dmahugh - Channel 9 Channel 9 Blog for dmahugh Microsoft http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png dmahugh - Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh Channel 9 Blog for dmahugh http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh en Tue, 21 May 2013 06:19:21 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 06:19:21 GMT Rev9 8 1 25 Linux/Java interoperability with Open XML The Open XML file formats can be used in many development environments, because they're based on very common technologies: ZIP and XML. In this video, Datta Kulkarni and Sanjay Kumar of Sonata Software (Bangalore, India) demonstrate a proof-of-concept Open XML application their team has developed, which demonstrates the level of interoperability that Open XML enables.

The sample application is running on a Linux server (in a VPC for this demo), and it has a typical Linux stack: Tomcat, Apache, MySQL, and a custom Java application. The user connects to this server from a Vista/IE machine, makes a few selections, and creates a DOCX that gets passed back to the client. The user then makes changes in Word 2007 and uploads their modified version to the Linux server, where Java code runs to extract the revision-tracking history and show the document's changes through a browser interface.

Links:
OpenXmlDeveloper
Sonata Software

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/LinuxJava-interoperability-with-Open-XML The Open XML file formats can be used in many development environments, because they're based on very common technologies: ZIP and XML. In this video, Datta Kulkarni and Sanjay Kumar of Sonata Software (Bangalore, India) demonstrate a proof-of-concept Open XML application their team has developed, which demonstrates the level of interoperability that Open XML enables. The sample application is running on a Linux server (in a VPC for this demo), and it has a typical Linux stack: Tomcat, Apache, MySQL, and a custom Java application. The user connects to this server from a Vista/IE machine, makes a few selections, and creates a DOCX that gets passed back to the client. The user then makes changes in Word 2007 and uploads their modified version to the Linux server, where Java code runs to extract the revision-tracking history and show the document's changes through a browser interface. Links: OpenXmlDeveloper Sonata Software http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/LinuxJava-interoperability-with-Open-XML Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:29:21 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/LinuxJava-interoperability-with-Open-XML Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/LinuxJava-interoperability-with-Open-XML/RSS Open XML Package Explorer for Open XML Open XML documents are simply ZIP packages, but they follow a standardized architecture called the Open Packaging Convention. You can work with OPC packages (as used by Open XML, XPS, and various other formats) using simple tools such as WINZIP and Notepad, but if you're trying to be productive you'll find that approach tedious.

If you want a better tool for this kind of work, and one that can also validate the parts within an OPC package or handle other common Open XML development chores, look no further: Package Explorer is what you want, and it's an open-source project on Codeplex so you can get it with full source code.

Wouter Van Vugt is the architect of Package Explorer, and Doug Mahugh sat down with Wouter in Building 20 recently to discuss the status of the program and see a demonstration of some of its recently added new functionality. If you're doing Open XML development, this utility is a must-have for your Open XML toolbox!

Links:
Package Explorer project on Codeplex
OpenXmlDeveloper.org
Wouter Van Vugt blog
Doug Mahugh blog

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Package-Explorer-for-Open-XML Open XML documents are simply ZIP packages, but they follow a standardized architecture called the Open Packaging Convention. You can work with OPC packages (as used by Open XML, XPS, and various other formats) using simple tools such as WINZIP and Notepad, but if you're trying to be productive you'll find that approach tedious. If you want a better tool for this kind of work, and one that can also validate the parts within an OPC package or handle other common Open XML development chores, look no further: Package Explorer is what you want, and it's an open-source project on Codeplex so you can get it with full source code. Wouter Van Vugt is the architect of Package Explorer, and Doug Mahugh sat down with Wouter in Building 20 recently to discuss the status of the program and see a demonstration of some of its recently added new functionality. If you're doing Open XML development, this utility is a must-have for your Open XML toolbox! Links: Package Explorer project on Codeplex OpenXmlDeveloper.org Wouter Van Vugt blog Doug Mahugh blog 895 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Package-Explorer-for-Open-XML Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:51:56 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Package-Explorer-for-Open-XML Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Package-Explorer-for-Open-XML/RSS Open XML Open-source Open XML API for Java Julien Chable has been working on an open-source API project that would give Java developers a tool for rapid development of Open XML solutions. Since the Java environment doesn't have the .NET Framework 3.0 packaging API (System.IO.Packaging) to support the low-level details, the first phase of this project is to clone the packaging API in Java, which is an ambitious task. Nonetheless, Julien has already delivered the basics of iterating through package parts and writing documents, and he is now looking for contributors to expand the project significantly in the months ahead.

Julien was in Redmond last week for the MVP Summit, and Doug Mahugh caught up with him in Building 20 to discuss the status of his API project and look at some hands-on example of how it works. Julien demonstrates the Java packaging API, as well as some higher-level objects he has built on top of that layer, and describes his goals for the project. If you're a Java developer with an interest in Open XML, see the SourceForge link below for information on how to participate in this project.

Links:
OpenXML4J project (SOURCEFORGE)
OpenXmlDeveloper.org
Julien Chable blog
Doug Mahugh blog

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Open-source-Open-XML-API-for-Java Julien Chable has been working on an open-source API project that would give Java developers a tool for rapid development of Open XML solutions. Since the Java environment doesn't have the .NET Framework 3.0 packaging API (System.IO.Packaging) to support the low-level details, the first phase of this project is to clone the packaging API in Java, which is an ambitious task. Nonetheless, Julien has already delivered the basics of iterating through package parts and writing documents, and he is now looking for contributors to expand the project significantly in the months ahead. Julien was in Redmond last week for the MVP Summit, and Doug Mahugh caught up with him in Building 20 to discuss the status of his API project and look at some hands-on example of how it works. Julien demonstrates the Java packaging API, as well as some higher-level objects he has built on top of that layer, and describes his goals for the project. If you're a Java developer with an interest in Open XML, see the SourceForge link below for information on how to participate in this project. Links: OpenXML4J project (SOURCEFORGE) OpenXmlDeveloper.org Julien Chable blog Doug Mahugh blog 567 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Open-source-Open-XML-API-for-Java Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:27:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Open-source-Open-XML-API-for-Java Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Open-source-Open-XML-API-for-Java/RSS Open XML Introduction to Office Open XML Code Snippets In this screencast, Office program manager Kevin Boske demos three code snippets for Visual Studio 2005 for working with Office Open XML files using the System.IO.Packaging namespace from .NET 3.0. Office Open XML is a file format standardized by Ecma. It is the new default file format for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007. The ability to programmatically access data within these file formats is a key feature for developers.

Ken Getz wrote 40 Visual Studio 2005 code snippets in C# and VB.Net for working with the Open XML files that are downloadable from the web. The Office Open XML code snippets include snippets for redacting macros from Word Documents, adding string values to cells in Excel workbooks, finding slides by title in PowerPoint, etc.

These code snippets will help you get started building applications to directly access data within Open XML files.

Related links:
Office Open XML Code Snippets
Managing VS.NET 2005 Code Snippets
OpenXMLDeveloper.org
Kevin Boske’s Blog

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Introduction-to-Office-Open-XML-Code-Snippets In this screencast, Office program manager Kevin Boske demos three code snippets for Visual Studio 2005 for working with Office Open XML files using the System.IO.Packaging namespace from .NET 3.0. Office Open XML is a file format standardized by Ecma. It is the new default file format for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007. The ability to programmatically access data within these file formats is a key feature for developers. Ken Getz wrote 40 Visual Studio 2005 code snippets in C# and VB.Net for working with the Open XML files that are downloadable from the web. The Office Open XML code snippets include snippets for redacting macros from Word Documents, adding string values to cells in Excel workbooks, finding slides by title in PowerPoint, etc. These code snippets will help you get started building applications to directly access data within Open XML files. Related links: Office Open XML Code Snippets Managing VS.NET 2005 Code Snippets OpenXMLDeveloper.org Kevin Boske’s Blog http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Introduction-to-Office-Open-XML-Code-Snippets Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:41:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Introduction-to-Office-Open-XML-Code-Snippets Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Introduction-to-Office-Open-XML-Code-Snippets/RSS Office Open XML VB.NET XML Mapping with Word and SharePoint, part 2 Part 1 of this demonstration with Travis Ratnam.

