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shlomo
Hi,
This is my first post to this group with some design questions. I
shall briefly describe the functionality of the application. I am
considering using ATL/WTL or StarOffice/Openoffice.
The project I am working on needs word processing capabilities for
the creation of document Templates with special tags inserted
dynamically (lets assume the tags represent details of a person).
The tags need to be inserted into the document from a tree UI
element with hierarchies After the tags have been inserted the
document needs to be saved as a template and converted to XML (not
mandatory …) .
Then the document is parsed (given the ID of some person) and each
tag is populated with the data for that person. Finally the document
is converted to PDF for batch processing.
Assuming I am free to select the implementation, please help me with
these questions:
1-Should I write a COM add-in to MS word which creates a tree like
(on the right hand side and allows the insertion of tags in the
document (on the left hand side ). Or should I create the complete
application (including word processing capabilities) from scratch
such as kPad (http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/kpad.asp ) which
uses the RichEdit control .
2-How easy would it be to manipulate a word document (the tags
insertion part) from tree that was created by the COM add-in ?
3-Are there any standard ways of converting a doc/rtf document to
XML ?
Thank you,
Shlomo.
This is my first post to this group with some design questions. I
shall briefly describe the functionality of the application. I am
considering using ATL/WTL or StarOffice/Openoffice.
The project I am working on needs word processing capabilities for
the creation of document Templates with special tags inserted
dynamically (lets assume the tags represent details of a person).
The tags need to be inserted into the document from a tree UI
element with hierarchies After the tags have been inserted the
document needs to be saved as a template and converted to XML (not
mandatory …) .
Then the document is parsed (given the ID of some person) and each
tag is populated with the data for that person. Finally the document
is converted to PDF for batch processing.
Assuming I am free to select the implementation, please help me with
these questions:
1-Should I write a COM add-in to MS word which creates a tree like
(on the right hand side and allows the insertion of tags in the
document (on the left hand side ). Or should I create the complete
application (including word processing capabilities) from scratch
such as kPad (http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/kpad.asp ) which
uses the RichEdit control .
2-How easy would it be to manipulate a word document (the tags
insertion part) from tree that was created by the COM add-in ?
3-Are there any standard ways of converting a doc/rtf document to
XML ?
Thank you,
Shlomo.