On Codeplex (a great source of useful projects for all sorts of development things) there is a project called DocX.  To quote the author, Cathal Coffey, "DocX is a .NET library which allows developers to manipulate Word 2007 files in an easy and ... [Read More]

  A new article shows how you can use the code under the hood of PowerTools for OpenXML  in a .NET application. PowerTools provided rich PowerShell functionality for simplifying scenarios such as joining documents with a single command. ... [Read More]

Ever wondered what the Open XML SDK 2.0 has to offer?  Here James Newton-King gives an introduction to the Open XML SDK 2.0, and a couple of tools within the SDK that will make working with Open XML easier and more fun.   Read it here. ... [Read More]

We have a new sample on the site written in Java. The code creates an Open XML document using an XML data file, document as a template and XSLT. This sample duplicates an earlier sample which was written in c#. The XML data file is a sample of the international ... [Read More]

There is a recent project on Codeplex called Simple OOXML Library - http://simpleooxml.codeplex.com - that enables the creation of Word and Excel documents using the Open XML SDK v2.0.  In the words of creator, James Westgate, the project 'provides ... [Read More]

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 2 (SP2) gives customers the latest updates to the Office Compatibility Pack for the Microsoft Office Word 2007 Open XML file format, for the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Open XML file format, and for the ... [Read More]

The US vote to adopt Open XML - IS29500 - as an American National Standard closed on evening of Wednesday 15 April.  As as result Open XML IS29500 is the newest American National Standard. The vote was a 12 yes / 0 no / 2 abstain / 4 not yet split.  ... [Read More]

In this article Lawrence Hodson demonstrates how, using Powertools for Open XML and Powershell, it is possible to create a simple SLA report. The script conditionally assembles a an SLA or system status report document based on on live WMI (Windows Management ... [Read More]