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Repeating Content in Document Generation System that uses XPath Expressions in Content Controls

I recently received a very good request for an enhancement to this document generation system.  The request was for a “Repeat” control that works in a similar way to tables, but instead of putting child records into a table, the document generation system generates a repeating section of content. To review, here is what the [...]

Posted in Document Generation Series, Open XML, WordprocessingML | No Comments »

New Paper published by Peter O’Kelly – Revisiting Open Document Format and Office Open XML: The Quiet Revolution Continues

Peter O’Kelly has published a new paper evaluating the current state of document formats.

Posted in ODF, Open XML | 1 Comment »

Join us for a live web-cast on DocumentBuilder 2.0 on September 7 at 8:00 AM PST

Announcing Live Web-Cast on DocumentBuilder 2.0 on Sept 7, 8:00 AM PST

Posted in Open XML, PowerTools, WordprocessingML | 6 Comments »

Fourth and Final Screen-Cast in Series on Adding/Updating the TOC in OpenXML WordprocessingML Documents

Screen-cast: shows how to update an OpenXML WordprocessingML table-of-contents using Word Automation Services.

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Links – August 17 2011

Links: inserting / updating the TOC in a WordprocessingML document, removing speaker notes from a PresentationML document, and a short and sweet intro to DocumentBuilder 2.0.

Posted in Open XML, PowerTools, PresentationML, WordprocessingML | 2 Comments »

Notes about the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)

Some links around the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)

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Second Screen-Cast in Series on Adding / Updating Tables of Contents in Open XML WordprocessingML Documents

Second screen-cast in a series on adding / updating tables-of-contents in Open XML WordprocessingML documents. This screen-cast introduces some code in PowerTools for Open XML that makes it easy to insert a TOC into a document.

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New Screen-Cast Series on Tables of Contents in Open XML WordprocessingML Documents

Introduces the first video in a series of screen-casts on tables-of-contents in Open XML WordprocessingML documents. After generating documents, developers sometimes need to insert an updated TOC at the beginning of the document.

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Introducing a new class for PowerTools for Open XML: TextReplacer

Screen-cast that introduces a new class, TextReplacer, which replaces text in an Open XML WordprocessingML document.

Posted in Functional Programming, LINQ to XML, Open XML, PowerTools, WordprocessingML | 5 Comments »

Query Open XML Spreadsheets in VB.NET using LINQ

Screen-cast that shows how to query an Open XML spreadsheet using VB.NET / LINQ.

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