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Content Controls
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Content controls are the main mechanism to delineate content in WordprocessingML documents.
- Generating Documents from SharePoint with Open XML Content Controls
- Generating Open XML WordprocessingML Documents
- Using LINQ to XML to Retrieve Content Controls in Word 2007
- Creating Data-Bound Content Controls using the Open XML SDK and LINQ to XML
- Using DocumentBuilder with Content Controls for Document Assembly
- Designing a Content Publishing System
- Associating Data with Content Controls
- Building Publishing Systems that Use Word 2010 or Word 2007
- Using Nested Content Controls for Data and Content Extraction from Open XML WordprocessingML Documents
- Using Content Controls to give Semantic Meaning to Content in Open XML WordprocessingML Documents
- Generating Open XML WordprocessingML Documents
- Using a WordprocessingML Document as a Template in the Document Generation Process
- More Enhancements to the Document Template
- A Super-Simple Template System
- Video of use of Document Generation Example
- Release of V1 of Simple DOCX Generation System
- Changing the Schema for this Open XML Document Generation System
- Generating Open XML WordprocessingML Documents using XPath Expressions in Content Controls
- Replacing a Picture in a Picture Content Control in an Open XML WordprocessingML Document
- Replacing a Picture in a Picture Content Control in an Open XML WordprocessingML Document
- Release of V2 of Doc Gen System: XPath in Content Controls
- Iterating through all Content Controls in an Open XML WordprocessingML Document
- Change the Schema for Simple Free Doc Generation System
- What is the glossary document used for?
- Custom XML Parts and Content Controls
I’ll present some guidance and sample code for creating a document-generation system that uses SharePoint lists to populate tables in an Open XML word-processing document. (Article)
This is a blog post series on parameterized Open XML WordprocessingML document generation. (Article)
Content controls are an effective way to add structure to word processing documents. This post explains how to write a very small LINQ query to retrieve the contents of content controls. (Article)
Creating Data-Bound Content Controls using the Open XML SDK and LINQ to XML (Article)
DocumentBuilder is an example class that’s part of the PowerTools for Open XML project that enables you to assemble new documents from existing documents. DocumentBuilder fixes up interrelated markup when assembling a new document from existing documents. This post shows how to use DocumentBuilder in concert with content controls to control the document assembly. (Article)
Explains an approach for using styles and content controls for implementing an authoring environment for a publishing system. (Article)
You may have the need to associate arbitrary amounts of data with each content control. You may also have the requirement that the document author can create and edit this auxiliary information. Content controls don’t directly have a facility for storing and maintaining such information, but there is a fairly easy approach to solving this problem. (Article)
Using Word 2010 or Word 2007 as an important part of a content publishing system is a powerful approach. This article contains guidance and direction about how to build a content management system, and transforming Open XML WordprocessingML documents to other document formats. (Article)
Data and content extraction is one of the scenarios where content controls are very useful. Data extraction is when you are extracting specific numbers or string values from a document. Content extraction is when you are extracting formatted WordprocessingML tables and paragraphs, and constructing another document from that content. (Article)
Using Content Controls to give Semantic Meaning to Content in Open XML WordprocessingML Documents (Article)
Introduces this blog post series on generating WordprocessingML documents, outlines the goals of the series, and describes various approaches that I may take as I develop some document generation examples. (Article)
This post examines the approaches for building a template document for the document generation process. A template document is a DOCX document that contains content controls that will control the document generation process. (Article)
Discusses enhancements that enable the template designer to write infrastructure code for the document generation process. Also discusses how the document generation process will work. (Article)
This post details my super-simple template system, which will be more than adequate for building this first version of a doc gen system. (Article)
First version of this document generation system that is driven by C# code that you write in content controls in a Word document. As an intro, he has recorded a small screen-cast that shows the doc gen system in action. (Article,Video)
This is a preliminary version of a simple DOCX generation system, which you can download, unzip, and try. This article lists two screen casts, first 90 second screen-cast shows how to run the doc gen system after you download and unzip the zip file.The second 2 1/2 minute video shows using the document generation system at scale. It shows generating 3000 documents in under a minute. (Article,Video)
In the following screen cast shows the process of adjusting the XML data that drives the document generation system, as well as adjusting the template document to use that data. (Article,Video)
Introduces the approach of configuring the document generation process by entering XPath expressions in content controls in a template document. (Article)
You may have a picture content control where you want to replace the picture with a different picture. This post shows the Open XML SDK V2 code that is necessary to find a picture content control with an alias of “MyPicture”. It then finds the ImagePart, and then replaces the contents of the image part with a different image. (Article)
You may have a picture content control where you want to replace the picture with a different picture. This post shows the Open XML SDK V2 code that is necessary to find a picture content control with an alias of “MyPicture”. It then finds the ImagePart, and then replaces the contents of the image part with a different image. (Article)
In this post, I release V2 of this simple document generation example. I provide a 2-minute screen-cast that shows the document generation process, generating 3000 documents in less than 30 seconds. (Article,Video)
Sometimes you want to iterate over all content controls in a WordprocessingML document. You may want to search for a content control with a specific tag, or you may want to process all content controls of a specific type. This blog post shows how to iterate over all content controls. (Article)
Three minute screen-cast that demonstrates changing the schema for simple document generation system that you configure by placing XPath expressions in content controls. (Article,Video)
The glossary part is used for the placeholder text for content controls. In DOTX, it is used for the content for quick parts. This 3 minute video demonstrates these two uses. It also shows a little trick you can do with content controls and the glossary part. (Video)
Using custom XML parts and content controls, we can create smarter documents that provide needed functionality for users. Content controls and custom XML parts enable us to integrate business data with content in a document. In addition, content controls can be used to delineate data or content in a document. (Video)