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The new Office Open XML SDK - Underwhelming
Tue 5 Jun 2007, 04:55 PM
Tweetby Ben Langhinrichs
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What has been said:
598.1. Nathan T. Freeman (06/06/2007 08:00 AM)
Why does an XML spec need an SDK? You need an XML parser, period, full stop.
If it really is an open spec anyway. :-)
598.2. Ben Langhinrichs (06/06/2007 08:24 AM)
The difficulty with you, Nathan, is ever knowing whether you are kidding or not. Unfortunately, there are people who completely agree with that sentiment. In my mind, of course, I think you should be able to add a table with a simple AppendTable method, or add a graphic with a simple AppendGraphic method, or sort a table with a SortByRow method, or define a chunk as a range of spreadsheet cells and then act on them, and so on and so on. You shouldn't have to read a spec, not even the relatively shorter ODF spec, much less the 6000+ page OOXML spec, to be able to write the correct XML to create a hyperlink or add a bullet point to a presentation.
Sign! I know, you are just yanking my chain. I'll give up now.