> -----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:313862 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
