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+# -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-offset: 4 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+
+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
+
+def DeleteNamedRange(name):
+    try:
+        desktop = XSCRIPTCONTEXT.getDesktop()
+        model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()
+        model.NamedRanges.removeByName(name)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Caught Exception: " + str(e))
+        tb = e.__traceback__
+        traceback.print_tb(tb)
+    return None
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: