January 2007 - Posts

Open XML links for 01-31-2007
31 January 07 03:37 PM
Well, it's actually February 1 already here in Delhi. :-) Here are three great links about Office Open XML and related topics, each worth reading closely: Rick Jellife: "What is "Contradiction" of an ISO Standard?" Jonathan Allen: "Fire and Motion: What Read More...
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Open XML links for 01-30-2007
30 January 07 05:50 PM
I'm on the road this week and don't have time to write up much, but are some links to Open XML content on a few of my favorite blogs this week ... Wouter Van Vugt has a post on Accessing relationship parts that explains how to use the System.IO.Packaging Read More...
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Introduction to Office Open XML Code Snippets
29 January 07 11:00 AM
Office Programmability PM Kevin Boske has a new screencast on Channel 9 that takes you through how to work with the Office Open XML Code Snippets that are available as a free download on MSDN. There are 40 code snippets total, providing ready-to-use methods Read More...
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ISO standards process explained
29 January 07 06:32 AM
Brian Jones has posted an overview of ISO Fast-Track certification that explains the various stages of the process. The Office Open XML file formats are currently going through this process, and there have been some incorrect things written about the Read More...
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Updated Open XML resources on MSDN
25 January 07 11:50 PM
Frank Rice has a great article entitled "How To: Manipulate Office Open XML Formats Documents" on MSDN. It goes through a series of instructions for combining sample document parts (provided) to manually create rich documents, then a series of instructions Read More...
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Webcast on Open XML development
25 January 07 08:35 AM
Next Tuesday, January 30, Mindjet Labs is sponsoring a free webcast on the architecture of their Word 2007 add-in for MindManager. This product takes full advantage of Open XML's custom schema support to provide true round-trip interoperability between Read More...
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Question for Michael Arrington
24 January 07 08:24 PM
I posted a question on TechCrunch yesterday, and this evening I returned to check for an answer. But for some reason my comment had been deleted earlier today. So I thought I'd just repost the same question here, where I can keep an eye on it and make Read More...
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Interesting Times
23 January 07 08:48 AM
It seems I've put a few folks in a bit of a tizzy, by asking Rick Jelliffe to contribute his expertise to some incorrections on Wikipedia that I've been unable to get corrected on my own. I won't take the time to go through the whole story here, but these Read More...
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Open XML webcasts (French)
21 January 07 11:12 AM
Last month the Microsoft Paris office featured Open XML development at their "mercredis du développement" event, and webcasts from that event are now available on MSDN/France. Cyril Durand has posted a list of links to the webcasts. These webcasts (13 Read More...
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Diversity vs. Conformity
19 January 07 04:47 PM
Do you remember the print ads for American Express that showed jockey Willie Shoemaker and NBA star Wilt Chamberlain standing barefoot on the beach in matching white suits? I liked that ad so much that I had a copy of it hanging in my office for a long Read More...
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Count your spoons
18 January 07 10:55 PM
"The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons." - Ralph Waldo Emerson It seems that the folks at IBM have set out to try to convince people they should be scared of Open XML. I won't bother to enumerate all of the blog posts and Read More...
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Open XML Links
18 January 07 12:38 PM
Here are a few links to recent news of interest to Open XML developers ... Package Explorer Update. The open-source Package Explorer utility for Open XML documents is available in a new version that adds some useful features. Read about the details on Read More...
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Open XML: designed for change
11 January 07 01:16 PM
Wouter Van Vugt has a great post on Markup Compatibility today. This topic is covered in part 5 of the Open XML specification, and most people haven't looked closely at it yet because it's all about how Open XML allows for future revisions to the spec. Read More...
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OpenXmlDeveloper Countries
11 January 07 11:30 AM
If anybody knows a good automated way to convert IP addresses to locations, let me know. I've looked around but haven't found one that's both free and programmatically accessible. I suppose I could actually pay for a service, but I'm trying to find the Read More...
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Learning about content controls
10 January 07 12:57 PM
Tristan Davis has a great post over on the Word team blog about working with content controls and binding them to custom XML data parts. It's a clear and straightforward explanation of this powerful concept, so if you've wondered what terms like "content Read More...
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Tagged
08 January 07 02:43 PM
OK, Wouter tagged me . And even though he declined to share any details of his gimp costume, I'm going to do the right thing and provide the kind of hard-hitting facts this meme is all about ... five things you may not know about me, and may soon wish Read More...
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Open-source API for SpreadsheetML documents
08 January 07 11:49 AM
More people are starting to build and share open-source APIs around Open XML development. There are now several of these projects on Codeplex and SourceForge , all sharing the same basic goal: making Open XML development as simple (and thereby productive) Read More...
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