Adding upstream version 1:7.0.4.upstream/1%7.0.4upstream

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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diff --git a/include/vbahelper/helperdecl.hxx b/include/vbahelper/helperdecl.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_HELPERDECL_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_HELPERDECL_HXX
+
+#include <comphelper/servicedecl.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper {
+namespace service_decl {
+template <typename ImplT_, typename WithArgsT = with_args<false> >
+struct vba_service_class_ : public serviceimpl_base< detail::OwnServiceImpl<ImplT_>, WithArgsT >
+{
+    typedef serviceimpl_base< detail::OwnServiceImpl<ImplT_>, WithArgsT > baseT;
+    /** Default ctor.  Implementation class without args, expecting
+        component context as single argument.
+    */
+    vba_service_class_() : baseT() {}
+    template <typename PostProcessFuncT>
+    /** Ctor to pass a post processing function/functor.
+
+        @tpl PostProcessDefaultT let your compiler deduce this
+        @param postProcessFunc function/functor that gets the yet unacquired
+                               ImplT_ pointer returning a
+                               uno::Reference<uno::XInterface>
+    */
+    explicit vba_service_class_( PostProcessFuncT const& postProcessFunc ) : baseT( postProcessFunc ) {}
+};
+
+} // namespace service_decl
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbaaccesshelper.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbaaccesshelper.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAACCESSHELPER_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAACCESSHELPER_HXX
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <basic/basmgr.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XMultiServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.hpp>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+//#define VBAHELPER_DLLIMPLEMENTATION
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <sfx2/objsh.hxx>
+#include <sfx2/docfilt.hxx>
+#include <sfx2/docfile.hxx>
+
+namespace ooo
+{
+    namespace vba
+    {
+
+        inline css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory > getVBAServiceFactory( SfxObjectShell const * pShell )
+        {
+            css::uno::Any aUnoVar;
+            if ( !pShell || ! pShell->GetBasicManager()->GetGlobalUNOConstant( "VBAGlobals", aUnoVar ) )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+            css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xVBAFactory( aUnoVar, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            return xVBAFactory;
+        }
+
+        /// @throws css::uno::Exception
+        inline css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > createVBAUnoAPIServiceWithArgs( SfxObjectShell const * pShell,  const char* _pAsciiName, const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& aArgs )
+        {
+            OSL_PRECOND( pShell, "createVBAUnoAPIService: no shell!" );
+            OUString sVarName( OUString::createFromAscii( _pAsciiName ) );
+            css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xIf = getVBAServiceFactory( pShell )->createInstanceWithArguments( sVarName, aArgs  );
+            return xIf;
+        }
+
+
+        inline bool isAlienDoc( SfxObjectShell const & rDocShell, const char* pMimeType )
+        {
+            bool bRes( false );
+            const SfxMedium *pMedium = rDocShell.GetMedium();
+            std::shared_ptr<const SfxFilter> pFilt = pMedium ? pMedium->GetFilter() : nullptr;
+            if ( pFilt && pFilt->IsAlienFormat() )
+                bRes = pFilt->GetMimeType().equalsAscii( pMimeType );
+            return bRes;
+        }
+        inline bool isAlienExcelDoc( SfxObjectShell const & rDocShell ) { return isAlienDoc( rDocShell, "application/vnd.ms-excel" ); }
+        //VBAHELPER_DLLPRIVATE inline bool isAlienWordDoc( SfxObjectShell& rDocShell ) { return isAlienDoc( rDocShell, "application/vnd.ms-word" ); }
+        // word seems to return an erroneous mime type :-/ "application/msword"  not consistent with the excel one
+        inline bool isAlienWordDoc( SfxObjectShell const & rDocShell ) { return isAlienDoc( rDocShell, "application/msword" ); }
+
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbaapplicationbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbaapplicationbase.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAAPPLICATIONBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAAPPLICATIONBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/XApplicationBase.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ov::XApplicationBase > ApplicationBase_BASE;
+
+struct VbaApplicationBase_Impl;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaApplicationBase : public ApplicationBase_BASE
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<VbaApplicationBase_Impl> m_pImpl;
+
+protected:
+    VbaApplicationBase( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext );
+    virtual ~VbaApplicationBase() override;
+
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > getCurrentDocument() = 0;
+public:
+    // XHelperInterface ( parent is itself )
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface > SAL_CALL getParent(  ) override { return this; }
+
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getScreenUpdating() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setScreenUpdating(sal_Bool bUpdate) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getDisplayStatusBar() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setDisplayStatusBar(sal_Bool bDisplayStatusBar) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getInteractive() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setInteractive( sal_Bool bInteractive ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getVisible() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setVisible( sal_Bool bVisible ) override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getCaption() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setCaption( const OUString& sCaption ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL OnKey( const OUString& Key, const css::uno::Any& Procedure ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL CommandBars( const css::uno::Any& aIndex ) override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getVersion() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getVBE() override;
+
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL Run( const OUString& MacroName, const css::uno::Any& varg1, const css::uno::Any& varg2, const css::uno::Any& varg3, const css::uno::Any& varg4, const css::uno::Any& varg5, const css::uno::Any& varg6, const css::uno::Any& varg7, const css::uno::Any& varg8, const css::uno::Any& varg9, const css::uno::Any& varg10, const css::uno::Any& varg11, const css::uno::Any& varg12, const css::uno::Any& varg13, const css::uno::Any& varg14, const css::uno::Any& varg15, const css::uno::Any& varg16, const css::uno::Any& varg17, const css::uno::Any& varg18, const css::uno::Any& varg19, const css::uno::Any& varg20, const css::uno::Any& varg21, const css::uno::Any& varg22, const css::uno::Any& varg23, const css::uno::Any& varg24, const css::uno::Any& varg25, const css::uno::Any& varg26, const css::uno::Any& varg27, const css::uno::Any& varg28, const css::uno::Any& varg29, const css::uno::Any& varg30 ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL OnTime( const css::uno::Any& aEarliestTime, const OUString& aFunction, const css::uno::Any& aLatestTime, const css::uno::Any& aSchedule ) override;
+    virtual float SAL_CALL CentimetersToPoints( float Centimeters ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Undo() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Quit() override;
+
+    // XHelperInterface
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() override;
+};
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbacollectionimpl.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbacollectionimpl.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBACOLLECTIONIMPL_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBACOLLECTIONIMPL_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/container/NoSuchElementException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XEnumeration.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Type.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/TypeClass.hpp>
+#include <cppu/unotype.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/XCollection.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNamed.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace container { class XEnumerationAccess; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::container::XEnumeration > EnumerationHelper_BASE;
+
+
+/** A wrapper that holds a com.sun.star.container.XIndexAccess and provides a
+    com.sun.star.container.XEnumeration.
+
+    Can be used to provide an enumeration from an index container that contains
+    completely constructed/initialized VBA implementation objects. CANNOT be
+    used to provide an enumeration from an index container with other objects
+    (e.g. UNO objects) where construction of the VBA objects is needed first.
