Open XML SDK 2.0 August CTP, Videos, and 50+ Open XML Code Samples
Zeyad Rajabi announced this week the availability of the new Open XML SDK 2.0 August CTP. As mentioned by Zeyad, changes to this CTP include:
Add semantic level validation support
Add markup compatibility/extensibility support
General improvements based on your feedback
If you are into Open XML Development, you will also be interested in a few more videos and code samples.
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Open XML SDK 2.0 Visual How-to Series
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We have released some videos, walkthroughs, and code sample downloads in the last couple weeks:
More to come soon.
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Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office Code Snippets for Visual Studio 2008
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I am also glad to announce that yesterday we published 50+ Open XML code samples packaged as Visual Studio code snippets. The code samples were created by Ken Getz as an update to the previous Open XML Visual Studio 2005 code snippets released a couple years ago. The previous snippets provided samples on manipulating document parts and packages using the System.IO.Packaging namespace. This new set provides more code samples that show how to manipulate document parts and packages using the Open XML SDK 2.0. The snippets were tested and work well with the August CTP released this week.
You can download the snippets here:
The snippets in this download use the Open XML SDK 2.0 to accomplish many tasks involving Microsoft Excel 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, and Microsoft Word 2007 documents.
You can use the enclosed code snippets with the Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 Code Snippet Manager. Each snippet provides unique functionality that you can reuse within an application. This download provides snippets written in Microsoft Visual Basic.NET® and Microsoft C#® development languages.
Here’s a list of all the snippets included in this package:
Microsoft Office Excel Snippets
Excel: Add custom UI
Add custom ribbon markup to a specified workbook.
Excel: Delete comments by user
Delete comments from a workbook, given an author name. Pass an empty author name to delete all comments.
Excel: Delete row
Given a document name, a worksheet name, and a one-based row index, delete a row from the worksheet.
Excel: Delete worksheet
Delete the specified sheet from within the specified workbook.
Excel: Delete XL4 macro sheets
Given a document name delete all the XL4 macro sheets.
Excel: Export chart
Given a workbook and the name of a chart, export the chart to an XML file.
Excel: Get all sheets
Retrieve a List of all the sheets in a workbook.
Excel: Get cell for reading
Given a document name, a worksheet name, and a cell name, retrieve a reference to the cell for reading. Raise an exception of the cell doesn't exist.
Excel: Get cell for writing
Given a spreadsheet document, a sheet name and an address, return a reference to a cell ready to accept a value. Create the cell if necessary.
Excel: Get cell format
Given a document name, a worksheet name, and a cell name, return the CellFormat instance associated with the cell.
Excel: Get cell value
Given a document name, a worksheet name, and a cell name, get the value of the cell.
Excel: Get cell value given row and column
Rertrieve a cell value given its row and column numbers, or a row number and column name.
Excel: Get column header
Given a document name, a worksheet name, and a cell name, get the column of the cell and return the content of the first cell in that column.
Excel: Get defined names
Given a document name, return a dictionary of defined names.
Excel: Get hidden rows or columns
Given a document name, and a worksheet name, return a list of either hidden rows or columns.
Excel: Get hidden worksheets
Retrieve a list of all the hidden worksheets in a workbook.
Excel: Get style border
Retrieve information about a cell's border.
Excel: Get style border info
Get style border information.
Excel: Get style fill
Retrieve information about a cell's fill style.
Excel: Get style fill information
Retrieve specific font formatting information about a cell.
Excel: Get style font information
Retrieve specific font formatting information about a cell.
Excel: Insert Custom XML
Insert a custom XML part into a workbook.
Excel: Insert header or footer
Insert a header or footer into a workbook.
Excel: Insert number into cell
Given a file, a sheet, and a cell, insert a specified numeric value.
Excel: Insert string into cell
Given a document name, a worksheet name, a cell name, and a value, insert the text into the specified cell.
Excel: Insert string into cell
Insert a string into a specified cell.
Excel: Set recalc option
Given a file name, set the recalculation behavior of the workbook. Return the previous calc mode.
Excel: Worksheet part by name
Retrieve an entire worksheet part, given its name.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Snippets
PowerPoint: Add comment
Add a comment to the first slide in a presentation.
PowerPoint: Delete all comments, by author
Delete all comments in a PowerPoint presentation for a specific author. Pass an empty string for the author name to delete all comments.
PowerPoint: Delete slide by title
Given a presentation and a slide title, delete the slide.
PowerPoint: Get List of Slide Titles
Given a presentation file, retrieve a generic list of strings containing the slide titles. Some slide titles might be empty strings.
PowerPoint: Get slide count
Given a file name, retrieve the number of slides in the presentation.
PowerPoint: Get slide index, by title
Find the zero-based index of a slide within a presentation, given its title.
PowerPoint: Reorder slides
Given a PPT deck, an original position, and a new position, attempt to place the slide in the original position into the new position within the deck.
PowerPoint: Replace image on slide
Given a presentation, a slide title, and an image file, replace the first image on the selected slide with the new image.
PowerPoint: Replace slide title
Given a presentation, a slide title, and a new slide title, find the slide, and modify its title.
Microsoft Office Word Snippets
Word: Accept all revisions
Given a document name and an author name, accept all revisions by the specified author. Pass an empty string for the author to accept all revisions.
Word: Add Table
Add a table, including text from an array, to the end of a document.
Word: Convert DOCM to DOCX
Convert a macro-enabled document to a standard document.
Word: Delete all comments
Given a document name and an author name, delete all comments by the specified author. Pass an empty string for the author to accept all revisions.
Word: Delete headers and footers
Delete headers and footers from a document.
Word: Delete hidden text
Delete hidden text from a document.
Word: Extract Styles
Extract the Styles part from a document, so you can insert it into another document.
Word: Get application property
Retrieve the value of an application property from a document.
Word: Get Content Control
Retrieve the markup for a specific content control.
Word: Get core property
Retrieve the value of a core property from a document.
Word: Get custom property
Retrieve a custom property for a document.
Word: Replace the styles part
Replace the entire styles part with a styles part extracted from another document.
Word: Retrieve comments
Retrieve all the comments from a document in an XDocument instance.
Word: Retrieve Table of Contents
Retrieve the table of contents markup, if it exists.
Word: Set application property
Given a document name, a property to set, and a value, update the document.
Word: Set core property
Set a core Word property (like Version, or LastModifiedBy).
Word: Set custom property
Given a document name, a property name/value, and the property type, add a custom property to a document.
Word: Set print orientation
Set the print orientation for each section in a document.
Enjoy!