1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4<!--*********************************************************************** 5 * 6 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 7 * 8 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 9 * 10 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 11 * 12 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 13 * 14 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 15 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 16 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 17 * 18 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 19 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 20 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 21 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 22 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 23 * 24 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 25 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 26 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28 * 29 ************************************************************************--> 30 31<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32<meta> 33<topic id="textsbasicshared01020500xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Libraries, Modules and Dialogs</title> 35<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/01020500.xhp</filename> 36</topic> 37<history> 38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39<lastedited date="2004-08-16T15:35:03">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 40</history> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<section id="biblio"> 44<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147317" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/01020500.xhp" name="Libraries, Modules and Dialogs">Libraries, Modules and Dialogs</link></paragraph> 45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147427" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">The following describes the basic use of libraries, modules and dialogs in $[officename] Basic.</paragraph> 46</section> 47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">$[officename] Basic provides tools to help you structuring your projects. It supports various "units" which enable you to group individual SUBS and FUNCTIONS in a Basic project.</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Libraries</paragraph> 49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Libraries serve as a tool for organizing modules, and can either be attached to a document or a template. When the document or a template is saved, all modules contained in the library are automatically saved as well.</paragraph> 50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">A library can contain up to 16,000 modules.</paragraph> 51<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="8">Modules</paragraph> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156441" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">A module contains SUBS and FUNCTIONS along with variable declarations. The length of the program that can be saved in a module is limited to 64 KB. If more space is required you can divide a $[officename] Basic project among several modules, and then save them in a single library.</paragraph> 53<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152577" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="11">Dialog Modules</paragraph> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dialog modules contain dialog definitions, including the dialog box properties, the properties of each dialog element and the events assigned. Since a dialog module can only contain a single dialog, they are often referred to as "dialogs".</paragraph> 55<section id="relatedtopics"> 56<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/01030400.xhp#01030400"/> 57</section> 58</body> 59</helpdocument> 60