Microsoft Office Word 2007

OFC335
Microsoft Office Word 2007 XML Programmability:
True Data/View Separation and Rich Eventing for Custom XML
Tristan Davis
Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation

Agenda
The world today (Microsoft Office Word 2003)
Structural Integrity
Content Controls
Data/View Separation
Microsoft Office XML data store
XML mapping
Conclusion
Questions

The World Today
Word 2003 was a major step forward:
XML-based file format (WordprocessingML)
Customer-defined schema support
However, a big toolbox doesn’t mean it’s
easy to build a house
You need XML schema, XSLT, client-side
code, etc.

The World of Word 2007
Make it easier to push/pull customer data
within Word documents
How?
Structural integrity (Content Controls)
Provide content restriction, lockdown capability
Data/view separation (Office XML data store)
Place to store custom XML data in the new file format
Each item is stored as a separate part within the package

Tristan Davis
Program Manager
Microsoft Word
Structuring a Document

Content Controls
Evolution of customer-defined XML
No XML schema required
Provide friendly end user exposure of
structured content
Each provides unique content restrictions / user interface that doesn’t affect layout
Controls can be grouped to lock them down
as a unit
Controls can be mapped to XML data

Tristan Davis
Program Manager
Microsoft Word
XML Data Store / XML Mapping

Office XML Data Store
Customer-defined XML (incl. WSS/Office doc props) stored separately from WordprocessingML as a part in Open XML format
Any XML can be stored
(with or without XML schema)
XML data is available as an editable tree
(using familiar DOM) within Word
Can be populated on a server using WinFX
or a client using Word OM

XML Mapping
Link document controls to nodes in the
XML data store
Provides for true data/view separation
model in Word
Mappings are created using standard
XPath expressions
Mappings can be set up to ‘auto-attach’
to incoming data
Out-of-the-box support for mapping to
Office properties

Tristan Davis
Program Manager
Microsoft Word
Mapping WSS Data Into Word

Mapping WSS Data into Word
Word 2007 has native integration
between the WSS property set and the
XML mapping architecture:
WSS properties are stored as items in the Office
XML data store
Properties can be mapped to content controls in
the document
WSS docs automatically get UI on the ribbon to
do this mapping
InfoPath property panel is synchronized with the
data store

Client Side Programming
Recommended approach: program directly against the data
InfoPath or Office OM – your choice
Word will automatically take care of the effects on the presentation via the XML mappings
Use shared error board to communicate validation errors to the user
Use controls OM if you need behavior for specific controls (e.g. to block user from exiting)

Tristan Davis
Program Manager
Microsoft Word
Using InfoPath for Client-Side Business Logic

Tristan Davis
Program Manager
Microsoft Word
Using Office OM for Client-Side Business Logic

Server Side Programming
Recommended approach:
Using WinFX to navigate the file format
Adding a part is as simple as adding a
single relationship
Finding an existing part is done by namespace
or GUID matching

Tristan Davis
Program Manager
Microsoft Word
Using Custom XML Data on
the Server

Related Areas In VSTO V3
Document control support in the Microsoft Visual Studio designer
Integration with .NET data binding
.NET programming model for the XML data store for document manipulation on client/server
Leveraging the XML data store / new file format for VSTO solution storage

Conclusion
Two main themes to Word 2007 for
solution creation
Make structured document more robust by
providing controls and content groups
Provide true data/view separation by providing
custom XML data store
Result: you have to write less code and your solutions are more reliable with Word as the editing environment

Key Takeaways
Word 2007 allows for more granular control
over structured data via content controls
Specialized UI, Content restrictions, locking, etc.
Word 2007 allows for separation of data and presentation via the Office XML data store
Word 2007 allows for automatic two-way synchronization between data and view via
XML mapping

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