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Export to hybrid PDF format

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Description

A hybrid PDF is a file which can be read like any other PDF, but which contains a source document in PDF format, allowing you to modify it using LibreOffice. It can be created with the menu command File ▸ Export as ▸ Export as PDF.

The following macro shows how to do this in LibreOffice Basic. The array propFich in this example specifies the filter to use (calc_pdf_Export) and the selected options. The filterProps array specifies the text to be exported and contains a switch IsAddStream to determine whether the export is to take place.

Code

In LibreOffice Basic:

Option Explicit

Sub ExportPDFinHybridFormat
    '''Export current active Calc sheet to a hybrid PDF'''

    Dim filterData(1) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
    Dim filterProps(1) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
    Dim fileAddress As String

    'create prop-vals in filterData, which will be fed into filterProps
    filterData(0).Name = "Selection"
    filterData(0).Value = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ActiveSheet
    filterData(1).Name = "IsAddStream"
    filterData(1).Value = True

    'create prop-vals in filterProps, which will be fed in the export function storeToURL
    filterProps(0).Name = "FilterName"
    filterProps(0).Value = "calc_pdf_Export"
    filterProps(1).Name = "FilterData"
    filterProps(1).Value = filterData()

    fileAddress = convertToURL("/home/<user>/Documents/test.pdf")
    ThisComponent.storeToURL(fileAddress, filterProps())

End Sub ' ExportPDFinHybridFormat

ODS file to test macro

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