Zeyad RajabiProgram ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

Open XML Format SDK: Developing Open XML Solutions

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Open XML formats Manipulating Office files Open XML SDK overview Open XML SDK architecture plus roadmap Lots of demos Open XML SDK tools Resources plus links Questions and answers

Open XML Formats

What Are They?

Open XML Formats Architecture

User’s see a single file

MyDoc.docx

Developer’s see a zip file with xml parts

Document properties

File container

Comments

WordML/SpreadsheetML, etc.

Custom-defined XML

Images, video, sound

Styles

Charts

Default format in Office 2007 Word (.docx) Excel (.xlsx) PowerPoint (.pptx)

Open XML is an ISO standard

Document parts Most parts are XML

Open XML Formats

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Office Open XML Formats

Allows developers access to Office files without the need of the Office applications

Current toolset for Open XML WinZip, MSXML, and Notepad System.IO.Packaging, System.XML, and LINQ

Future of Open XML development Open XML SDK

Manipulating Office Files

Old School Versus New School

Old School WaysAutomating Office Applications

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Key Takeaways

Application Object Model was not designed for server scenarios

Too much power for document related solutions

Does not scale Try running automation on 100s of documents

Dialog boxes “stop” automation Customers reboot application on server

every X hours

New School Leveraging The Open XML SDK

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Key Takeaways

Open XML SDK allows access to document content

Fast (… really fast) Works on client and server environments

Including SharePoint No need for Office to manipulate files We will show code to this demo a little later

Open XML SDK

What It Is And What It’s Not?

Allows you to create and modify Open XML documents SDK currently supports ECMA 376

Based on .NET (C# and VB) Compatible with LINQ

Provides a unified platform for solutions Consistent client and server solutions

This SDK does NOT Replace Office application Object Models Perform layout plus recalculation tasks Perform file conversions to other formats, like PDF or XPS

The SDK will be released in two versions Version 1: Part level manipulation Version 2: Content level manipulation

Open XML SDK Overview

Version 1.0 of the SDK Final bits released June 2008 “Go-Live” license

Free to use and build/deploy solutions Version 2.0 of the SDK

1st CTP released September 2008 More CTPs to come Final release around same time Office 14 ships

Open XML SDK Road Map

Open XML SDK Architecture

System Support

.Net 3.5 System.IO.Packaging Open XML Schemas

Open XML File Format Base Level

Reading/Writing Low Level DOM Packaging API

Open XML File Format Higher Level

Schema Level Validation

Semantic Level Validation

Helper Functions

Base level is the foundation of the SDK Provides strongly typed access to:

Parts within an Open XML Format XML contained within a part

Provides DOM-like and SAX-like reading and writing capability

Open XML SDK Base Level

System Support

.Net 3.5 System.IO.Packaging Open XML Schemas

Open XML File Format Base Level

Reading/Writing Low Level DOM Packaging API

Open XML File Format Higher Level

Schema Level Validation

Semantic Level Validation

Helper Functions

Open XML SDK Higher Level

Current thinking is future CTPs for version 2.0 will have validation functionality

Validate: Against Open XML schemas Against set of semantic constraints defined in

standard Helper functions – code snippets

System Support

.Net 3.5 System.IO.Packaging Open XML Schemas

Open XML File Format Base Level

Reading/Writing Low Level DOM Packaging API

Open XML File Format Higher Level

Schema Level Validation

Semantic Level Validation

Helper Functions

New School Creating The Code

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Key Takeaways

Easy to search for specific content Easy to manipulate and add content to

existing documents Intellisense really helps Again, fast

Document AssemblyAutomated Reporting In PresentationML Zeyad Rajabi

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Key Takeaways

Fast Starting from a template is always easiest Easy to clone parts or objects with SDK LINQ built into SDK makes it really easy to

query and update content Can either use strongly typed

objects or xml directly

Document AssemblyCreating A Spreadsheet And Chart From Database Zeyad Rajabi

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Key Takeaways

Again, starting from a template is always easier than creating from scratch

Make your file look good using Office application then use as template

Easy to add/modify content with SDK

Document AssemblyMerging Documents Together

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Key Takeaways

AltChunks is the easy way to merge documents within WordprocessingML Can merge other Word documents

or even html Allows for structured search

Search for content controls or custom xml Allows for extraction and insertion of

content or documents Ensures consistent style of inserted content Solution easily integrated in SharePoint

Open XML SDK Tools

Use The Tools!

SDK provides the following tools1. Open XML Diff 2. Class Explorer3. Document Reflector

Open XML Diff Compare differences in two Open XML files

Class Explorer Allows developers to navigate Open XML standard as

it relates to the SDK Document Reflector

Automatically generates Open XML SDK code based on document

Open XML SDK Tools

Open XML Power Tools

A set of 30+ cmdlets that create and modify Open XML documents Removing comments, accepting tracked

revisions, etc. Supports the PowerShell piping architecture

Documents are piped from cmdlet to cmdlet as objects

Built on Open XML SDK Available on CodePlex

http://www.codeplex.com

Open XML Power Tools

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Key Takeaways

IT and developers can perform batch scripts using PowerTools

Released as open source, under the Microsoft Public License (Ms-PL)

Works with PowerShell Provides a set of rich functionalities to build

and modify rich Open XML Formats

VSTO Power Tools

Open and edit Open XML documents directly in Visual Studio http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.

aspx?FamilyID=46B6BF86-E35D-4870-B214-4D7B72B02BF9

Demos…We Have More…

Come by the Office client booth to see more demos

Bring a USB key to copy source code of demos

Download demos at Eric White’s blog

Links Plus Resources

Blogs Eric White’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/ericwhite Doug Mahugh’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/dmahugh Brian Jones’ blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones

MSDN Contains how-to articles and documentation Forums related to SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/xml

Connect Access to more articles and forums Ability to log bugs and vote for features http://connect.microsoft.com

Codeplex Open source projects related to Open XML solutions http://www.codeplex.com

Download site for the SDK: Version 1.0: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=120908 Version 2.0: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=127912

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