Related links:
Tristan Davis's post on Content Controls
Word Team Blog ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-and-SharePoint-part-2 In this screencast, program manager Amani Ahmed demonstrates how to create a Word 2007 template which can transfer data seamlessly to and from a SharePoint document library using content controls. See also Part 1 of this demonstration with Travis Ratnam. Related links: Tristan Davis's post on Content Controls Word Team Blog http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-and-SharePoint-part-2 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:18:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-and-SharePoint-part-2 Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-and-SharePoint-part-2/RSS InfoPath Office Open XML SharePoint XML Mapping with Word 2007 and Sharepoint Part 2 of this demonstration with Amani Ahmed.

Related links:
Tristan Davis's post on Content Controls
Word Team Blog ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-2007-and-Sharepoint In this screencast, Word program manager Travis Ratnam demonstrates the rich integration of Word 2007 and Sharepoint. See also Part 2 of this demonstration with Amani Ahmed. Related links: Tristan Davis's post on Content Controls Word Team Blog http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-2007-and-Sharepoint Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:15:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-2007-and-Sharepoint Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/XML-Mapping-with-Word-2007-and-Sharepoint/RSS InfoPath Office Open XML SharePoint CoCreate integrates CAD and Sharepoint In this video, Dr. Peter Ernst of CoCreate (a Microsoft Partner in Germany) demonstrates how their One Space Designer product is tightly integrated with Sharepoint to enable bi-directional communication between a CAD application and Sharepoint workspaces. A custom panel within One Space Designer provides live interoperability with MOSS including task lists, RSS feeds, and other functionality.

The custom UI panel is deliberately modeled after Office's Tools -> Shared Workspace interface, so from the user's perspective it feels like you're in Microsoft Office without ever leaving CoCreate's solid modeling application. There is a lot of complexity under the surface that makes it all possible, but Dr. Ernst goes through a very simple demo scenario that makes the benefits of this approach easy to see and understand.

For more information about CoCreate, see www.cocreate.com. For more information about building Office Business Applications, see the MSDN whitepaper "Building Office Business Applications: A New Breed of Business Applications Built on the 2007 Microsoft Office System".

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/CoCreate-integrates-CAD-and-Sharepoint In this video, Dr. Peter Ernst of CoCreate (a Microsoft Partner in Germany) demonstrates how their One Space Designer product is tightly integrated with Sharepoint to enable bi-directional communication between a CAD application and Sharepoint workspaces. A custom panel within One Space Designer provides live interoperability with MOSS including task lists, RSS feeds, and other functionality. The custom UI panel is deliberately modeled after Office's Tools -> Shared Workspace interface, so from the user's perspective it feels like you're in Microsoft Office without ever leaving CoCreate's solid modeling application. There is a lot of complexity under the surface that makes it all possible, but Dr. Ernst goes through a very simple demo scenario that makes the benefits of this approach easy to see and understand. For more information about CoCreate, see www.cocreate.com. For more information about building Office Business Applications, see the MSDN whitepaper "Building Office Business Applications: A New Breed of Business Applications Built on the 2007 Microsoft Office System". http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/CoCreate-integrates-CAD-and-Sharepoint Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:49:41 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/CoCreate-integrates-CAD-and-Sharepoint Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/CoCreate-integrates-CAD-and-Sharepoint/RSS MS Office OBA Office SharePoint Document Building Blocks Overview
Building blocks are parts of a document that can be reused.  For example, a company logo image with a text slogan could be stored as a reusable cover page building block.

Related links:

Building Blocks Overview
Inserting and Swapping Building Blocks
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Document-Building-Blocks-Overview In this screencast, Word Program Manager Zeyad Rajabi gives an overview of the new building blocks feature in Microsoft Office Word 2007. Building blocks are parts of a document that can be reused.  For example, a company logo image with a text slogan could be stored as a reusable cover page building block. Related links: Building Blocks Overview Inserting and Swapping Building Blocks http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Document-Building-Blocks-Overview Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:20:52 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Document-Building-Blocks-Overview Doug Mahugh Doug Mahugh 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/dmahugh/Document-Building-Blocks-Overview/RSS MS Office Office