+ */
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC SimpleIndexAccessToEnumeration final : public EnumerationHelper_BASE
+{
+public:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    explicit SimpleIndexAccessToEnumeration(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& rxIndexAccess ) :
+        mxIndexAccess( rxIndexAccess ), mnIndex( 0 ) {}
+
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasMoreElements() override
+    {
+        return mnIndex < mxIndexAccess->getCount();
+    }
+
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL nextElement() override
+    {
+        if( !hasMoreElements() )
+            throw css::container::NoSuchElementException();
+        return mxIndexAccess->getByIndex( mnIndex++ );
+    }
+
+private:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess > mxIndexAccess;
+    sal_Int32 mnIndex;
+};
+
+
+/** A wrapper that holds a com.sun.star.container.XEnumeration or a
+    com.sun.star.container.XIndexAccess and provides an enumeration of VBA objects.
+
+    The method createCollectionObject() needs to be implemented by the derived
+    class. This class can be used to convert an enumeration or an index container
+    containing UNO objects to an enumeration providing the related VBA objects.
+ */
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC SimpleEnumerationBase : public EnumerationHelper_BASE
+{
+public:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    explicit SimpleEnumerationBase(
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& rxIndexAccess ) :
+        mxEnumeration( new SimpleIndexAccessToEnumeration( rxIndexAccess ) ) {}
+
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasMoreElements() override
+    {
+        return mxEnumeration->hasMoreElements();
+    }
+
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL nextElement() override
+    {
+        return createCollectionObject( mxEnumeration->nextElement() );
+    }
+
+    /** Derived classes implement creation of a VBA implementation object from
+        the passed container element. */
+    virtual css::uno::Any createCollectionObject( const css::uno::Any& rSource ) = 0;
+
+private:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > mxEnumeration;
+};
+
+
+// deprecated, use SimpleEnumerationBase instead!
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC EnumerationHelperImpl : public EnumerationHelper_BASE
+{
+protected:
+    css::uno::WeakReference< ov::XHelperInterface > m_xParent;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > m_xContext;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > m_xEnumeration;
+public:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    EnumerationHelperImpl( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration >& xEnumeration ) : m_xParent( xParent ), m_xContext( xContext ),  m_xEnumeration( xEnumeration ) { }
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasMoreElements(  ) override { return m_xEnumeration->hasMoreElements(); }
+};
+
+// a wrapper class for a providing a XIndexAccess, XNameAccess, XEnumerationAccess impl based on providing a vector of interfaces
+// only requirement is the object needs to implement XName
+
+
+template< typename OneIfc >
+class XNamedObjectCollectionHelper final : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::container::XNameAccess,
+                                                                    css::container::XIndexAccess,
+                                                                    css::container::XEnumerationAccess >
+{
+public:
+typedef std::vector< css::uno::Reference< OneIfc > >  XNamedVec;
+private:
+
+    class XNamedEnumerationHelper : public EnumerationHelper_BASE
+    {
+        XNamedVec mXNamedVec;
+        typename XNamedVec::iterator mIt;
+    public:
+            XNamedEnumerationHelper( const XNamedVec& sMap ) : mXNamedVec( sMap ), mIt( mXNamedVec.begin() ) {}
+
+            virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasMoreElements(  ) override
+            {
+            return ( mIt != mXNamedVec.end() );
+            }
+
+            virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL nextElement(  ) override
+            {
+                if ( hasMoreElements() )
+                    return css::uno::makeAny( *mIt++ );
+                throw css::container::NoSuchElementException();
+            }
+    };
+
+    XNamedVec mXNamedVec;
+    typename XNamedVec::iterator cachePos;
+public:
+    XNamedObjectCollectionHelper( const XNamedVec& sMap ) : mXNamedVec( sMap ), cachePos(mXNamedVec.begin()) {}
+    // XElementAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType(  ) override { return cppu::UnoType< OneIfc >::get(); }
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasElements(  ) override { return ( mXNamedVec.size() > 0 ); }
+    // XNameAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getByName( const OUString& aName ) override
+    {
+        if ( !hasByName(aName) )
+            throw css::container::NoSuchElementException();
+        return css::uno::makeAny( *cachePos );
+    }
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getElementNames(  ) override
+    {
+        css::uno::Sequence< OUString > sNames( mXNamedVec.size() );
+        OUString* pString = sNames.getArray();
+        typename XNamedVec::iterator it = mXNamedVec.begin();
+        typename XNamedVec::iterator it_end = mXNamedVec.end();
+
+        for ( ; it != it_end; ++it, ++pString )
+        {
+            css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNamed > xName( *it, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            *pString = xName->getName();
+        }
+        return sNames;
+    }
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasByName( const OUString& aName ) override
+    {
+        cachePos = mXNamedVec.begin();
+        typename XNamedVec::iterator it_end = mXNamedVec.end();
+        for ( ; cachePos != it_end; ++cachePos )
+        {
+            css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNamed > xName( *cachePos, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            if ( aName == xName->getName() )
+                break;
+        }
+        return ( cachePos != it_end );
+    }
+
+    // XElementAccess
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getCount(  ) override { return mXNamedVec.size(); }
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getByIndex( ::sal_Int32 Index ) override
+    {
+        if ( Index < 0 || Index >= getCount() )
+            throw css::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        return css::uno::makeAny( mXNamedVec[ Index ] );
+
+    }
+    // XEnumerationAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createEnumeration(  ) override
+    {
+        return new XNamedEnumerationHelper( mXNamedVec );
+    }
+};
+
+// including a HelperInterface implementation
+template< typename... Ifc >
+class SAL_DLLPUBLIC_RTTI ScVbaCollectionBase : public InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl< Ifc... >
+{
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl< Ifc... > BaseColBase;
+protected:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess > m_xIndexAccess;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > m_xNameAccess;
+    bool mbIgnoreCase;
+
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual css::uno::Any getItemByStringIndex( const OUString& sIndex )
+    {
+        if ( !m_xNameAccess.is() )
+            throw css::uno::RuntimeException("ScVbaCollectionBase string index access not supported by this object" );
+
+        if( mbIgnoreCase )
+        {
+            const css::uno::Sequence< OUString > sElementNames = m_xNameAccess->getElementNames();
+            for( const OUString& rName : sElementNames )
+            {
+                if( rName.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase( sIndex ) )
+                {
+                    return createCollectionObject( m_xNameAccess->getByName( rName ) );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return createCollectionObject( m_xNameAccess->getByName( sIndex ) );
+    }
+
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    /// @throws css::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException
+    virtual css::uno::Any getItemByIntIndex( const sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        if ( !m_xIndexAccess.is() )
+            throw css::uno::RuntimeException("ScVbaCollectionBase numeric index access not supported by this object" );
+        if ( nIndex <= 0 )
+        {
+            throw css::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException(
+                "index is 0 or negative" );
+        }
+        // need to adjust for vba index ( for which first element is 1 )
+        return createCollectionObject( m_xIndexAccess->getByIndex( nIndex - 1 ) );
+    }
+
+    void UpdateCollectionIndex( const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& xIndexAccess )
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xNameAccess( xIndexAccess, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        m_xIndexAccess = xIndexAccess;
+        m_xNameAccess = xNameAccess;
+    }
+
+public:
+    ScVbaCollectionBase( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent,   const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& xIndexAccess, bool bIgnoreCase = false ) : BaseColBase( xParent, xContext ), m_xIndexAccess( xIndexAccess ), mbIgnoreCase( bIgnoreCase ) { m_xNameAccess.set(m_xIndexAccess, css::uno::UNO_QUERY); }
+
+    //XCollection
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getCount() override
+    {
+        return m_xIndexAccess->getCount();
+    }
+
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL Item(const css::uno::Any& Index1, const css::uno::Any& /*not processed in this base class*/) override
+    {
+        if ( Index1.getValueTypeClass() != css::uno::TypeClass_STRING )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
+
+            if ( !( Index1 >>= nIndex ) )
+            {
+                throw  css::lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException( "Couldn't convert index to Int32" );
+            }
+            return  getItemByIntIndex( nIndex );
+        }
+        OUString aStringSheet;
+
+        Index1 >>= aStringSheet;
+        return getItemByStringIndex( aStringSheet );
+    }
+
+    // XDefaultMethod
+    OUString SAL_CALL getDefaultMethodName(  ) override
+    {
+        return "Item";
+    }
+    // XEnumerationAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createEnumeration() override = 0;
+
+    // XElementAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType() override = 0;
+    // XElementAccess
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasElements() override
+    {
+        return ( m_xIndexAccess->getCount() > 0 );
+    }
+    virtual css::uno::Any createCollectionObject( const css::uno::Any& aSource ) = 0;
+
+};
+
+typedef ScVbaCollectionBase< ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<ov::XCollection> > CollImplBase;
+// compatible with the old collections ( pre XHelperInterface base class ) ( some internal objects still use this )
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ScVbaCollectionBaseImpl : public CollImplBase
+{
+public:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    ScVbaCollectionBaseImpl( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface > & xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& xIndexAccess ) : CollImplBase( xParent, xContext, xIndexAccess){}
+
+};
+
+template < typename... Ifc > // where Ifc must implement XCollectionTest
+class SAL_DLLPUBLIC_RTTI CollTestImplHelper :  public ScVbaCollectionBase< ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< Ifc... > >
+{
+typedef ScVbaCollectionBase< ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< Ifc... >  > ImplBase;
+
+public:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    CollTestImplHelper( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext,  const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& xIndexAccess, bool bIgnoreCase = false ) : ImplBase( xParent, xContext, xIndexAccess, bIgnoreCase ) {}
+};
+
+
+#endif //SC_VBA_COLLECTION_IMPL_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbadialogbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbadialogbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3125e5da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbadialogbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADIALOGBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADIALOGBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <ooo/vba/XDialogBase.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XDialogBase;
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ov::XDialogBase > VbaDialogBase_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaDialogBase : public VbaDialogBase_BASE
+{
+protected:
+    sal_Int32 mnIndex;
+        css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > m_xModel;
+public:
+    VbaDialogBase( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel, sal_Int32 nIndex ):VbaDialogBase_BASE( xParent, xContext ), mnIndex( nIndex ), m_xModel( xModel ) {}
+
+    // Methods
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Show() override;
+    virtual OUString mapIndexToName( sal_Int32 nIndex ) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADIALOGBASE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbadialogsbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbadialogsbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b04b40cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbadialogsbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADIALOGSBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADIALOGSBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <ooo/vba/XDialogsBase.hpp>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XDialogsBase;
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ov::XDialogsBase > VbaDialogsBase_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaDialogsBase : public VbaDialogsBase_BASE
+{
+protected:
+        css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > m_xModel;
+public:
+    VbaDialogsBase( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > &xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel ): VbaDialogsBase_BASE( xParent, xContext ), m_xModel( xModel ) {}
+
+    // XCollection
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getCount() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL Item( const css::uno::Any& Index ) override;
+};
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADIALOGSBASE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbadllapi.h b/include/vbahelper/vbadllapi.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff4861de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbadllapi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADLLAPI_H
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADLLAPI_H
+
+#include <sal/types.h>
+
+#if defined(VBAHELPER_DLLIMPLEMENTATION)
+#define VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC  SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT
+#else
+#define VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC  SAL_DLLPUBLIC_IMPORT
+#endif
+#define VBAHELPER_DLLPRIVATE SAL_DLLPRIVATE
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADLLAPI_H
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbadocumentbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbadocumentbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60a0bbed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbadocumentbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADOCUMENTBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADOCUMENTBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.hpp>
+#include <ooo/vba/XDocumentBase.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XDocumentBase;
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ooo::vba::XDocumentBase > VbaDocumentBase_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaDocumentBase : public VbaDocumentBase_BASE
+{
+protected:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > mxModel;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > mxVBProject;
+protected:
+    const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& getModel() const { return mxModel; }
+public:
+    VbaDocumentBase(    const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext,
+            css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > const & xModel );
+    VbaDocumentBase(    css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > const& aArgs, css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >const& xContext );
+
+    // Attributes
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getName() override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getPath() override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getFullName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getSaved() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setSaved( sal_Bool bSave ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getVBProject() override;
+
+    // Methods
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Close( const css::uno::Any &bSaveChanges,
+                                 const css::uno::Any &aFileName,
+                                 const css::uno::Any &bRouteWorkbook ) override;
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Protect( const css::uno::Any &aPassword );
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Unprotect( const css::uno::Any &aPassword ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Save() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Activate() override;
+
+    // XHelperInterface
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() override;
+
+    static OUString getNameFromModel( const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel );
+};
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADOCUMENTBASE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbadocumentsbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbadocumentsbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f8acd3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbadocumentsbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADOCUMENTSBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADOCUMENTSBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Type.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/XDocumentsBase.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbacollectionimpl.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace beans { struct PropertyValue; }
+    namespace container { class XEnumeration; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XDocumentsBase;
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef CollTestImplHelper< ooo::vba::XDocumentsBase > VbaDocumentsBase_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaDocumentsBase : public VbaDocumentsBase_BASE
+{
+public:
+    enum DOCUMENT_TYPE
+    {
+        WORD_DOCUMENT = 1,
+        EXCEL_DOCUMENT
+    };
+
+private:
+    DOCUMENT_TYPE meDocType;
+
+public:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    VbaDocumentsBase( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, DOCUMENT_TYPE eDocType );
+
+    // XEnumerationAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType() override = 0;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createEnumeration() override = 0;
+
+    // VbaDocumentsBase_BASE
+    virtual css::uno::Any createCollectionObject( const css::uno::Any& aSource ) override = 0;
+
+protected:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Any createDocument();
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Any openDocument( const OUString& Filename, const css::uno::Any& ReadOnly, const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& rProps );
+};
+
+#endif /* SC_ INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBADOCUMENTSBASE_HXX */
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbaeventshelperbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbaeventshelperbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0126db442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbaeventshelperbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAEVENTSHELPERBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAEVENTSHELPERBASE_HXX
+
+#include <deque>
+#include <map>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/document/XEventListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/EventObject.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/script/vba/XVBAEventProcessor.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesListener.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace document { struct EventObject; }
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace script::vba { class XVBAModuleInfo; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+    namespace util { struct ChangesEvent; }
+}
+
+class SfxObjectShell;
+
+typedef ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<
+    css::script::vba::XVBAEventProcessor,
+    css::document::XEventListener,
+    css::util::XChangesListener,
+    css::lang::XServiceInfo > VbaEventsHelperBase_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaEventsHelperBase : public VbaEventsHelperBase_BASE
+{
+public:
+    VbaEventsHelperBase(
+        const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs );
+    virtual ~VbaEventsHelperBase() override;
+
+    // script::vba::XVBAEventProcessor
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasVbaEventHandler( sal_Int32 nEventId, const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL processVbaEvent( sal_Int32 nEventId, const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs ) override;
+
+    // document::XEventListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL notifyEvent( const css::document::EventObject& rEvent ) override;
+
+    // util::XChangesListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL changesOccurred( const css::util::ChangesEvent& rEvent ) override;
+
+    // lang::XEventListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const css::lang::EventObject& rEvent ) override;
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService(OUString const & ServiceName) override;
+
+    // little helpers ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /** Helper to execute event handlers without throwing any exceptions. */
+    void processVbaEventNoThrow( sal_Int32 nEventId, const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs );
+
+    /** @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException if the passed sequence does not contain a value at the specified index. */
+    static void checkArgument( const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+        { if( (nIndex < 0) || (nIndex >= rArgs.getLength()) ) throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(); }
+
+    /** @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException if the passed sequence does not contain a value of a specific at the specified index. */
+    template< typename Type >
+    static void checkArgumentType( const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+        { checkArgument( rArgs, nIndex ); if( !rArgs[ nIndex ].has< Type >() ) throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(); }
+
+protected:
+
+
+    struct EventHandlerInfo
+    {
+        sal_Int32 mnEventId;
+        sal_Int32 mnModuleType;
+        OUString maMacroName;
+        sal_Int32 mnCancelIndex;
+        css::uno::Any maUserData;
+    };
+
+    /** Registers a supported event handler.
+
+        @param nEventId  Event identifier from com.sun.star.script.vba.VBAEventId.
+        @param nModuleType  Type of the module containing the event handler.
+        @param pcMacroName  Name of the associated VBA event handler macro.
+        @param nCancelIndex  0-based index of Cancel parameter, or -1.
+        @param rUserData  User data for free usage in derived implementations. */
+    void registerEventHandler(
+            sal_Int32 nEventId,
+            sal_Int32 nModuleType,
+            const char* pcMacroName,
+            sal_Int32 nCancelIndex = -1,
+            const css::uno::Any& rUserData = css::uno::Any() );
+
+
+    struct EventQueueEntry
+    {
+        sal_Int32 mnEventId;
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > maArgs;
+        /*implicit*/ EventQueueEntry( sal_Int32 nEventId ) : mnEventId( nEventId ) {}
+        EventQueueEntry( sal_Int32 nEventId, const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs ) : mnEventId( nEventId ), maArgs( rArgs ) {}
+    };
+    typedef ::std::deque< EventQueueEntry > EventQueue;
+
+    /** Derived classes do additional preparations and return whether the
+        event handler has to be called.
+
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    virtual bool implPrepareEvent(
+        EventQueue& rEventQueue,
+        const EventHandlerInfo& rInfo,
+        const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs ) = 0;
+
+    /** Derived classes have to return the argument list for the specified VBA event handler.
+
+        @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > implBuildArgumentList(
+        const EventHandlerInfo& rInfo,
+        const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs ) = 0;
+
+    /** Derived classes may do additional postprocessing. Called even if the
+        event handler does not exist, or if an error occurred during execution.
+
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    virtual void implPostProcessEvent(
+        EventQueue& rEventQueue,
+        const EventHandlerInfo& rInfo,
+        bool bCancel ) = 0;
+
+    /** Derived classes have to return the name of the Basic document module.
+
+        @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    virtual OUString implGetDocumentModuleName(
+        const EventHandlerInfo& rInfo,
+        const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs ) const = 0;
+
+private:
+    typedef ::std::map< sal_Int32, OUString > ModulePathMap;
+
+    /** Starts listening at the document model. */
+    void startListening();
+    /** Stops listening at the document model. */
+    void stopListening();
+
+    /** Returns the event handler info struct for the specified event, or throws.
+
+
+        @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+    */
+    const EventHandlerInfo& getEventHandlerInfo( sal_Int32 nEventId ) const;
+
+    /** Searches the event handler in the document and returns its full script path.
+
+
+        @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    OUString getEventHandlerPath(
+        const EventHandlerInfo& rInfo,
+        const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& rArgs );
+
+    /** On first call, accesses the Basic library containing the VBA source code.
+
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    void ensureVBALibrary();
+
+    /** Returns the type of the Basic module with the specified name.
+
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    sal_Int32 getModuleType( const OUString& rModuleName );
+
+    /** Updates the map containing paths to event handlers for a Basic module.
+
+        @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    */
+    ModulePathMap& updateModulePathMap( const OUString& rModuleName );
+
+protected:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > mxModel;
+    SfxObjectShell* mpShell;
+
+private:
+    typedef std::map< sal_Int32, EventHandlerInfo > EventHandlerInfoMap;
+    typedef std::unordered_map< OUString, ModulePathMap > EventHandlerPathMap;
+
+    EventHandlerInfoMap maEventInfos;
+    EventHandlerPathMap maEventPaths;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::script::vba::XVBAModuleInfo > mxModuleInfos;
+    OUString maLibraryName;
+    bool mbDisposed;
+};
+
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbafontbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbafontbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..732a67bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbafontbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAFONTBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAFONTBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <ooo/vba/XFontBase.hpp>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace beans { class XPropertySet; }
+    namespace container { class XIndexAccess; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef  InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ov::XFontBase > VbaFontBase_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaFontBase : public VbaFontBase_BASE
+{
+protected:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > mxFont;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess > mxPalette;
+    bool mbFormControl;
+
+public:
+    // use local constants there is no need to expose these constants
+    // externally. Looking at the Format->Character dialog it seem that
+    // these may in fact even be calculated. Leave hardcoded for now
+    // #FIXME #TBD investigate the code for dialog mentioned above
+
+    // The font baseline is not specified.
+    static const short NORMAL = 0;
+
+    // specifies a superscripted.
+    static const short SUPERSCRIPT = 33;
+
+    // specifies a subscripted.
+    static const short SUBSCRIPT = -33;
+
+    // specifies a height of superscripted font
+    static const sal_Int8 SUPERSCRIPTHEIGHT = 58;
+
+    // specifies a height of subscripted font
+    static const sal_Int8 SUBSCRIPTHEIGHT = 58;
+
+    // specifies a height of normal font
+    static const short NORMALHEIGHT = 100;
+
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    VbaFontBase(
+        const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent,
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext,
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& xPalette,
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet >& xPropertySet,
+        bool bFormControl = false );
+    virtual ~VbaFontBase() override;// {}
+
+    // Attributes
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getSize() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setSize( const css::uno::Any& _size ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getColorIndex() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setColorIndex( const css::uno::Any& _colorindex ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getBold() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setBold( const css::uno::Any& _bold ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getUnderline() override = 0;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setUnderline( const css::uno::Any& _underline ) override = 0;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getStrikethrough() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setStrikethrough( const css::uno::Any& _strikethrough ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getShadow() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setShadow( const css::uno::Any& _shadow ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getItalic() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setItalic( const css::uno::Any& _italic ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getSubscript() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setSubscript( const css::uno::Any& _subscript ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getSuperscript() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setSuperscript( const css::uno::Any& _superscript ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getName() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setName( const css::uno::Any& _name ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getColor() override ;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setColor( const css::uno::Any& _color ) override ;
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbaglobalbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbaglobalbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cd5edb72
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+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbaglobalbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAGLOBALBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAGLOBALBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Exception.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/XGlobalsBase.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace beans { struct PropertyValue; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+    namespace uno { class XInterface; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ov::XGlobalsBase > Globals_BASE;
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaGlobalsBase : public Globals_BASE
+{
+    const OUString msDocCtxName;
+protected:
+    bool hasServiceName( const OUString& serviceName );
+    void init(  const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& aInitArgs );
+
+public:
+    VbaGlobalsBase( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const OUString& sDocCtxName );
+    virtual ~VbaGlobalsBase() override;
+    // XMultiServiceFactory
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > SAL_CALL createInstance( const OUString& aServiceSpecifier ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > SAL_CALL createInstanceWithArguments( const OUString& ServiceSpecifier, const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& Arguments ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getAvailableServiceNames(  ) override;
+};
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f05013cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAHELPER_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAHELPER_HXX
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <tools/color.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vcl/ptrstyle.hxx>
+#include <vcl/errcode.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace awt { class XControl; }
+    namespace awt { class XDevice; }
+    namespace awt { class XUnitConversion; }
+    namespace awt { class XWindow; }
+    namespace beans { class XIntrospectionAccess; }
+    namespace beans { class XPropertySet; }
+    namespace beans { struct PropertyValue; }
+    namespace drawing { class XShape; }
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace script { class XTypeConverter; }
+    namespace uno { class Exception; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+class SfxObjectShell;
+class SfxViewFrame;
+class SfxViewShell;
+
+namespace ooo
+{
+    namespace vba
+    {
+        /// @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+        template < class T >
+        css::uno::Reference< T > getXSomethingFromArgs( css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > const & args, sal_Int32 nPos, bool bCanBeNull = true )
+        {
+            if ( args.getLength() < ( nPos + 1) )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+            css::uno::Reference< T > aSomething( args[ nPos ], css::uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( !bCanBeNull && !aSomething.is() )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+            return aSomething;
+        }
+
+        class XHelperInterface;
+
+        /** Returns the VBA document implementation object representing the passed UNO document model. */
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< XHelperInterface > getVBADocument( const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< XHelperInterface > getUnoDocModule( const OUString& aModName, SfxObjectShell const * pShell );
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC SfxObjectShell* getSfxObjShell( const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel );
+
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > getCurrentDoc( const OUString& sKey );
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > getThisExcelDoc( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext );
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > getThisWordDoc( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext );
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > getCurrentExcelDoc( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext );
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > getCurrentWordDoc( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext );
+
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XIntrospectionAccess > getIntrospectionAccess( const css::uno::Any& aObject );
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Reference< css::script::XTypeConverter > const & getTypeConverter( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext );
+
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void dispatchRequests( const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel>& xModel, const OUString& aUrl );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void dispatchRequests (const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel>& xModel, const OUString & aUrl, const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& sProps );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void dispatchExecute(SfxViewShell const * pView, sal_uInt16 nSlot );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC sal_Int32 OORGBToXLRGB( sal_Int32 );
+        inline sal_Int32 OORGBToXLRGB( ::Color n ) { return OORGBToXLRGB(sal_Int32(n)); }
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC sal_Int32 XLRGBToOORGB( sal_Int32 );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Any OORGBToXLRGB( const css::uno::Any& );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Any XLRGBToOORGB( const css::uno::Any& );
+        // provide a NULL object that can be passed as variant so that
+        // the object when passed to IsNull will return true. aNULL
+        // contains an empty object reference
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC const css::uno::Any& aNULL();
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void PrintOutHelper( SfxViewShell const * pViewShell, const css::uno::Any& From, const css::uno::Any& To, const css::uno::Any& Copies, const css::uno::Any& Preview, const css::uno::Any& ActivePrinter, const css::uno::Any& PrintToFile, const css::uno::Any& Collate, const css::uno::Any& PrToFileName, bool bSelection  );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void PrintPreviewHelper( const css::uno::Any& EnableChanges, SfxViewShell const * );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void WaitUntilPreviewIsClosed( SfxViewFrame* );
+
+        /** Extracts a boolean value from the passed Any, which may contain a Boolean or an integer or floating-point value.
+            @throws css::uno::RuntimeException if the Any is empty or contains an incompatible type. */
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC bool extractBoolFromAny( const css::uno::Any& rAny );
+
+        /** Extracts a string from the passed Any, which may contain a Boolean, a value, or a string.
+            @throws css::uno::RuntimeException if the Any is empty or contains an incompatible type. */
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC OUString extractStringFromAny( const css::uno::Any& rAny, bool bUppercaseBool = false );
+        /** Extracts a string from the passed Any, which may contain a Boolean, a value, or a string.
+            Returns rDefault, if rAny is empty.
+            @throws css::uno::RuntimeException if the Any contains an incompatible type. */
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC OUString extractStringFromAny( const css::uno::Any& rAny, const OUString& rDefault, bool bUppercaseBool );
+
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC OUString getAnyAsString( const css::uno::Any& pvargItem );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC OUString VBAToRegexp(const OUString &rIn); // needs to be in a uno service ( already this code is duplicated in basic )
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC double getPixelTo100thMillimeterConversionFactor( const css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XDevice >& xDevice, bool bVertical);
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC double PointsToPixels( const css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XDevice >& xDevice, double fPoints, bool bVertical);
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC double PixelsToPoints( const css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XDevice >& xDevice, double fPixels, bool bVertical);
