Well this looks interesting. It's a .docx Java API.
http://dev.plutext.org/trac/docx4j Wil Genovese One man with courage makes a majority. -Andrew Jackson A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. On Oct 14, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Loathe wrote: > Yeah, I'm working on finalizing the formatting requirements for a > template now. > > Then it's unzip the docx and tear it apart to see how I can have cf > create the xml files. > > Jim Davis wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Tom Chiverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:36 AM >>> To: cf-talk >>> Subject: Re: docx (office 2007) from CF? (Cross) >>> >>> On Tuesday 14 Oct 2008, Loathe wrote: >>>> We already have a PDF solution in place. Which is great if they >>>> just >>>> need to print the document. They also want to be able to save, >>>> edit >>> and >>>> pass around the document. >>> Perfectly possible in a PDF file format. Sometimes without paying >>> Adobe >>> (OpenOffice v3, for example). >> >> I'm just a poor country chicken... but this here "OpenOffice" don't >> seem >> like it's Word. >> >> Seriously tho' - the requirement is to do this in Word. It's >> nonsensical to >> suggest non-Word alternatives. The client-side requirements are >> immutable. >> >> That said, Loath, the link provided should give all the information >> about >> the format. I'm sure you've thought of this but I'll say it anyway: >> don't >> try to build the doc from scratch. What you've described seems >> pretty >> formulaic (complex, but formula) - create a template that contains >> all the >> elements and look to add/edit new nodes as needed rather than build >> from >> scratch. >> >> In my experience with formats like this (I've not done DocX, but I >> have >> dealt with similar) the key is to let the native tool do as much of >> the work >> as possible. Doing small changes natively then comparing (diffing) >> that doc >> to the previous one can be invaluable. >> >> While developing test CONSTANTLY because even small changes can have >> dramatic effects. I also strongly urge to have the output checked >> out by >> multiple people: in docs like this there are so many little things >> to go >> wrong. The more eyeballs the better. >> >> Sorry I can't be more specific. >> >> Jim Davis >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313893 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
