While I hoped for a different answer, I appreciate your quick and straightforward reply. Thanks.
-----Original Message----- From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mittwoch, 05. September 2012 13:15 To: LEITNER Martin Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [XFC] Protected areas in DOCX files On 09/05/2012 10:52 AM, LEITNER Martin wrote: > > we own an XMLmind XSL-FO Converter Professional Edition license and > use the Java library in our product. We have a customer who would like > to generate files that can be opened with Microsoft Word, preferably > DOCX, that have protected areas which cannot be edited. We understand > that this is currently not possible with XMLmind XSL-FO Converter. > > If it is possible for you to develop an extension, probably using > custom attributes in the XSL-FO file, that can generate DOCX files > with protected areas, could you please send us an offer about it. We > are interested in the cost and in the time it would take. > > We know that Microsoft Word offers many more options than just > editable/not editable. It is possible to allow formatting only with > certain styles, but prevent editing. We do not necessarily need such a > detailed level of control, only editable and protected. > > I am looking forward to your offer! I'm really sorry but we do not offer such customization service for XMLmind XSL-FO Converter (which, unlike XMLmind XML Editor, has not been designed to be extensible). Therefore we cannot make you an offer. We suggest that you (or a Java developer you have hired) implement this feature yourself. To our knowledge, this should not be too challenging. You have an fc-dev license, hence you have access to the full source code of the product and you have the rights to modify it (of course, without our help): http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/license_dev.html: --- 1.2 Modification Licensee may modify the Software for the purpose of integration, however such action frees Licensor from any further technical support to Licensee. --- > > Best regards, > --- PS: You are not the first customer who wants to make use of MS-Word/.docx features beyond those directly mapping to XSL-FO (e.g. read-only sections, computed fields). Let me say that even we cannot help you in the short term, we have heard and understood your request. We are now thinking about a simple, generic, mechanism which would allow a third-party XSL programmer to quickly and easily implement these kinds of MS-Word/.docx features. -- XMLmind FO Converter Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xfc-support
