Re: 2nd Try: Extracting data from Word 2003 using XSLT

G'day "vasdeep" <vasdeep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

You should be using the schema defined tags for hidden text, however,
the user can choose to view hidden text which will then expose it.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice


vasdeep reckoned:

>Could some one please respond.....
>
>"vasdeep" wrote:
>
>> Sorry, my earlier email was incomplete.
>>
>> I meant to ask...
>> Could someone please help me with these issues?
>>
>> Thanks in Advance.
>>
>> vasdeep
>>
>>
>> "vasdeep" wrote:
>>
>> > I have the following requirement.
>> > 1. User chooses to download the contents captured in our system as a word
>> > document. I have written an XSLT that converts the system
>> > data [in XML format] into WordML. To identify the contents of this
>> > document, I
>> > also create hidden tags as part of this Transformation.
>> > Using Word property, "w:visible", I add these tags . For example it
>> > could be something like <vasuclause> </vasuclause>
>> > These tags will not be visible to the end-user when viewed from MS
>> > Word 2003. The contents between these tags will be the text that the user
>> > will see and
>> > it represents an entity in our system. So, there will be many occurrences of
>> > this pattern corresponding to the entities in the system.
>> > But when Word 2003 tries to open the WordML created this way, it will
>> > try to process the tag "<vasuclause>" and error out. To avoid this, as part
>> > of my
>> > transformation I escape the "<" and ">" tags, resulting in "%lt;vasuclause>"
>> > and
>> > "%lt;/vasuclause>"
>> >
>> > Question 1: Is this approach right?
>> >
>> > The user can now open the document in Word 2003.
>> >
>> > 2. The user can make changes to the document and upload it back to the
>> > system.
>> > I have written another XSLT that reads the contents of the document
>> > and extracts the text including the formatting.
>> > i.e. if the user has used bold, italics, underline, lists, paragraphs
>> > etc, all that information is captured as part of this transformation. The
>> > XSLT has relevant templates to convert the run properties for "bold",
>> > "italics", "lists", etc to
>> > their HTML equivalents. The XSLT outputs an XML document containing the text
>> > with relevant formatting instructions.
>> > As part of this, I need to read the tags that I had inserted
>> > "vasuclause" and using that identify each entity.
>> > Question 2: The XML output will be something
>> > like
>> > <vasuclause>This is the first paragraph with <b> bold </b>
>> > </vasuclause>
>> > The second stage of this process is to use a SAX parser to read
>> > the XML and insert the data into the database. But the XML output is not
>> > correct. It has
>> > the tags escaped. Is there a way to resolve this.
>> >
>> >
>> > The examples available in mdsn talk about using XSD for defining the Data
>> > Definition for the word document and defining blocks where the user can
>> > provide input. Then the user can save the file by choosing "Save Data Only"
>> > option. But this does not work for my requirement. Doing so saves only the
>> > "data(text)" and
>> > loses the formatting. I need to capture both the data and the formatting.
>> >
>> > Also these examples talk about user providing data into specific input
>> > blocks. In my case, the user can add new paragraph texts. Hence, I have not
>> > been able
>> > to use the suggested solution. Is there something that I'm missing?
>> >
>> > Is there a way to achieve what I wish to accomplish? Will the procedure I
>> > have explained above work? Is there a better way.

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