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Make LibreOffice Draw Document to use odfpy

Yusuke arakawa on December 03, 2017

Odfpy is famous Python library to make OpenDocument Format. But,How to use odfpy? odfpy official manual is only api-for-odfpy.odt and example prog...
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sammarrques • • Edited

Tahnks, Yusuke.

But I still didn't manage to get I want.

I am new to Python and I'm working with odt files, from libreoffice.

I would like to add an specific image to a specific position in my document.

By the way, I'm using the teletype method, from: balasankarc.in/tech/using-python-a....

I tried to paste some command lines in your guide and despite the programm runs ok, the archive doesn't add the image I want.

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Yusuke arakawa •

Thank you reading, sammarrques.

Your blog read a little.

It's a point that I concerned.

Writer and Draw is a little different.

When put picture on Writer Document,we need to think about Wrap text around a picture.

I read your blog a little more.

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Yusuke arakawa • • Edited

I add Picture use LibreOffice Writer.
I read this documents's context.xml.

It's under code.

it add text.p in frame.
it add draw image in frame.

Add image to odt #45
He is mistake.
He should add frame in text.P .

Test code?
Not yet.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
...

Omission
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<office:body>
<office:text>
<text:sequence-decls>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Illustration"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Table"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Text"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Drawing"/>
<text:sequence-decl text:display-outline-level="0" text:name="Figure"/>
</text:sequence-decls>
<text:p text:style-name="Standard">
<draw:frame draw:style-name="fr1" draw:name="イメージ1" text:anchor-type="paragraph" svg:width="17cm" svg:height="5.736cm" draw:z-index="0">
<draw:image xlink:href="Pictures/1000020100000C8000000438BDD44B89CE152A7F.png" xlink:type="simple" xlink:show="embed" xlink:actuate="onLoad" loext:mime-type="image/png"/>
</draw:frame>
</text:p>
</office:text>
</office:body>
</office:document-content>
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Yusuke arakawa • • Edited

Test Code.
Work Fine!
It is Point that add picture frame in paragraph element.

from odf.opendocument import OpenDocumentText
from odf.text import P,ParagraphProperties
from odf import teletype
from odf.style import Style
from odf.draw import Frame,Image

# Justified style
justifystyle = Style(name="justified", family="paragraph")
justifystyle.addElement(ParagraphProperties(attributes={"textalign": "justify"}))

# Creating different style used in the document
doc=OpenDocumentText()
s=doc.styles
s.addElement(justifystyle)

# Adding a paragraph
paragraph_element = P(stylename=justifystyle)
paragraph_text="hello world"
teletype.addTextToElement(paragraph_element, paragraph_text)
doc.text.addElement(paragraph_element, paragraph_text)

# add picture
picframe=Frame()
href=doc.addPicture("drawlogo.png")
picframe.addElement(Image(href=href))
# Point!
# add picture frame in paragraph element
paragraph_element.addElement(picframe)

# save ODT
doc.save("new.odt")
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Yusuke arakawa •

Test Code.
Add element in Frame.
Add element in Image.


from odf.opendocument import OpenDocumentText
from odf.text import P
from odf import teletype
from odf.style import Style,ParagraphProperties
from odf.draw import Frame,Image

# Justified style
justifystyle = Style(name="justified", family="paragraph")
justifystyle.addElement(ParagraphProperties(attributes={"textalign": "justify"}))

# Creating different style used in the document
doc=OpenDocumentText()
s=doc.styles
s.addElement(justifystyle)

# Adding a paragraph
paragraph_element = P(stylename=justifystyle)
paragraph_text="hello world"
teletype.addTextToElement(paragraph_element, paragraph_text)
doc.text.addElement(paragraph_element, paragraph_text)

# add picture
picframe=Frame(anchortype="paragraph",height='26mm',width='26mm',name='image1')
href=doc.addPicture("drawlogo.png")
picframe.addElement(Image(href=href,actuate="onLoad",show="embed",type="simple"))
paragraph_element.addElement(picframe)

# save ODT
doc.save("new.odt")