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• Updated ASP.NET 2.0 sample sites

  I've updated my collection of ASP.NET sample sites and controls. In the download you will find: WebResourceDemo ClientScriptCallbackDemo HttpHandlerDemo CustomControlsDemo TemplatedControlDesigner AlphabetList (custom rendering) ConfirmButton (client Read More... Posted Monday, September 11, 2006 8:00 AM by wouterv | 0 Comments Filed under: ASP.NET, Demo Apps, Custom Controls

• Validating Open XML documents with System.Xml - A WordProcessingML sample

  One of the bigger issues I encountered while writing code for the Open XML Objects project is validation of the various XML files. Of course I want and need to use the XML-Schema files downloadable from ECMA , but these schemas contain circular imports Read More... Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 12:34 PM by wouterv | 3 Comments Filed under: Open XML, WordProcessingML, Xml, Demo Apps

• Package Explorer utility on CodePlex

  After first releasing the Package Explorer utility on OpenXmlDeveloper.org, it has now moved to the new code community CodePlex . I was dying to try out the TFS integration in Visual Studio, and in 1 word: Wunderbar! (I keep on using that word after reading Read More... Posted Friday, June 09, 2006 9:14 AM by wouterv | 0 Comments Filed under: Open XML, Package Explorer, CodePlex, Demo Apps

• A VSTO Demo Addin: Document Snippets

  While preparing for various VSTO and Open Xml related talks I needed to come up with a demo add-in which is handy for all. This is kinda difficult since VSTO solutions are there to automate and integrate your business, and it’s hard to automate Read More... Posted Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:11 AM by wouterv | 0 Comments Filed under: Office, VSTO, Document Snippets, Demo Apps

• Working with the stdole IPictureDisp interface in VSTO and RibbonX

  I'd like to share with you a class for returning images in VSTO customizations of the Ribbon. When you check the callback signatures you'll realize that IPictureDisp is not a .NET thing. Yes... this is COM (something which will likely continue Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 07, 2006 2:13 PM by wouterv | 0 Comments Filed under: Office, VSTO, Demo Apps

• Creating Word Documents mailings on the fly (mail merge scenario)

  Now that the new Open Packaging Conventions are here for us developers, a load of cool scenario’s become available. This example will show how to open a Word document using the WinFX packaging API, customize the document for a collection of customers Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:56 AM by wouterv | 0 Comments Filed under: Open XML, WordProcessingML, Articles, Demo Apps

• Unpacking the Microsoft EMZ File Format

  When you crack open one of the new Word files which use the new packaging format (e.g. docx etc), you'll find that many images are stored as EMZ files, which is basically a zipped up EMF file. It is very easy to extract the image from this EMZ format Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 30, 2006 2:42 PM by wouterv | 0 Comments Filed under: Open XML, Office, Articles, Demo Apps

• Doing it myself, a WaitPanel

  After reading Danny Chen's challenge on building a WaitPanel, I decided to try and do it myself. Mainly because the article pointed to in this post, doesn't work as expected. When examining the problem, you quickly find that the WaitPanel needs to render Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:32 AM by wouterv | 0 Comments Filed under: Demo Apps