Yeah, I'm working on finalizing the formatting requirements for a template now.
Then it's unzip the docx and tear it apart to see how I can have cf create the xml files. Jim Davis wrote: >> -----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:313886 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
