import uno
import string

"""
You must launch openoffice/staroffice like this on the command line:
soffice "-accept=socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;"

Then run the script. It connects to the running instance, and highlights each letter individually.
"""

# get the uno component context from the PyUNO runtime
localContext = uno.getComponentContext()

# create the UnoUrlResolver
resolver = localContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
				"com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", localContext )

# connect to the running office
ctx = resolver.resolve( "uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" )
smgr = ctx.ServiceManager

# get the central desktop object
desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext( "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop",ctx)

# access the current writer document
model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()

# access the document's text property
text = model.Text

# create a cursor
cursor = text.createTextCursor()

colorDict = { 'a' : 0x4c4c4c ,
	'b' : 0x23ff23,
	'c' : 0x00ffff,
	'd' : 0xff0000,
	'e' : 0x9999ff,
	'f' : 0xffffff,
	'g' : 0xff6633,
	'h' : 0xff00ff,
	'i' : 0xffff66,
	'j' : 0x000000,
	'k' : 0x280099,
	'l' : 0x008000,
	'm' : 0x00cccc,
	'n' : 0x198a8a,
	'o' : 0x999999,
	'p' : 0xc5000b,
	'q' : 0x4b1f6f,
	'r' : 0xff00ff,
	's' : 0x804c19,
	't' : 0x7e0021,
	'u' : 0x94bd5e,
	'v' : 0xb3b300,
	'w' : 0x99284c,
	'x' : 0x0000ff,
	'y' : 0x004a4a,
	'z' : 0xffff00 }

while cursor.goRight(1,1):
	target = cursor.getString();
	if ( ord( target ) > 96 and ord( target ) < 123 ) or ( ord( target ) > 64 and ord( target ) < 91 ):
		cursor.CharBackColor = colorDict[ string.lower(target) ]
	cursor.goRight(0,0)
	

# insert the text into the document
#text.insertString( cursor, "Hello World", 0 )

# Do a nasty thing before exiting the python process. In case the
# last call is a oneway call (e.g. see idl-spec of insertString),
# it must be forced out of the remote-bridge caches before python
# exits the process. Otherwise, the oneway call may or may not reach
# the target object.
# I do this here by calling a cheap synchronous call (getPropertyValue).
ctx.ServiceManager