Archive | October, 2008

SharePoint Reflection – Working with Content Types

By on October 27, 2008 in CAML, Code Generation, SharePoint Development

For the past several months, I've been experimenting with ways to use .NET reflection with the SharePoint API.  As I've mentioned before, I believe that .NET attributes can not only make it easier to build great SharePoint applications, but can also provide a foundation for building better development tools.
In this series of posts about [...]

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Important Safety Tip for Office Open XML – Flatten Your Package!

By on October 24, 2008 in Microsoft Office

Eric White -> Transforming Open XML Documents to Flat OPC Format
If you're doing anything with Office Open XML, then you need to read this article by Eric White.  In it, Eric describes a very nice approach that lets you gain full leverage out of XSLT when dealing with Office Open XML documents.  Basically, he starts by converting a .DOCX file [...]

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