportAll | |
sheets = ThisComponent.Sheets | |
numSheets = sheets.Count | |
FOR i = 0 TO (numSheets - 1) | |
sheet = Sheets(i) | |
ThisComponent.getCurrentController.setActiveSheet(sheet) | |
JSONExport | |
NEXT i | |
END SUB | |
'--------------------------------------' | |
SUB JSONExport | |
sheet = ThisComponent.getCurrentController.getActiveSheet | |
numCols = 0 | |
cell = sheet.getCellByPosition(0, 0) | |
WHILE cell.Type <> com.sun.star.table.CellContentType.EMPTY | |
numCols = numCols + 1 | |
cell = sheet.getCellByPosition(numCols, 0) | |
WEND | |
numRows = 0 | |
cell = sheet.getCellByPosition(0, 0) | |
WHILE cell.Type <> com.sun.star.table.CellContentType.EMPTY | |
numRows = numRows + 1 | |
cell = sheet.getCellByPosition(0, numRows) | |
WEND | |
'Properties is the keys for the values.' | |
propertyRange = sheet.getCellRangeByPosition(0, 0, numCols - 1, 0) | |
propertyArray = propertyRange.getDataArray()(0) '2D Array, but only need row.' | |
cells = sheet.getCellRangeByPosition(0, 0, numCols - 1, numRows - 1).getDataArray() | |
fileName = GetDirectory + sheet.Name + ".json" | |
file = Freefile | |
OPEN fileName FOR OUTPUT AS file | |
tabChr = CHR(9) | |
doubleQuoteChr = CHR(34) | |
PRINT #file, ("[") | |
FOR r = 1 TO (numRows - 1): | |
PRINT #file, (tabChr + "{") | |
FOR c = 0 TO (numCols - 1): | |
_key = propertyArray(c) | |
keyStr = doubleQuoteChr + _key + doubleQuoteChr | |
'Don't add quotes if value is a number.' | |
_val = cells(r)(c) | |
valStr = _val | |
IF (NOT IsNumeric(_val)) THEN | |
valStr = doubleQuoteChr + _val + doubleQuoteChr | |
ENDIF | |
line = tabChr + tabChr + keyStr + ": " + valStr | |
IF (c < numCols - 1) THEN | |
line = line + "," | |
ENDIF | |
PRINT #file, (line) | |
NEXT c | |
endLine = tabChr + "}" | |
IF (r < numRows - 1) THEN | |
endLine = endLine + "," | |
ENDIF | |
PRINT #file, (endLine) | |
NEXT r | |
PRINT #file, ("]") | |
CLOSE #file | |
END SUB | |
'--------------------------------------' | |
FUNCTION GetDirectory() AS STRING | |
fileName = ThisComponent.getUrl() | |
fileNameSegments = Split(fileName, "/") | |
numFileNameSegments = UBound(fileNameSegments) + 1 | |
dirName = "" | |
FOR i = 0 TO (numFileNameSegments - 2) | |
dirName = dirName + fileNameSegments(i) + "/" | |
NEXT i | |
GetDirectory = dirName | |
END FUNCTION | |
For those in a hurry: remove any leading empty rows (or columns) to make this work, and the exported file will be named after the sheet (e.g., Sheet1.json
).
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