March, 2007

By Vijayeta Tilak of Sonata-Software Limited The Article describes an application which demonstrates the use of content controls and custom XML to map data to each of these content controls in the word document. This application uses System.IO.Packaging...

Several of the most active contributors to OpenXmlDeveloper were in Redmond last week for the MVP Summit and an Open XML workshop, so Doug Mahugh interviewed them on some Open XML development topics. The videos are up on Channel 9 at the links included...

Novell has announced support for the Open XML file formats in their version of OpenOffice. Word-processing documents are supported now, and spreadsheet/presentation support is coming next. Here are some links for more information: Novell's download page...

Mohammad Nour El-din Marwan of Cairo University's Computer Engineering Department has posted a detailed how-to article that covers the design of a set of classes for working with Open XML documents. His approach reflects a common business need: set up...

Now available for download: Japanese version of "The Road to Open Document Standards" from IDC . This independent study, based on an IDC survey of Nordic companies, provides an overview of interoperability issues and options with a focus on document standards...

By Vijayeta Tilak of Sonata Software Limited. This article describes an application that presents two existing presentation documents in a browser, with a drag&drop interface (implemented in JavaScript) for creating a new presentation from selected...