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC sal_Int32 PointsToHmm( double fPoints );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC double HmmToPoints( sal_Int32 nHmm );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC PointerStyle getPointerStyle( const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void setCursorHelper( const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel, PointerStyle nPointer, bool bOverWrite );
+        /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void setDefaultPropByIntrospection( const css::uno::Any& aObj, const css::uno::Any& aValue  );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC css::uno::Any getPropertyValue( const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& aProp, const OUString& aName );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC bool setPropertyValue( css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& aProp, const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aValue );
+        VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC void setOrAppendPropertyValue( css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& aProp, const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aValue );
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC Millimeter
+{
+//Factor to translate between points and hundredths of millimeters:
+private:
+    double m_nMillimeter;
+
+public:
+    Millimeter();
+
+    Millimeter(double mm);
+
+    void setInPoints(double points) ;
+    double getInHundredthsOfOneMillimeter() const;
+    static sal_Int32 getInHundredthsOfOneMillimeter(double points);
+    static double getInPoints(int _hmm);
+};
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC AbstractGeometryAttributes // probably should replace the ShapeHelper below
+{
+public:
+    virtual ~AbstractGeometryAttributes() {}
+    virtual double getLeft() const = 0;
+    virtual void setLeft( double ) = 0;
+    virtual double getTop() const = 0;
+    virtual void setTop( double ) = 0;
+    virtual double getHeight() const = 0;
+    virtual void setHeight( double ) = 0;
+    virtual double getWidth() const = 0;
+    virtual void setWidth( double ) = 0;
+
+    virtual double getInnerHeight() const { return 0.0; }
+    virtual void setInnerHeight( double ) {}
+    virtual double getInnerWidth() const { return 0.0; }
+    virtual void setInnerWidth( double ) {}
+    virtual double getOffsetX() const { return 0.0; }
+    virtual double getOffsetY() const { return 0.0; }
+};
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ShapeHelper
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape > xShape;
+public:
+    /// @throws css::script::BasicErrorException
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    ShapeHelper( const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& _xShape);
+
+    double getHeight() const;
+    void setHeight(double _fheight);
+    double getWidth() const;
+    void setWidth(double _fWidth);
+    double getLeft() const;
+    void setLeft(double _fLeft);
+    double getTop() const;
+    void setTop(double _fTop);
+};
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ConcreteXShapeGeometryAttributes final : public AbstractGeometryAttributes
+{
+    std::unique_ptr< ShapeHelper > m_pShapeHelper;
+public:
+    ConcreteXShapeGeometryAttributes( const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& xShape );
+    virtual double getLeft() const override;
+    virtual void setLeft( double nLeft ) override;
+    virtual double getTop() const override;
+    virtual void setTop( double nTop ) override;
+    virtual double getHeight() const override;
+    virtual void setHeight( double nHeight ) override;
+    virtual double getWidth() const override;
+    virtual void setWidth( double nWidth) override;
+    virtual ~ConcreteXShapeGeometryAttributes() override;
+};
+
+#define VBA_LEFT "PositionX"
+#define VBA_TOP "PositionY"
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC UserFormGeometryHelper final : public AbstractGeometryAttributes
+{
+public:
+    UserFormGeometryHelper(
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XControl >& xControl,
+        double fOffsetX, double fOffsetY );
+    virtual double getLeft() const override;
+    virtual void setLeft( double fLeft ) override;
+    virtual double getTop() const override;
+    virtual void setTop( double fTop ) override;
+    virtual double getWidth() const override;
+    virtual void setWidth( double fWidth ) override;
+    virtual double getHeight() const override;
+    virtual void setHeight( double fHeight ) override;
+    virtual double getInnerWidth() const override;
+    virtual void setInnerWidth( double fWidth ) override;
+    virtual double getInnerHeight() const override;
+    virtual void setInnerHeight( double fHeight ) override;
+    virtual double getOffsetX() const override;
+    virtual double getOffsetY() const override;
+
+private:
+    double implGetPos( bool bPosY ) const;
+    void implSetPos( double fPos, bool bPosY );
+    double implGetSize( bool bHeight, bool bOuter ) const;
+    void implSetSize( double fSize, bool bHeight, bool bOuter );
+
+private:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XWindow > mxWindow;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > mxModelProps;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XUnitConversion > mxUnitConv;
+    double mfOffsetX;
+    double mfOffsetY;
+    bool mbDialog;
+};
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ContainerUtilities
+{
+
+public:
+    static OUString getUniqueName( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >&  _slist, const OUString& _sElementName, const OUString& _sSuffixSeparator);
+    static OUString getUniqueName( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& _slist, const OUString& _sElementName, const OUString& _sSuffixSeparator, sal_Int32 _nStartSuffix );
+
+    static sal_Int32 FieldInList( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& SearchList, const OUString& SearchString );
+};
+
+// really just a place holder to ease the porting pain
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC DebugHelper
+{
+public:
+    /// @throws css::script::BasicErrorException
+    static void basicexception( const css::uno::Exception& ex, ErrCode err, const OUString& /*additionalArgument*/ );
+
+    /// @throws css::script::BasicErrorException
+    static void basicexception( ErrCode err,  const OUString& additionalArgument );
+
+    /// @throws css::script::BasicErrorException
+    static void basicexception( const css::uno::Exception& ex );
+
+    /// @throws css::script::BasicErrorException
+    static void runtimeexception( ErrCode err );
+};
+
+    } // vba
+} // ooo
+
+namespace ov = ooo::vba;
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5feb4ab83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAHELPERINTERFACE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAHELPERINTERFACE_HXX
+
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/XHelperInterface.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+
+// use this class when you have an object like
+// interface  XAnInterface which contains XHelperInterface in its inheritance hierarchy
+// interface XAnInterface
+// {
+//     interface XHelperInterface;
+//     [attribute, string] name;
+// }
+// or
+// interface XAnInterface : XHelperInterface;
+// {
+//     [attribute, string] name;
+// }
+//
+// then this class can provide a default implementation of XHelperInterface,
+// you can use it like this
+// typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl< XAnInterface > > AnInterfaceImpl_BASE;
+// class AnInterfaceImpl : public AnInterfaceImpl_BASE
+// {
+// public:
+//     AnInterface( const Reference< HelperInterface >& xParent ) : AnInterfaceImpl_BASE( xParent ) {}
+//     // implement XAnInterface methods only, no need to implement the XHelperInterface
+//     // methods
+//     virtual void setName( const OUString& );
+//     virtual OUString getName();
+// }
+//
+
+template< typename... Ifc >
+class SAL_DLLPUBLIC_TEMPLATE InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl : public Ifc...
+{
+protected:
+    css::uno::WeakReference< ov::XHelperInterface > mxParent;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > mxContext;
+public:
+    InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext ) : mxParent( xParent ), mxContext( xContext ) {}
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() = 0;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() = 0;
+
+    // XHelperInterface Methods
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getCreator() override
+    {
+        return 0x53756E4F;
+    }
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface > SAL_CALL getParent(  ) override { return mxParent; }
+
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL Application(  ) override {
+            // The application could certainly be passed around in the context - seems
+            // to make sense
+            css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xNameAccess( mxContext, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            return xNameAccess->getByName( "Application" );
+    }
+
+    // XServiceInfo Methods
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override { return getServiceImplName(); }
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override
+    {
+        css::uno::Sequence< OUString > sServices = getSupportedServiceNames();
+        const OUString* pStart = sServices.getConstArray();
+        const OUString* pEnd = pStart + sServices.getLength();
+        for ( ; pStart != pEnd ; ++pStart )
+            if ( *pStart == ServiceName )
+                return true;
+        return false;
+    }
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override
+    {
+        css::uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames = getServiceNames();
+        return aNames;
+    }
+ };
+
+template <typename... Ifc >
+class SAL_DLLPUBLIC_TEMPLATE InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl : public InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl< ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< Ifc... > >
+{
+    typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl< ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< Ifc... > > Base;
+public:
+    InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< Ifc... >( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext ) : Base( xParent, xContext ) {}
+};
+
+
+/** Helper macro to declare the methods 'getServiceImplName()' and
+    'getServiceNames()' of the 'ooo.vba.XHelperInterface' interface in a class
+    declaration.
+ */
+#define VBAHELPER_DECL_XHELPERINTERFACE \
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override; \
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > getServiceNames() override;
+
+
+/** Helper macro to implement the methods 'getServiceImplName()' and
+    'getServiceNames()' of the 'ooo.vba.XHelperInterface' interface. Will
+    return the class name as service implementation name.
