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Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part II Tools

Eric White — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:27:00 GMT

This post introduces the second screen-cast in this series on getting started with Open XML development. In this screen-cast, I introduce the three most important tools that you will want to be familiar with:

Open XML Package Editor Power Tool for Visual Studio
Open XML SDK 2.0 Productivity Tool
PowerTools for Open XML

In the screen-cast, I discuss why these tools are important, and give a short demo of each one.

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Here is the complete list of screen-casts in this series:

Getting Started with Open XML Development	The first in a series of screen-casts for developers getting started in development with Open XML for the first time. In this video, I look at the Open XML standard from a high level. I discuss the resources that helped me get started, and point you to places to find additional resources.
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part II Tools	In this screen-cast, I introduce the three most important tools that you will want to be familiar with: Open XML Package Editor Power Tool for Visual Studio Open XML SDK 2.0 Productivity Tool PowerTools for Open XML
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part III WordprocessingML Scenarios	In this screen-cast I discuss the three most common scenarios around WordprocessingML: Document generation Data and content extraction Document transformation
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part IV SpreadsheetML and PresentationML Scenarios	In this screen-cast I discuss the two most common scenarios around SpreadsheetML, which are a) Spreadsheet generation, and b) data extraction. In addition, I discuss the most common scenario for PresentationML, which is presentation generation.
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part V Developer Techniques	In this screen-cast I discuss some of the most powerful techniques and approaches for implementing Open XML applications.
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part VI Developer Techniques (continued)	In this screen-cast I continue discussing some of the most powerful techniques and approaches for implementing Open XML applications.
Overview of the Open Packaging Conventions - (1 of 2)	In this screen-cast, I introduce Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) and cover some of the basic information that you need to know.
Overview of the Open Packaging Conventions - (2 of 2)	This screen-cast builds on the previous screen-cast, covering relationship types, relationship ids, internal/external relationships, explicit/implicit relationships, and more. These two videos on the Open Packaging Conventions cover what you need to know to do Open XML development.

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In the first screen-cast in this series, I discuss the Open XML standard at a high level, and show how to become familiar with the standard.

In the third screen-cast, I'm going to give an overview of the various development scenarios for Open XML.

Getting Started with Open XML Development

Eric White — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:02:00 GMT

This blog post introduces the first in a series of screen-casts that are specifically for a developer starting development with Open XML for the first time. It is a project that I've been meaning to work on for some time, and I recently received the mandate that this should get done, so this is the start of it. In this video, I discuss the Open XML standard from a high level, discuss the resources that helped me get started, and point you to places to find additional resources. I've already recorded the second video, in which I discuss the various tools that you will want to be familiar with in order to do Open XML development. In the third and fourth video, I'll discuss the various typical development scenarios for Open XML. In the fifth video, I'll discuss my current thoughts on development approaches.

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Here is the complete list of screen-casts in this series:

Getting Started with Open XML Development	The first in a series of screen-casts for developers getting started in development with Open XML for the first time. In this video, I look at the Open XML standard from a high level. I discuss the resources that helped me get started, and point you to places to find additional resources.
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part II Tools	In this screen-cast, I introduce the three most important tools that you will want to be familiar with: Open XML Package Editor Power Tool for Visual Studio Open XML SDK 2.0 Productivity Tool PowerTools for Open XML
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part III WordprocessingML Scenarios	In this screen-cast I discuss the three most common scenarios around WordprocessingML: Document generation Data and content extraction Document transformation
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part IV SpreadsheetML and PresentationML Scenarios	In this screen-cast I discuss the two most common scenarios around SpreadsheetML, which are a) Spreadsheet generation, and b) data extraction. In addition, I discuss the most common scenario for PresentationML, which is presentation generation.
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part V Developer Techniques	In this screen-cast I discuss some of the most powerful techniques and approaches for implementing Open XML applications.
Getting Started with Open XML Development - Part VI Developer Techniques (continued)	In this screen-cast I continue discussing some of the most powerful techniques and approaches for implementing Open XML applications.
Overview of the Open Packaging Conventions - (1 of 2)	In this screen-cast, I introduce Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) and cover some of the basic information that you need to know.
Overview of the Open Packaging Conventions - (2 of 2)	This screen-cast builds on the previous screen-cast, covering relationship types, relationship ids, internal/external relationships, explicit/implicit relationships, and more. These two videos on the Open Packaging Conventions cover what you need to know to do Open XML development.

If you are an experienced Open XML developer, this first video in the series is probably not for you. This first video is targeted towards developers who know Open XML is a document format based on XML, and maybe not much more. Experienced developers may get something from subsequent videos, though.

New Screen-Cast: Short and Sweet Intro to DocumentBuilder 2.0

Eric White — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:36:00 GMT

Here is a short screen-cast that explains what DocumentBuilder 2.0 is all about, in less than seven minutes.

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