Initialize

Initializes the ONLYOFFICE Document Builder as a library for the application to be able to work with it. This method just sets the directory to the main Document Builder resources (icu files, etc). If this method is not called, the Document Builder will find resources from the current process directory.

note

This method is not available for JS.

Syntax

Python

@classmethod
def Initialize(cls, directory: str = None)

C++

static void Initialize(const wchar_t* sDirectory = 0);

COM

HRESULT Initialize();

Java

static void initialize(String directory);

.Net

static void Initialize(String^ sDirectory);

Parameters

Python

Name	Type	Default	Description
directory	str	None	The path to the main Document Builder resources.

C++

Name	Type	Default	Description
sDirectory	const wchar_t*	0	The path to the main Document Builder resources.

COM

This method has no parameters.

Java

Name	Type	Default	Description
directory	String	""	The path to the main Document Builder resources.

.Net

Name	Type	Default	Description
sDirectory	String^	null	The path to the main Document Builder resources.

Example

Python

import docbuilder

docbuilder.CDocBuilder.Initialize("../documentBuilder")
builder = docbuilder.CDocBuilder()
docbuilder.CDocBuilder.Dispose()

C++

std::wstring sWorkDirectory = NSUtils::GetBuilderDirectory();
CDocBuilder::Initialize(sWorkDirectory.c_str());
CDocBuilder oBuilder;
CDocBuilder::Dispose();

COM

CoInitialize(NULL);
IONLYOFFICEDocBuilder* oBuilder = NULL;
CoCreateInstance(__uuidof(CONLYOFFICEDocBuilder), NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, __uuidof(IONLYOFFICEDocBuilder), (void**)&oBuilder);
oBuilder->Initialize();
oBuilder->Dispose();

Java

CDocBuilder.initialize("");
CDocBuilder builder = new CDocBuilder();
CDocBuilder.dispose();

.Net

string workDirectory = "C:/Program Files/ONLYOFFICE/documentBuilder";
CDocBuilder.Initialize(workDirectory);
CDocBuilder oBuilder = new CDocBuilder();
CDocBuilder.Destroy();