Windows command line switches broken?
I want to have Impress open a presentation (ppt or odp), run once in slideshow mode, then close and exit. I also want to trigger that action from a Perl script (this part I can do).
My problem starts with running the slideshow. I can load a presentation from the CLI (command line interface) by:
C:\Program Files\Sun\StarOffice 8\program>soffice.exe TCS1.ods
or
C:\Program Files\Sun\StarOffice 8\program>simpress.exe TCS1.ods
The presentation loads, and sits at the design screen. Great. But none of the switches listed in the help screen have ANY effect on the behavior of Impress when added to the command. I referenced:
C:\Program Files\Sun\StarOffice 8\program>soffice.exe -help
I tried singular and combos of -SHOW, -INVISIBLE, -HEADLESS, -MINIMIZED. I used both lower and upper case, no difference in result. I also exited the program completely before each attempt.
The switches are being ignored. Anybody else had these work? is it just me? :)
Maybe this is better done by executing some starbasic code, but in any case there is no joy using CLI parameters.
Thanks!
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