Susan Harkins
ssharkins at gmail.com
Sun Nov 25 07:52:41 CST 2012
thanks Shamil -- I'll pass this along to the reader -- hopefully, he'll figure it out! Susan H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 2:53 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Any of you work with XML docs in Word? > Hi Susan -- > > It's unclear what version of MS Word your reader uses. > MS Word 2003 introduced so called WordProcessingML > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordProcessingML) and MS Word 2007 - Open > Office XML (OOXML - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_XML_formats) - > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa338205.aspx. > > WordProcessingML seems to be depreciated now. When you're trying to save a > doc with WordProcessingML elements (in MS Word 2010) you're getting a > message: "The file contains custom XML elements which are no longer > supported by Word. If you save this file, these custom XML elements will > be removed permanently." > > I worked with OOXML MS Word and MS Excel docs - Custom XML Parts etc. > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb398244.aspx). last autumn using > them in a C# project via Open XML SDK 2.0 > (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5124). > I must note that was a "hardcore stuff" for beginners (as I was that > time). > Open XML SDK allows to almost completely avoid MS Word (and MS Excel) > Automation/Mail Merge when generating MS Word/MS Excel/MS PowerPont/... > documents from scratch or using templates... > > Try to get cleared what MS Word version and what XML implementation > applied to MS Word docs your reader uses. > > Here is a link on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386290.aspx > (Walkthrough: Creating a Template By Using Content Controls). It uses C# > and VB.NET but it's possible to use MS Word VBA (IDE) to repeat the steps > from that walkthrough)... > > I do not know how to create MS Word documents templates using custom XML > parts *without using code*. If you'll find a way how to do that please > post the links/walk-through here.. > > I must also note that I'm not working with MS Word XML (WordProcessingML > and/or Custom XML Parts and/or .... ?) on regular basis so I could be > missing some other options... > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > Sat 24 Nov 2012 10:28:46 от "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com>: >> >> >> > > >> > > > >>From a reader -- truly have no clue what he's talking about. Anyone got >>any advice? >> > >> > Susan H. >> > >> > hi there jody, >> > >> > at some point i was able to see a list of fields available in the XML > document being used to create this word document. i dont seem to be able > to do that anymore. i hope you understand what i mean. i have a table that > has the wrong data in one of the places. i want to be able to choose a > different field from the xml schema but i cant remember/figure out how i > did it before. i have the developer tab enabled but i just cant find this > list of tables/fields i used to be able to use. please advise =) >> > >> > -jon >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > dba-Tech mailing list >> >>dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> >>http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> > > > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >