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Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents

, by Driza, Scott

Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents by Driza, Scott, 9781556220869

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ISBN: 9781556220869 | 1556220863
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/14/2005

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Summary

Table of Contents

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While it has always been possible to create customized Word solutions, Word 2003 offers new functionality that allows documents to be truly interactive. Word 2003 Document Automation with VBA, XML, XSLT, and Smart Documents explains how to use a variety of technologies that change the ways users interact with documents.Learn how to automate documents with a minimum of programming by using Word's native functionality; use Visual Basic for Applications to create document automation solutions; record macros, create automated templates, format and manipulate files using Word, and build documents dynamically; create, edit, and format XML documents; develop smart document solutions to guide users through a variety of repetitive tasks; transform XML using WordprocessingML, XSLT, XPath, smart documents, and web services technologies.

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

xix

Automation Without Programming

1

(34)

Introduction

1

(1)

Why Templates?

2

(4)

Creating a Template

3

(1)

Using Templates

4

(1)

Workgroup Templates

5

(1)

AutoCorrect

6

(2)

Using AutoCorrect

7

(1)

AutoText

8

(2)

Using AutoText

8

(1)

Retrieving Your AutoText

9

(1)

Practical Limitations

10

(1)

Search and Replace

10

(2)

Why Use Search and Replace?

10

(1)

Using Search and Replace

11

(1)

Assuring Replacement

12

(1)

Section Breaks

12

(3)

Why Use Section Breaks?

13

(1)

Inserting a Section Break

13

(1)

Page Numbers

14

(1)

Provision Banks

15

(2)

Organizing a Provision Bank

16

(1)

Saving as a Template

16

(1)

Adding a Hyperlinked Index

16

(1)

Field Basics

17

(16)

What Is a Field?

17

(1)

How Do You View a Field?

18

(1)

Inserting Field Codes

19

(1)

Commonly Used Fields

20

(1)

The MacroButton

21

(3)

The AutoTextList Field

24

(1)

Fill-in Fields

25

(2)

Ask Fields

27

(3)

Unlinking or Locking a Field

30

(1)

Updating Fields

31

(1)

More on Switches

31

(1)

Number Switches

32

(1)

Dollar Switches

33

(1)

Conclusion

33

(2)

Introduction to VBA

35

(32)

Introduction

35

(1)

A Quick Introduction to the Visual Basic Editor (VBE)

36

(18)

VBE Component Basics

37

(1)

Module Window

37

(1)

Project Explorer

38

(2)

Properties Window

40

(2)

VBE Toolbars

42

(1)

Edit Toolbar

42

(3)

Debug Toolbar

45

(5)

Standard Toolbar

50

(1)

UserForm Toolbar

50

(3)

Object Browser

53

(1)

The Visual Basic Environment

54

(11)

Procedures

54

(1)

Functions

55

(1)

Subroutines

56

(1)

Parameters and Arguments

57

(1)

UserForms

58

(1)

VBA Toolbox

59

(1)

Methods

60

(2)

Properties

62

(1)

Modules

63

(1)

Events

64

(1)

Class Modules

64

(1)

Conclusion

65

(2)

Word 2003 and VBA

67

(32)

Introduction

67

(1)

Word Macros

68

(11)

How Macros Work

69

(1)

Recording a Macro

69

(1)

Planning Macros

70

(1)

Shortcut Keys

71

(2)

Custom Toolbar Buttons

73

(2)

Viewing Available Macros

75

(1)

Macro Errors

76

(1)

Macro Organizer

76

(1)

Macro Security

77

(1)

Warnings

78

(1)

Word's AutoMacros

79

(3)

AutoExit

79

(1)

AutoClose

79

(1)

AutoNew

79

(1)

AutoOpen

80

(1)

Differentiating Word's Document Events

80

(1)

Changing Word's Built-in Macros

81

(1)

Templates

82

(6)

Global Templates

83

(1)

Document Templates

83

(1)

Startup Path

84

(1)

Command-Line Parameters

85

(1)

Add-Ins

86

(2)

Unloading Templates and Add-ins

88

(1)

Fields

88

(2)

Bookmarks

90

(1)

Word VBA Tips

91

(6)

Locking Your VBA Code

92

(2)

Prevent User Macro Interference (with Ctrl + Break)

94

(1)

Distributing VBA Macros

95

(2)

Conclusion

97

(2)

The Word 2003 Object Model

99

(46)

Introduction

99

(1)

The Application Object

99

(9)

Additions to the Application Object

100

(1)

Properties of the Application Object

100

(2)

Methods of the Application Object

102

(1)

Events of the Application Object

103

(1)

Using Events with the Application Object

104

(1)

Intercepting Application Events

105

(1)

Responding to Application Events

105

(3)

The Documents' Collection

108

(11)

Word 2003 Additions to the Document Object

108

(2)

Properties of the Documents Collection

110

(3)

Methods of the Documents Collection

113

(1)

Events of the Documents Collection

114

(1)

Using Properties and Methods

114

(1)

Opening Documents

115

(1)

Programmatically Creating New Documents

116

(1)

Saving Documents

117

(1)

Closing Documents

118

(1)

The Range Object

119

(5)

Word 2003 Additions to the Range Object

120

(1)

Properties of the Range Object

121

(1)

Methods of the Range Object

122

(1)

Utilizing the Range Object

123

(1)

Returning Ranges

123

(1)

The Selection Object

124

(5)

Word 2003 Additions to the Selection Object

125

(1)

Properties of the Selection Object

125

(1)

Methods of the Selection Object

126

(2)

Working with the Selection Object

128

(1)

Returning Selections

128

(1)

Working with Selections

129

(1)

New XML Objects

129

(4)

XML ChildNodeSuggestion Object

129

(1)

Properties

130

(1)

Methods

130

(1)

XML Namespace Object

130

(1)

Properties

130

(1)

Methods

130

(1)

XMLNode Object

131

(1)

Properties

131

(1)

Methods

131

(1)

XMLSchemaReference Object

132

(1)

Properties

132

(1)

Methods

132

(1)

XSLTransform Object

132

(1)

Properties

132

(1)

Methods

132

(1)

The Find and Replace Objects

133

(1)

The Dialogs Object

134

(4)

Show Method

135

(1)

Display Method

135

(1)

Dialog Box Arguments

136

(2)

Dialog Box Return Values

138

(1)

Other Useful Objects

138

(7)

ActivePrinter Object

139

(1)

CommandBar Object

139

(1)

Command Bar Pop-Up Menu Project

140

(1)

HeaderFooter Object

141

(1)

Header/Footer Update

142

(1)

Conclusion

143

(2)

The VBA Programming Language

145

(34)

Introduction

145

(1)

Variables

145

(12)

Variable Declaration

146

(1)

Local Variable Declaration

146

(1)

Module Level Variable Declaration

147

(1)

Global Level Variable Declaration

147

(1)

Static Variables

147

(1)

Types of Variables

148

(1)

Byte

148

(1)

Boolean

149

(1)

Integer

150

(1)

Long

150

(1)

Single

151

(1)

Double

151

(1)

Currency

151

(1)

Date

152

(1)

Object

152

(1)

String

153

(1)

Variant

154

(2)

User-Defined Variable Types

156

(1)

Constants

157

(2)

Intrinsic Constants

158

(1)

User-Defined Constants

158

(1)

Collections

159

(1)

Arrays

160

(2)

Multidimensional Arrays

161

(1)

Displaying Information to the User

162

(6)

Message Boxes

162

(1)

Button Settings

163

(1)

Return Values

164

(1)

Input Boxes

165

(3)

String Functions

168

(6)

LCase(string)

168

(1)

UCase(string)

168

(1)

StrConv(string, conversion)

169

(1)

StrComp(string1, string2, [compare])

169

(1)

String(number, character)

170

(1)

Space(number)

170

(1)

Len(string)

171

(1)

InStr([start], string1, string2, [compare])

171

(1)

Mid(string, start, [length])

172

(1)

Left(string, length)

172

(1)

Right(string, length)

172

(1)

Trim(string)

173

(1)

LTrim(string)

173

(1)

RTrim(string)

173

(1)

Chr(charcode)

174

(1)

String Statements

174

(2)

Option Compare {Binary | Text | Database}

174

(1)

Option Compare Binary

175

(1)

Option Compare Text

175

(1)

Option Compare Database

175

(1)

Mid(stringvar, start, [length]) = string

175

(1)

RSet

176

(1)

LSet

176

(1)

Conclusion

176

(3)

Controlling VBA Code

179

(32)

Introduction

179

(1)

Conditional Statements

179

(5)

If Statements

180

(1)

If...Then

180

(1)

If...Then...Else...End If

181

(1)

If...Then...ElseIf...End If

181

(1)

IIf Function

182

(1)

Select Case

183

(1)

Loops

184

(5)

The For...Next Loop

184

(2)

The For Each...Next Loop

186

(1)

The Do...Loop Statement

187

(1)

The While...Wend Loop

188

(1)

Alternative Flow Control

189

(5)

On...GoTo and On...GoSub

189

(1)

GoSub...Return

190

(1)

Stop

191

(1)

Choose

191

(1)

Partition

192

(1)

End

193

(1)

Arithmetic Operators

194

(5)

Add

194

(2)

Subtract

196

(1)

Multiply

197

(1)

Divide Integer

198

(1)

Divide Floating Point

198

(1)

Logical Operators

199

(3)

And

199

(1)

Not

200

(1)

OR

201

(1)

Comparison Operators

202

(4)

Is/Like

205

(1)

Concatenation

206

(3)

& Operator

206

(1)

+ Operator

206

(2)

Call

208

(1)

Conclusion

209

(2)

VBA Projects

211

(28)

Introduction

211

(1)

Dynamic Control Creation with VBA

211

(8)

The Conventional Method

212

(4)

A Shortcut Method

216

(3)

A Final Note

219

(1)

Automating Document Creation with Word Templates

219

(19)

What It Does

222

(1)

How It Works

223

(4)

The Newly Created Templates

227

(9)

The Template

236

(2)

Conclusion

238

(1)

Word's XML Functionality

239

(26)

Introduction

239

(1)

Creating and Using Schemas

240

(1)

Introduction to the XML Toolbox

241

(2)

Derived XML Schemas

243

(4)

Adding XML Markup to a Document

247

(10)

Transforming the XML Back into Something Meaningful via XSLT

257

(7)

Conclusion

264

(1)

XML Introduction

265

(30)

Introduction

265

(1)

A Brief Look at Word 2003 and XML

266

(1)

What Is XML?

267

(1)

A Note on the Word ``Document''

267

(1)

How XML Compares with HTML

268

(1)

XML Compared with SGML

269

(1)

XML Development Goals

269

(1)

XML Basics

270

(17)

Well-Formedness Rules

270

(1)

XML Declaration

271

(1)

Naming Conventions

272

(1)

XML Elements

272

(1)

Top-Level Element (Document Element)

273

(1)

End Tags

273

(1)

Nested Elements

274

(1)

XML Attributes

274

(1)

Entity References

275

(1)

Comments

276

(1)

Processing Instructions

277

(2)

Adding XML Tags in Word 2003

279

(2)

Adding Placeholder Text

281

(2)

Inserting XML

283

(2)

Word 2003 XML Events

285

(2)

A Quick Introduction to XSD Schemas

287

(6)

Office 2003 Generalizations

287

(1)

Validity --- Beyond Well Formed

288

(1)

DTD and XDR --- A Little History

288

(1)

Types and Elements

289

(1)

Structure of an XSD

290

(1)

Unique Identifiers

291

(1)

Extension Attributes

291

(1)

Annotation Elements

291

(1)

Types

292

(1)

Attributes

292

(1)

Conclusion

293

(2)

WordprocessingML Introduction

295

(28)

Introduction

295

(1)

Basic WordprocessingML

296

(4)

The w:wordDocument Element

298

(2)

Adding Text to the Document

300

(1)

The t (Text), r (Run), and p (Paragraph) Elements

300

(1)

Adding Sections

301

(1)

Inserting Breaks

302

(1)

Creating Paragraphs

303

(1)

Inserting Tabs

304

(1)

Formatting Text

305

(2)

No Mixed Content

306

(1)

Formatting Runs of Text

307

(5)

Formatting Paragraphs

312

(2)

Utilizing Styles

314

(5)

Defining Styles

315

(2)

Extending Styles

317

(1)

Style Properties

318

(1)

Property Conflicts

318

(1)

Fonts

319

(2)

Specifying Fonts

319

(1)

Using Fonts

319

(2)

Conclusion

321

(2)

XSLT Introduction

323

(20)

Introduction

323

(1)

XSLT Stylesheets

324

(1)

A Brief Look at HTML with XSLT

325

(1)

Rules, Patterns, and Templates

326

(8)

XSLT Syntax

326

(1)

XSLT Template Details

327

(1)

Processing Instructions

327

(1)

<xsl:apply-templates>

328

(1)

<xsl:value-of>

329

(1)

<xsl:output>

329

(1)

<xsl:element>

330

(1)

<xsl:attribute>

330

(1)

<xsl:text>

330

(1)

<xsl:when>

331

(1)

<xsl:if>

331

(1)

<xsl:for-each>

331

(1)

<xsl:comment>

332

(1)

<xsl:sort>

332

(1)

<xsl:copy>

333

(1)

<xsl:number>

333

(1)

The Microsoft Transform Inference Tool

334

(7)

Repeating Elements in Your Seed Document

338

(2)

Applying an XSLT Transformation while Saving a Document

340

(1)

Conclusion

341

(2)

SmartDocs Introduction

343

(26)

Introduction

343

(1)

What Is a Smart Document?

343

(3)

Overview of a Smart Document Solution

344

(1)

Smart Document Components

345

(1)

Introduction to Developing Smart Documents

346

(6)

Smart Document Architecture

346

(1)

The Schema Library

347

(1)

Implementing the ISmartDocument Interface

348

(1)

Introduction to Working with Smart Document Controls

349

(1)

Regular Controls

350

(1)

Document Fragment Controls

350

(1)

Help Controls

350

(1)

Hyperlink Controls

351

(1)

Image Controls

351

(1)

Additional Controls

351

(1)

ActiveX Controls

351

(1)

Maintaining the State of Smart Document Controls

352

(1)

Information Stored within the Document

352

(1)

Global Variables

352

(1)

Using Custom Document Properties or Docvariables

353

(1)

A Quick Look at a Very Simple Smart Document

353

(15)

The XSD File

355

(2)

The DLL File

357

(5)

The Solution Manifest

362

(6)

Conclusion

368

(1)

More on SmartDocs

369

(22)

Introduction

369

(1)

Creating a DLL with VB 6.0

369

(4)

Referencing the Smart Document Object Model

370

(2)

Implement SmartTagLib.ISmartDocument

372

(1)

Debugging Information

372

(1)

What Comprises a Smart Document

373

(2)

Smart Document Type Names

375

(5)

Control Indexes and Control IDs

375

(1)

Input Parameters

376

(1)

Control Type Constants

377

(1)

Built-In Control Properties

378

(2)

Order of Events

380

(3)

SmartDocInitialize Method

381

(1)

SmartDocXMLTypeCount Property

381

(1)

SmartDocXMLTypeName Property

382

(1)

SmartDocXMLTypeCaption Property

382

(1)

ControlCount Property

382

(1)

ControlID Property

382

(1)

ControlNameFromID Property

383

(1)

ControlCaptionFromID Property

383

(1)

ControlTypeFromID Property

383

(1)

Creating and Using XML Expansion Pack Manifests

383

(6)

Conclusion

389

(2)

Appendix: Word Commands

391

(40)

Index

431

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