+ */
+#define VBAHELPER_IMPL_XHELPERINTERFACE( classname, servicename ) \
+OUString classname::getServiceImplName() \
+{ \
+    return #classname; \
+} \
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > classname::getServiceNames() \
+{ \
+    static css::uno::Sequence< OUString > saServiceNames; \
+    if( saServiceNames.getLength() == 0 ) \
+    { \
+        saServiceNames.realloc( 1 ); \
+        saServiceNames[ 0 ] = servicename; \
+    } \
+    return saServiceNames; \
+}
+
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbapagesetupbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbapagesetupbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1b466836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbapagesetupbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAPAGESETUPBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAPAGESETUPBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <ooo/vba/XPageSetupBase.hpp>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace beans { class XPropertySet; }
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ooo::vba::XPageSetupBase > VbaPageSetupBase_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaPageSetupBase :  public VbaPageSetupBase_BASE
+{
+protected:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > mxModel;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > mxPageProps;
+    sal_Int32 mnOrientLandscape;
+    sal_Int32 mnOrientPortrait;
+
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    VbaPageSetupBase( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent,
+                    const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext );
+public:
+
+    // Attribute
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getTopMargin() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setTopMargin( double margin ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getBottomMargin() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setBottomMargin( double margin ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getRightMargin() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRightMargin( double margin ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getLeftMargin() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLeftMargin( double margin ) override;
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getHeaderMargin();
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setHeaderMargin( double margin );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getFooterMargin();
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setFooterMargin( double margin );
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getOrientation() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setOrientation( sal_Int32 orientation ) override;
+};
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbapropvalue.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbapropvalue.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee6443f08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbapropvalue.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef SC_VBA_PROPVALULE_HXX
+#define SC_VBA_PROPVALULE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/XPropValue.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC PropListener
+{
+public:
+    virtual void setValueEvent( const css::uno::Any& value ) = 0;
+    virtual css::uno::Any getValueEvent() = 0;
+
+protected:
+    ~PropListener() {}
+};
+
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ScVbaPropValue final : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< ov::XPropValue >
+{
+    PropListener* m_pListener;
+public:
+    ScVbaPropValue( PropListener* pListener );
+
+    // Attributes
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getValue() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setValue( const css::uno::Any& _value ) override;
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL getDefaultPropertyName() override { return "Value"; }
+
+};
+#endif //SC_VBA_PROPVALULE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbareturntypes.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbareturntypes.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7893a72cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbareturntypes.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBARETURNTYPES_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBARETURNTYPES_HXX
+
+#include <com/sun/star/script/XDefaultProperty.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/msforms/XReturnInteger.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+
+namespace ooo
+{
+    namespace vba
+    {
+        template< typename T1,  typename T2 >
+        class DefaultReturnHelper : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< T2, css::script::XDefaultProperty >
+        {
+            T1 mnValue;
+            public:
+            DefaultReturnHelper( const T1& nValue ) : mnValue( nValue ) {}
+            virtual void  SAL_CALL setValue( T1 nValue ) override { mnValue = nValue; }
+            virtual T1  SAL_CALL getValue() override { return mnValue; }
+            OUString SAL_CALL getDefaultPropertyName(  ) override { return "Value"; }
+        };
+
+        typedef DefaultReturnHelper< sal_Int32, ov::msforms::XReturnInteger > ReturnInteger_BASE;
+        class ReturnInteger final : public ReturnInteger_BASE
+        {
+            public:
+            ReturnInteger( sal_Int32 nValue ) : ReturnInteger_BASE( nValue ){}
+        };
+
+    } // vba
+} // ooo
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbashape.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbashape.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6a79968b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbashape.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/EventObject.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XEventListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/msforms/XShape.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace beans { class XPropertySet; }
+    namespace drawing { class XShape; }
+    namespace drawing { class XShapes; }
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class ShapeHelper;
+    class XHelperInterface;
+    namespace msforms { class XFillFormat; }
+    namespace msforms { class XLineFormat; }
+    namespace msforms { class XPictureFormat; }
+}
+
+typedef  ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< ov::msforms::XShape, css::lang::XEventListener > ListeningShape;
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceImpl< ListeningShape > ScVbaShape_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ScVbaShape : public ScVbaShape_BASE
+{
+protected:
+    std::unique_ptr< ov::ShapeHelper > m_pShapeHelper;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape > m_xShape;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes > m_xShapes;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > m_xPropertySet;
+    sal_Int32 m_nType;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > m_xModel;
+    void addListeners();
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    void removeShapeListener();
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    void removeShapesListener();
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() override;
+public:
+    /// @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    ScVbaShape( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& xShape, const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes >& xShapes, const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel, sal_Int32 nType );
+    virtual ~ScVbaShape() override;
+
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    static sal_Int32 getType( const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& rShape );
+
+    static sal_Int32 getAutoShapeType( const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& rShape );
+
+    // Attributes
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getName() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setName( const OUString& _name ) override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getAlternativeText() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setAlternativeText( const OUString& _name ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getHeight() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setHeight(double _height) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getWidth() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setWidth(double _width) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getLeft() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLeft( double _left ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getTop() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setTop( double _top ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getVisible() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setVisible( sal_Bool _visible ) override;
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getZOrderPosition() override;
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getType() override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getRotation() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRotation( double _rotation ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::msforms::XLineFormat > SAL_CALL getLine() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::msforms::XFillFormat > SAL_CALL getFill() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::msforms::XPictureFormat > SAL_CALL getPictureFormat() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getLockAspectRatio() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLockAspectRatio( sal_Bool _lockaspectratio ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getLockAnchor() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLockAnchor( sal_Bool _lockanchor ) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getRelativeHorizontalPosition() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRelativeHorizontalPosition(::sal_Int32 _relativehorizontalposition) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getRelativeVerticalPosition() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRelativeVerticalPosition(::sal_Int32 _relativeverticalposition) override;
+
+    // Methods
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL TextFrame(  ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL WrapFormat(  ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Delete() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL ZOrder( sal_Int32 ZOrderCmd ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL IncrementRotation( double Increment ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL IncrementLeft( double Increment ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL IncrementTop( double Increment ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL ScaleHeight( double Factor, sal_Bool RelativeToOriginalSize, sal_Int32 Scale ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL ScaleWidth( double Factor, sal_Bool RelativeToOriginalSize, sal_Int32 Scale ) override;
+    // Replace??
