I need to know how we can Generate WordML Reports Using Templates and XPath using ASP.Net.
What are its advantages.
A Simple How To Tutorial is what I require.
I need to know how we can Generate WordML Reports Using Templates and XPath using ASP.Net. ... A Simple How To Tutorial is what I require.
Create (using Word) a document in WordML format which you'll use as a template.
Look at your WordML template: see that it's in XML format. Have Microsoft's WordML reference documentation, so that you understand what it means and how to modify it.
Define XPath expressions which identify the locations in your template which you want to modify (where "modify" probably means "insert data at run time").
At runtime use an API like http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=c%23+xpath
What are its advantages.
Its advantages over what alternative?
The benefit is that the output is a Word document, whose content is based on a template plus modifications made at runtime.
I would recommend you to use Content Controls and Custom XML for the purpose of report generation. Here's a sample:
http://blogs.msdn.com/erikaehrli/archive/2006/08/11/word2007DataDocumentGenerationPart1.aspx
You might also want to have a look at Microsoft's OpenXML SDK v2.0
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I have a need to have a PDF document that has a very specific format. I have data that is in a Meteor 1.0 application stored in MongoDB. How can I use a LaTeX template in place of an HTML template?
I have a number of Meteor packages where I have repackaged JS libraries and written complete packages. I know how to do that.
I don't wish to use HTML for the output because I need the output to be very exacting. I can achieve that with LaTeX. What I am unsure of is how to use LaTeX as the template and inject data into the document before processing and ultimately printing.
Meteor is at 1.0.
On this version things changed a lot. You have to choose the packages that you want to use.
According to the documentation:
Since the parts of the stack integrate seamlessly, if you don't want to think about how it all works, you don't have to. You don't have to understand that the platform is made up of Blaze, Tracker, DDP, Livequery, and Isobuild, or how these pieces fit together. But if you want to dive in and learn how the parts work, you can do that too, because they are independent projects.
So you can code a meteor application without using Blaze. Check the meteor website for more information on this: https://www.meteor.com/projects
If you want to use Blaze (normal choise), you can get to know it better at https://docs.meteor.com/#/full/blaze
and you can adapt an existing LaTeX to HTML convert and create a template dynamically.
I have an ASP.NET MVC3 Application, And I have a form where it generates an output form. Currently I generate the output form in an html file, but I want to switch it to generate it as a Microsoft Word Document, or essentially populate a word template. What would be the best way to accomplish this?
There are several components that allow you to generate a word document programmatically. The one I've had the most success with is Syncfusion DocIO It's a paid utility but worth the price if you need to manipulate word documents programmatically. If cost is an issue, there are tutorials on how to build a server-side document generation utility using Open XML
I found this tool but I wonder if it still the right way nowdays with net 4.0 or is there any straight forward oob alternatives.
I just need to add columns and update excel stuff programatically. There are many ways but I need to keep the original document as a template. The link above explains exactly what the requeriments are and why they created such "ExcelPackage" library.
A quick look at the link you provided seems like it will in fact keep the original template intact and just return a populated version of that template. This is a pretty common way to create and populate Excel documents using Open XML since it helps to minimize the amount of code you have to write. If you did not specify the layout, styles, formats, etc in a template you would be forced to define those when coding and that could lead to some bloated code. Overall, a project like this or using the Open XML SDK 2.0 to create the documents is the way to go.
How to do a mail merge in asp.net without installing word on the server?
any dlls or any components available?
Edits
The template document is already available. im not trying to create a word document. Just want to link the word document with the data.
Thanks
Personally, I would just look at using the System.Net.Mail class and its templating abilities. There is a nice library here: https://github.com/lukencode/FluentEmail which you can pass templates into and send emails that way with the data you require inserted into it.
EDIT: noticed you didn't actually specify whether it was print mailmerge or email, apologies if it is a print mailmerge you are trying to create, but for mass emailing with customized data in it, templating is definitely the way to go.
To accomplish the Word doc creation part of the question there is a previous thread about this: How can a Word document be created in C#?
To send the completed doc check out the System.Net.Mail namespace: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.aspx or if you can afford it I have had great experience with http://www.aspnetemail.com/.
We use Aspose.Words to perform mail merges from .net code. It's not cheap but once you get to grips with it it's very powerful.
Edit: I'm assuming you are looking to merge data from some sort of data store into a template word document which can be printed and distributed.
Another option is Docentric Toolkit. It is pure .NET and based on OpenXML without any dependency on MS Word, so it is a good fit for server side report generation.
Merging with data is done through placeholders, which get filled up with data at run time. Data can come from database or XML.
Templates are created in MS Word which needs Docentric Toolkit add-in installed (license is needed).
It is really easy to create templates and to merge them with data from .NET code.
Is it possible to programmatically generate an info path 2007 form template (xsn file=form definition) ?
I know that there is no object model for the infopath 2007 form designer, but does anyone know of any third party libraries?
The form view itself is a xsl file so it should be possible. I would have thought that its a common use case also.
It is possible to generate the manifest.xsf, xsl and xml files from a structured source (let's say an xml) and then pack this (as .cab) with the extension .xsn
(The .xsn file is nothing but a renemed .cab!)
This is only a raw concept - it could be refined if the purpose was a bit more explicit. Why generate? Are you going to create a bunch of different files? What for?
There are no libraries or API's to do this. While generating a template is possible you will need to write it all yourself. Obviously this will not be an easy task and will be prone to errors. I would recommend reviewing your requirements to ensure this is truly necessary. InfoPath is quite flexible, without knowing the details of your project, there is a good chance you can get the functionality you need with a single template.