Loading a document on OpenOffice using an external Python program

I'm trying to create a python program (using pyUNO ) to make some changes on a OpenOffice calc sheet.

I've launched previously OpenOffice on "accept" mode to be able to connect from an external program. Apparently, should be as easy as:

import uno
# get the uno component context from the PyUNO runtime
localContext = uno.getComponentContext()

# create the UnoUrlResolver
resolver = localContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
                            "com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", localContext)

# connect to the running office
ctx = resolver.resolve("uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;"
                       "urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext")
smgr = ctx.ServiceManager

# get the central desktop object
DESKTOP =smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", ctx)

#The calling it's not exactly this way, just to simplify the code
DESKTOP.loadComponentFromURL('file.ods')

But I get an AttributeError when I try to access loadComponentFromURL. If I make a dir(DESKTOP), I've see only the following attributes/methods:

['ActiveFrame', 'DispatchRecorderSupplier', 'ImplementationId', 'ImplementationName',
'IsPlugged', 'PropertySetInfo', 'SupportedServiceNames', 'SuspendQuickstartVeto', 
'Title', 'Types', 'addEventListener', 'addPropertyChangeListener', 
'addVetoableChangeListener', 'dispose', 'disposing', 'getImplementationId', 
'getImplementationName', 'getPropertySetInfo', 'getPropertyValue', 
'getSupportedServiceNames', 'getTypes', 'handle', 'queryInterface', 
'removeEventListener', 'removePropertyChangeListener', 'removeVetoableChangeListener', 
'setPropertyValue', 'supportsService']

I've read that there are where a bug doing the same, but on OpenOffice 3.0 (I'm using OpenOffice 3.1 over Red Hat5.3). I've tried to use the workaround stated here, but they don't seems to be working.

Any ideas?

Solution

This looks like issue 90701: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=90701