Microsoft has announced a new .NET API for working with the Open XML file formats. The SDK for Open XML is a free download, and provides a set of typed parts that correspond to the parts in an Open XML document, as well as classes for the package itself...

Altova has announced Open XML support for their flagship product, XMLSpy. As covered in their announcement this week, XMLSpy 2007 Release 3 provides full validation of Open XML documents, intelligent entry helpers, and support for the development of XSLT...

OpenXML4J is an open-source library for Java developers that provides classes for Open XML development. It offers a pure-Java approach, and was started by Julien Chable of Wygwam. The project home page went live in May at www.openxml4j.org , and includes...

Article By - Godha G.N, Sonata Software Limited This article demonstrates how to replace the contents of a new document at a bookmark of the original document. When Sanjay and I were at the Open XML workshop in Spain, an attendee came up with a similar...

This article explains the process for extracting embedded spreadsheet files from a chosen word document as shown below. When an XLSX files are embedded into a word document, each of the embedded file shall be the target of a relationship in a Main Document...

Author: Maarten Balliauw This article covers the dynamic creation of invoices using PHPExcel ( www.codeplex.com/phpexcel ). It covers the example code “05featuredemo.php” which can be found in the PHPExcel package project on Codeplex. Here's what the...

This article concentrates on enhancing your knowledge on Pivot Tables in SpreadsheetML. A pivot table is a great reporting tool that sorts and sums independent of the original data layout in the spreadsheet. It simplifies large data sets and aggregate...

(Updated to v2) Greetings, Due to my work as an ISV DE in MS, I had just recently been requested by an organisation to produce a small demo to demonstrate how the new custom xml parts could help them deal with an issue that is causing them trouble. More...

Article By - Godha G.N, Sonata Software Limited This article will focus on how right-to-left text content is handled in a Word Document. “Bi-Directional” is a form where text writing begins at the right-hand side of a page and concludes at the left-hand...

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...