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+# -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-offset: 4 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+
+import uno
+from com.sun.star.connection import NoConnectException
+from os.path import isfile, abspath
+from sys import argv, exit
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(argv) < 2:
+        print("usage: $OFFICE_PROGRAM_PATH/python DocumentLoader.py <path>")
+        exit(1)
+    if not isfile(argv[1]):
+        print("%s could not be opened" % argv[1])
+        exit(1)
+
+    # UNO component context for initializing the Python runtime
+    localContext = uno.getComponentContext()
+
+    # Create an instance of a service implementation
+    resolver = localContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
+        "com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", localContext)
+
+    try:
+        context = resolver.resolve(
+            "uno:socket,host=localhost,"
+            "port=2083;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
+    except NoConnectException:
+        raise Exception("Error: cannot establish a connection to LibreOffice.")
+
+    desktop = context.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
+        "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", context)
+    url = uno.systemPathToFileUrl(abspath(argv[1]))
+
+    # Load a LibreOffice document, and automatically display it on the screen
+    xComp = desktop.loadComponentFromURL(url, "_blank", 0, tuple([]))
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: