XML and Word 2003

[Harold]

Using a schame to extract data from Word documents is a
way cool feature in 2003. But I have some questions about
it.

If I use a schema to markup a Word document, and that
schema has a targetNamespace defined - When I export the
XML Data from the document Word seems to add xmlns="" to
any elements that are defined locally in the schema.
I didnt' set elementFormDefault to anything in my schema,
and maybe that caused this behavior.

My question is when you load a schema into the Schema
library - it seems not to pay attention to any changes in
the .xsd file. Is there a way to reload the schema?
This seems like it would be a problem in cases where you
are developing the schema and the document at the same
time.

Any ideas?

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Harold,

My question is when you load a schema into the Schema
library - it seems not to pay attention to any changes in
the .xsd file. Is there a way to reload the schema?

You need to delete it from the schema library, then add it
again. There's no way I know of to force an update. From
what I can tell, Word doesn't actually look at the actual
schema, but makes a copy to the user's profile:
C:\Documents and Settings\[profile]\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Schemas

When you remove the schema from the library, this copy (and
any related Registry entries) are deleted. When you add the
schema to the library, a copy is created in this location.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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