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Select( const css::uno::Any& Replace ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL ShapeRange( const css::uno::Any& index ) override;
+    // XEventListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const css::lang::EventObject& rEventObject ) override;
+};
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbashaperange.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbashaperange.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54a052cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbashaperange.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPERANGE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPERANGE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Type.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/msforms/XShapeRange.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbacollectionimpl.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace container { class XEnumeration; }
+    namespace container { class XIndexAccess; }
+    namespace drawing { class XDrawPage; }
+    namespace drawing { class XShapes; }
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+    namespace msforms { class XFillFormat; }
+    namespace msforms { class XLineFormat; }
+    namespace msforms { class XShape; }
+}
+
+typedef CollTestImplHelper< ov::msforms::XShapeRange > ScVbaShapeRange_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ScVbaShapeRange final : public ScVbaShapeRange_BASE
+{
+private:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XDrawPage > m_xDrawPage;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes > m_xShapes;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > m_xModel;
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() override;
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes > const & getShapes() ;
+public:
+    ScVbaShapeRange( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& xShapes, const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XDrawPage>& xDrawShape, const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel );
+
+    // Methods
+    virtual void SAL_CALL Select(  ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ::ooo::vba::msforms::XShape > SAL_CALL Group() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL IncrementRotation( double Increment ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL IncrementLeft( double Increment ) override ;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL IncrementTop( double Increment ) override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getName() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setName( const OUString& _name ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getHeight() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setHeight( double _height ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getWidth() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setWidth( double _width ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getLeft() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLeft( double _left ) override;
+    virtual double SAL_CALL getTop() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setTop( double _top ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::msforms::XLineFormat > SAL_CALL getLine() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::msforms::XFillFormat > SAL_CALL getFill() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getLockAspectRatio() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLockAspectRatio( sal_Bool _lockaspectratio ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getLockAnchor() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLockAnchor( sal_Bool _lockanchor ) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getRelativeHorizontalPosition() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRelativeHorizontalPosition( ::sal_Int32 _relativehorizontalposition ) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getRelativeVerticalPosition() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRelativeVerticalPosition( ::sal_Int32 _relativeverticalposition ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL TextFrame(  ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL WrapFormat(  ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL ZOrder( sal_Int32 ZOrderCmd ) override;
+    //XEnumerationAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createEnumeration() override;
+    // ScVbaCollectionBaseImpl
+    virtual css::uno::Any createCollectionObject( const css::uno::Any& aSource ) override;
+};
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPERANGE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbashapes.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbashapes.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPES_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPES_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Type.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/msforms/XShapes.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbacollectionimpl.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace container { class XEnumeration; }
+    namespace container { class XIndexAccess; }
+    namespace drawing { class XDrawPage; }
+    namespace drawing { class XShape; }
+    namespace drawing { class XShapes; }
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+    namespace msforms { class XShapeRange; }
+}
+
+typedef CollTestImplHelper< ov::msforms::XShapes > ScVbaShapes_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ScVbaShapes final : public ScVbaShapes_BASE
+{
+private:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShapes > m_xShapes;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XDrawPage > m_xDrawPage;
+    sal_Int32 m_nNewShapeCount;
+    void initBaseCollection();
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > m_xModel;
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() override;
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess > getShapesByArrayIndices( const css::uno::Any& Index );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape > createShape( const OUString& service );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Any AddRectangle( sal_Int32 startX, sal_Int32 startY, sal_Int32 nLineWidth, sal_Int32 nLineHeight );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Any AddEllipse( sal_Int32 startX, sal_Int32 startY, sal_Int32 nLineWidth, sal_Int32 nLineHeight );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Any AddTextboxInWriter( sal_Int32 _nLeft, sal_Int32 _nTop, sal_Int32 _nWidth, sal_Int32 _nHeight );
+    OUString createName( const OUString& sName );
+    //TODO helperapi using a writer document
+    //css::awt::Point calculateTopLeftMargin( css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface > xDocument );
+
+public:
+    ScVbaShapes( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext, const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& xShapes, const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    static void setDefaultShapeProperties( const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& xShape );
+    static void setShape_NameProperty( const css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape >& xShape, const OUString& sName );
+    //XEnumerationAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createEnumeration() override;
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL SelectAll() override;
+    //helper::calc
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL AddLine( sal_Int32 StartX, sal_Int32 StartY, sal_Int32 endX, sal_Int32 endY ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL AddShape( sal_Int32 _nType, sal_Int32 _nLeft, sal_Int32 _nTop, sal_Int32 _nWidth, sal_Int32 _nHeight ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL AddTextbox( sal_Int32 _nOrientation, sal_Int32 _nLeft, sal_Int32 _nTop, sal_Int32 _nWidth, sal_Int32 _nHeight ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< ov::msforms::XShapeRange > SAL_CALL Range( const css::uno::Any& shapes ) override;
+    // ScVbaCollectionBaseImpl
+    virtual css::uno::Any createCollectionObject( const css::uno::Any& aSource ) override;
+};
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBASHAPES_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbatextframe.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbatextframe.hxx
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+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbatextframe.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBATEXTFRAME_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBATEXTFRAME_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/msforms/XTextFrame.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace beans { class XPropertySet; }
+    namespace drawing { class XShape; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ov::msforms::XTextFrame > VbaTextFrame_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaTextFrame : public VbaTextFrame_BASE
+{
+protected:
+    css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape > m_xShape;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > m_xPropertySet;
+protected:
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() override;
+    void setAsMSObehavior();
+    sal_Int32 getMargin( const OUString& sMarginType );
+    void setMargin( const OUString& sMarginType, float fMargin );
+public:
+    VbaTextFrame( const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent, const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext , css::uno::Reference< css::drawing::XShape > const & xShape);
+    // Attributes
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getAutoSize() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setAutoSize( sal_Bool _autosize ) override;
+    virtual float SAL_CALL getMarginBottom() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setMarginBottom( float _marginbottom ) override;
+    virtual float SAL_CALL getMarginTop() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setMarginTop( float _margintop ) override;
+    virtual float SAL_CALL getMarginLeft() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setMarginLeft( float _marginleft ) override;
+    virtual float SAL_CALL getMarginRight() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setMarginRight( float _marginright ) override;
+
+    // Methods
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL Characters(  ) override;
+
+};
+
+#endif//SC_ INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBATEXTFRAME_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/vbahelper/vbawindowbase.hxx b/include/vbahelper/vbawindowbase.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf2c6460c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vbahelper/vbawindowbase.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-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/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAWINDOWBASE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAWINDOWBASE_HXX
+
+#include <exception>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <ooo/vba/XWindowBase.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbadllapi.h>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelper.hxx>
+#include <vbahelper/vbahelperinterface.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star {
+    namespace awt { class XWindow2; }
+    namespace awt { class XWindow; }
+    namespace frame { class XController; }
+    namespace frame { class XModel; }
+    namespace uno { class XComponentContext; }
+}
+
+namespace ooo::vba {
+    class XHelperInterface;
+}
+
+typedef InheritedHelperInterfaceWeakImpl< ov::XWindowBase > WindowBaseImpl_BASE;
+
+class VBAHELPER_DLLPUBLIC VbaWindowBase : public WindowBaseImpl_BASE
+{
+public:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    VbaWindowBase(
+        const css::uno::Reference< ov::XHelperInterface >& xParent,
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext,
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel,
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XController >& xController );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    VbaWindowBase(
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > const& aArgs,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const& xContext );
+
+    // XWindowBase
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getHeight() override ;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setHeight( sal_Int32 _height ) override ;
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getLeft() override ;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setLeft( sal_Int32 _left ) override ;
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getTop() override ;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setTop( sal_Int32 _top ) override ;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getVisible() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setVisible( sal_Bool _visible ) override;
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getWidth() override ;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setWidth( sal_Int32 _width ) override ;
+
+    // XHelperInterface
+    virtual OUString getServiceImplName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getServiceNames() override;
+
+protected:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XController > getController() const;
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XWindow > getWindow() const;
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Reference< css::awt::XWindow2 > getWindow2() const;
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel > m_xModel;
+
+private:
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    void construct( const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XController >& xController );
+
+    css::uno::WeakReference< css::frame::XController > m_xController;
+    css::uno::WeakReference< css::awt::XWindow > m_xWindow;
+};
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_VBAHELPER_VBAWINDOWBASE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */