Doug Mahugh

Microsoft Interoperability Team

Santiago workshop and many others

We just finished the Open XML developer workshop here in Santiago. Another chance to meet some...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 05/08/2007

Sao Paulo Open XML Workshop

We had some interesting people at the Brazil workshop, including students, software developers,...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 05/06/2007

A few links to things I've come across in recent days ... DOCX convertor for the Mac Office for the...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/30/2007

PHPExcel API for Open XML

PHPExcel is a set of classes that enable Open XML spreadsheet development, available as an...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/30/2007

TechDays 2007 Open XML sample code

Julien Chable's content from his Open XML session at France's TechDays 2007 is now available for...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/24/2007

One billion new computer users

In Beijing last week, I overheard some of my colleagues planning for an event this week that...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/20/2007

A few interesting links I've come across recently ... Wouter Van Vugt: Office Open XML Workshop in...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/19/2007

Dynamically generating content controls

One of the most popular features of Open XML among developers is the concept of binding content...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/18/2007

XPS Essentials Pack

Version 1.0 of the XPS (XML Paper Specification) Essentials Pack is now available for download. It...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/16/2007

Bi-Directional text in Open XML

If you need to generate documents in Arabic or Hebrew, or other less common RTL (right-to-left)...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/09/2007

Developer & IT Pro Days

I'm in Ghent, Belgium today for Developer & IT Pro Days, where I'll be doing an Open XML...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/28/2007

On the road in Prague

I'm in Prague today and tomorrow for an Open XML workshop over at the Microsoft office, which will...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/26/2007

A few recent and upcoming events related to Open XML ... Harvard Workshop. Brian Jones is at a...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/23/2007

Open XML Videos

Several of my favorite Open XML developers were in Redmond last week, so I spent some time recording...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/19/2007

Open XML Workshop

We had an Open XML workshop in Redmond last week. It was rather spur-of-the-moment, frankly: we...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/19/2007

Open XML Developers

Caught in the wild: a gaggle of Open XML developers. This is at a dinner event at the Rockbottom...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/15/2007

Are these winning tactics?

My colleague Stephen McGibbon over in Europe has blogged about an offensive comment somebody posted...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/12/2007

Excel 2007 and the Open XML file formats

Erika Ehrli has two more great articles in the "Office Visual How-To" series for developers. See...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/11/2007

XBRL and Open XML

As a brief follow-up to my post on microformats and Open XML, I'd like to show a slightly different...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/09/2007

Microformats and Open XML

Like most people, I hadn't heard of microformats a year ago. But now the concept seems to be...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/04/2007

Interoperability: what's in a name?

Interoperability is one of those words that means different things to different people. We all agree...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/01/2007

Monarch: a product for breaking into your own data

One Open XML implementation that I find interesting for a variety of reasons is the new release of...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/27/2007

I'm back home after a week on the road, with lots of interesting work to finish up and an...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/26/2007

Night photos of Sydney

I'm having a very busy week and may not get a chance to post anything here, so I thought I'd share a...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/19/2007

Open letter on Open XML

There's an open letter to the community on the Microsoft interop site today that acknowledges some...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/14/2007

I'm having a super-busy week, so I'll let others do the talking for a change ... I just learned from...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/13/2007

Converting Office documents to Open XML

XML-based file formats have been getting a lot of attention lately, but the vast majority of...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/09/2007

Linux Asia Open XML Workshop

Friday I was one of the presenters at the Linux Asia 2007 Open XML workshop. This event took place...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/04/2007

Open XML Translator 1.0 available

Version 1.0 of the Open XML translator project is now available on SourceForge. Here are links for...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/02/2007

Implementing document-format specifications

A few folks have pointed out that implementing every detail of the Office Open XML specification...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/01/2007

Well, it's actually February 1 already here in Delhi. :-) Here are three great links about Office...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/31/2007

I'm on the road this week and don't have time to write up much, but are some links to Open XML...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/30/2007

Introduction to Office Open XML Code Snippets

Office Programmability PM Kevin Boske has a new screencast on Channel 9 that takes you through how...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/29/2007

ISO standards process explained

Brian Jones has posted an overview of ISO Fast-Track certification that explains the various stages...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/29/2007

Updated Open XML resources on MSDN

Frank Rice has a great article entitled "How To: Manipulate Office Open XML Formats Documents" on...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/26/2007

Webcast on Open XML development

Next Tuesday, January 30, Mindjet Labs is sponsoring a free webcast on the architecture of their...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/25/2007

Question for Michael Arrington

I posted a question on TechCrunch yesterday, and this evening I returned to check for an answer. But...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/24/2007

Interesting Times

It seems I've put a few folks in a bit of a tizzy, by asking Rick Jelliffe to contribute his...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/23/2007

Open XML webcasts (French)

Last month the Microsoft Paris office featured Open XML development at their "mercredis du...

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/21/2007

Here are a few links to recent news of interest to Open XML developers ... Package Explorer Update....

Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/18/2007

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