ExtremeML + OpenXML SDK

[NickFitz]

...the only problem being MSDN's propensity to be very dry and example-free.

This behaviour is by design

[d000hg]

That doesn't show me code, just XML. Although I did read about some tool that can autogenerate the code to create your document.

[xchaotic]

the only problem being MSDN's propensity to be very dry and example-free.

I guess you could always save a document with Word, unzip it, open the XML and see "Word by example"

[HairyArsedBloke]

I forgot I started this; that's old age for you.

I haven't touched this stuff since, well, about a week after making the post. The progs are still running every day. Nothing to report really.

The FileHelpers library is cool too. I was using that a bit recently.

[d000hg]

I started using OpenXML SDK 2.0 recently, it's pretty cool and great you can mess about with Office files without needing to fire up Word or use some reverse-engineered 3rd-party product.

The specs are pretty fearsome but for basic things, I'm finding it ok; the only problem being MSDN's propensity to be very dry and example-free.

[xoggoth]

Only discovered on here last week that excel 2007 was just a bunch of zipped xml files. Quite useful when looking for all the wierd link faults it invents. Aint nature wonderful.

Off topic but shouldn't that make it easy to do excel sheets that do that xlbr thingy that HMRC is to fost upon us shortly? There is an HMRC xlbr spec on their site.

[rpaul]

Pretty easily when it specifies Excel's file format - apart from anything else (user-defined styles and such), think of how much legacy data it has to be able to represent if somebody opens an old spreadsheet and then does a "Save As..." into the XML format

Hint: it even has to cope with a bug originating in Lotus 1-2-3

Hi,
I am developing an application to read XML file and create Excel files as per the existing Excel templates. Could you please tell me how I can read an Excel Template file to create a new Excel files?
Thanks,

[NickFitz]

Holy carp! How can one write 6000 pages about an XML format?!

Pretty easily when it specifies Excel's file format - apart from anything else (user-defined styles and such), think of how much legacy data it has to be able to represent if somebody opens an old spreadsheet and then does a "Save As..." into the XML format

Hint: it even has to cope with a bug originating in Lotus 1-2-3

[TimCoulter]

@HairyArsedBloke: Thanks, so much, for starting this thread. I am the developer of ExtremeML and it has been a labour of love for many weeks.

I have been trying to get some feedback on the OpenXML forums but, so far, there's been nothing but silence. Thanks again for your comments and if you need any help (or have a feature request) don't hesitate to contact me.

All the best,
Tim

[scotspine]

<openingtagtoindicatethetitleoftheintroductiontoop enxml>
openxml
<openingtagtoindicatethestartoftheintroductiontoop enxml>
introduction
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</tagtoindicatetheintroductiontoopenxml>
welcome to the new edition of open xml
</tagtoindicatetheintroductiontoopenxml>
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</openingtagtoindicatethetitleoftheintroductiontoope nxml>

[OwlHoot]

I discovered ExtremeML and OpenXML SDK this morning.

It's a way of creating Excel spreadsheets from .net apps.

Brilliant! I've written a quick and dirty prog that extracts prices from my database and creates a futures spread matrix spread sheet in 40-50 lines of code.



I've got loads of things like that to write. I'll be able to know 'em out in no time. I'm so happy, I might reward myself with a beer tonight.

From that site:

But OpenXML is complex - the specification runs to almost 6000 pages!

Holy carp! How can one write 6000 pages about an XML format?!

[scotspine]

nice one, a baked sherry oil. another string for the bow, another weapon in the arsenal

[HairyArsedBloke]

I discovered ExtremeML and OpenXML SDK this morning.

It's a way of creating Excel spreadsheets from .net apps.

Brilliant! I've written a quick and dirty prog that extracts prices from my database and creates a futures spread matrix spread sheet in 40-50 lines of code.



I've got loads of things like that to write. I'll be able to know 'em out in no time. I'm so happy, I might reward myself with a beer tonight.