Is there a dev kit/lib (written in c or c++) to write docx files? Microsoft has a dev kit, but it's written in C#.
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A docx file is just a ZIP of a folder tree containing XML files. Can't be all that hard to deal with, right? I'd guess that you only need a few of the XML files to get Word to open it. Most of them provide for metadata and support advanced features. – RBerteig Aug 06 '10 at 01:42
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Yeah, that's what I'm probably going to end up doing. I was just hoping that I would be able to find a comprehensive library (not via automation) that could do it for me... – Kevin Aug 06 '10 at 16:48
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does the below answer your question? – Todd Main Jan 20 '11 at 05:28
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Given the complexity of the XML schema behind OOXML (the Open Office XML file format behind .docx files), you might want to consider using a tool to help you create an XSLT stylesheet that can generate the required output XML. Then use one of the C based XSLT engines (XT or Xalan-c from memory) to do the transform(s) before zipping them up.
Altova's Stylevision looks to have good support for creating the stylesheets but I haven't used it myself. Might be worth a look.
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Not a kit, but you can try the Word Automation Class, which would work for Word 2007/2010 as well. Details on this answer.
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I don't know the answer directly but if you can't find one, can you just writed a C# managed com object that exposes what you need and then just call CoCreateInstance to access the type library from c or c++?
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I believe Microsoft intends you to do one of the following things:
1) Have your tool output / manipulate RTF files, which can then be read in by Word 2007.
2) Programatically invoke Word to create the document itself, using its automation API.
I don't think the file format itself is something they generally expose the API to.
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