C#

Using Custom XML Part as a data store

ryanh — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:57:14 GMT

how to programmatically insert content controls into a word document to create a basic form which when filled out and saved will save the content to the OpenXML custom XML part.

Creating DrawingML with Silverlight

ryanh — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 04:31:21 GMT

DrawingML is the graphics markup language used in Office Open XML documents. Unlike the standalone WordprocessingML and PresentationML languages which represent docx and pptx documents, DrawingML is always embedded inside another mark-up language as content. DrawingML is used throughout all Office Open documents to display vector graphics, from text effects to complex 3D charts.

In this article we are going to examine how to generate simple DrawingML shapes. The application that we’re going to build iterates on a previous Open XML Developer application, a Silverlight Word document generator. We’ll and add a simple painting surface to Silverlight and render the shapes drawn in Silverlight as DrawingML graphics to the final generated document.

Package Explorer

dmahugh — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:21:51 GMT

The Package Explorer utility that Wouter van Vugt has uploaded to OpenXmlDeveloper is a great starting point for building a generalized Open XML utility. It provides the ability to open an Open XML package and browse through the relationships and parts, and is developed in C# as a Visual Studio WinForm application.

You can now contribute to this utility on Codeplex, Microsoft's newest open source community. Here's the link to the Codeplex project.

Sign up to become a project member on Codeplex and help turn the Package Explorer into the Package Studio of your dreams! Wouter has posted some ideas for enhancements on the Codeplex project page, and you can contribute your ideas, enhancements, and source-code modifications there.