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+import traceback
+import uno
+
+def GetNamedRanges():
+ """Returns a list of the named ranges in the document.
+ """
+ try:
+ desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
+ model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
+ rangeNames = model.NamedRanges.ElementNames
+ result = []
+ for i in rangeNames:
+ range = model.NamedRanges.getByName(i).Content
+ result.append((i, range))
+ return result
+ except Exception as e:
+ print("Caught Exception: " + str(e))
+ tb = e.__traceback__
+ traceback.print_tb(tb)
+ return None
+
+def DefineNamedRange(sheet, x0, y0, width, height, name):
+ """Defines a new (or replaces an existing) named range on a sheet,
+ using zero-based absolute coordinates
+ """
+ desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
+ model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
+ # FIXME: Is there some Python-callable API to turn a row and column into an A1 string?
+ # This obviously works only for the first 26 columns.
+ abc = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+ content = sheet +"!" + "$" + abc[x0 : x0+1] + "$" + str(y0+1) + ":" + "$" + abc[x0+width-1 : x0+width] + "$" + str(y0+height)
+ position = uno.createUnoStruct('com.sun.star.table.CellAddress')
+ position.Sheet = 0
+ position.Column = 0
+ position.Row = 0
+ model.NamedRanges.addNewByName(name, content, position, 0)
+ return None