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CreateUnoService function CreateUnoService Function [Runtime] Instantiates a Uno service with the ProcessServiceManager.

Syntax: oService = CreateUnoService( Uno service name ) For a list of available services, go to: http://api.openoffice.org/docs/common/ref/com/sun/star/module-ix.html Examples: oIntrospection = CreateUnoService( "com.sun.star.beans.Introspection" ) filepicker;API service The following code uses a service to open a file open dialog: Sub Main fName = FileOpenDialog ("Please select a file") print "file chosen: "+fName End Sub function FileOpenDialog(title as String) as String filepicker = createUnoService("com.sun.star.ui.dialogs.FilePicker") filepicker.Title = title filepicker.execute() files = filepicker.getFiles() FileOpenDialog=files(0) End function