August 2006 - Posts

Workflow and Open XML
30 August 06 12:48 PM

If you're working with Windows Workflow Foundation, you may need to create documents as part of a workflow activity. And if you're using the 2007 Microsoft Office System, you'll probably want those to be Open XML documents. If you need to do this, check Read More...

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Web Parts: Past, Present and Future
29 August 06 10:38 AM

As I learned from Patrick's blog this week, Jan Tielens of U2U has written a comprehensive overview of Sharepoint web parts on the MSDN Belgium site entitled Web Part Platforms and Development Techniques . It's a nice history of web-part development that Read More...

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Ecma spec: working draft 1.4 now available
28 August 06 03:40 PM

If you were intimidated by the large, dense Ecma draft spec for Open XML, things have changed: the latest release, working draft 1.4, is much more accessible. I've spent the last couple of hours with version 1.4, released last week, and it feels like Read More...

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ODF and Open XML
28 August 06 01:29 PM

The ODF to Open XML Translator Project recently released their August CTP. This is a collaborative project to build a set of tools that will allow organizations that have standardized on Microsoft Office to work with ODF (Open Document Format) documents Read More...

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New Binary File Format for Spreadsheets
22 August 06 09:32 AM

With the upcoming release of the 2007 Microsoft Office System, much attention has been focused on the new Open XML file formats. But there is also another new file format for Excel spreadsheets that you'll want to take a look at if you're building unusually Read More...

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Monday Morning Potpourri
21 August 06 07:54 AM

After a busy week and a busier weekend, I came in early today to get a jump start on the week. Here are a few interesting things I found in my RSS feeds while sipping that first cup of coffee from the delicious Starbucks machine down the hall ... Jensen Read More...

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Develop Without Borders Challenge
14 August 06 05:42 PM

Do you have an idea for an Office Business Application that could help your favorite charity in the work they do? If so, register for the Develop Without Borders Challenge and both you and your selected charity could be big winners. You don't need to Read More...

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Office 2007 Developer Resources
11 August 06 05:03 PM

I told a major Microsoft customer/partner this week that I would get together a list of Office developer resources for them. I haven't looked around to compile such a list for a few months, and a lot has changed! There's so much good info out there, especially Read More...

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Content Types for Open XML Documents
08 August 06 02:56 PM

Since many people are starting put Open XML documents on web servers, I thought some of you might find the following table of information useful. I had to track it down for some documents we'll be making available on the OpenXmlDeveloper.org site soon. Read More...

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Rural Banking in India
08 August 06 11:10 AM

An article in the Times of India today describes a pilot project to design a low cost delivery banking model for rural customers. There is a huge underserved market in India for rural banking services, and the lack of existing banking infrastructure in Read More...

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Baker & McKenzie paper on Open XML
07 August 06 09:03 AM

Baker & McKenzie's London office has pubished a paper on the Open XML formats and the Ecma standardization process. It's more about the legal and procedural aspects than the technical details, and it includes a plain-English overview of how the Covenant Read More...

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Xlinq and WordprocessingML
03 August 06 08:51 PM

Last month I attended a meeting where Eric White described a really cool way he has been using the new Xlinq technology to iterate through sections of a WordprocessingML document and extract code snippets to be compiled and run for test cases. Xlinq provides Read More...

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