MS Word 2003 XML Output
By Karthikg
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PerquisitesWord 2003 in client's PC. IntroductionWe generally give an HTML output to the browser to display results. Now we can give a Word output without MS Office Web Components (OWC) on the server. Using the codeAny application, whether it is running on Microsoft or Java technologies, can stream out MS Word compatible XML. http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml schema needs to be used. Users can use Microsoft or Java technologies to give an output, by just following the XML Schema Reference. I am using Customers table in the Northwind database. Below is a code-behind code in C# for generating Word document in XML. Remove any HTML tag from the aspx page, only the using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Web;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
namespace Word2003
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for WebForm1.
/// </summary>
public class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
// String Builder to hold the XML
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
#region Web Form Designer generated code
override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
{
InitializeComponent();
base.OnInit(e);
// SQL Query
string sqlQry="SELECT CustomerID, CompanyName, " +
"ContactName, City from customers";
//Connection String
string connStr = "server=10.4.12.13;" +
"database=northwind;user id=sa;password=aprimo";
// Define Connection
SqlConnection sqlConn = new SqlConnection(connStr);
// Open Connection
sqlConn.Open();
// Define SqlCommand
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(sqlQry,sqlConn);
// Define SqlDataReader
SqlDataReader dr=null;
// Execute Query and Populate Data Reader
dr = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection);
// XML Header. Schema is must.
sb.Append("<?xml version=/"1.0/"?>");
sb.Append("<w:wordDocument xmlns:w=/"http://schemas" +
".microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml/">");
sb.Append("<w:body>");
// Create Table and Column Headers
sb.Append<w:tbl>");
sb.Append("<w:tr>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r><w:rPr>" +
"<w:b w:val=/"on/" /><w:t>"+
dr.GetName(0).ToString()+
"</w:t></w:rPr></w:r></w:p></w:tc>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r>" +
"<w:rPr><w:b w:val=/"on/" /><w:t>"+
dr.GetName(1).ToString()+
"</w:t></w:rPr></w:r></w:p></w:tc>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r><w:rPr>" +
"<w:b w:val=/"on/" /><w:t>"+
dr.GetName(2).ToString()+
"</w:t></w:rPr></w:r></w:p></w:tc>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r><w:rPr>" +
"<w:b w:val=/"on/" /><w:t>"+
dr.GetName(3).ToString()+
"</w:t></w:rPr></w:r></w:p></w:tc>");
sb.Append("</w:tr>");
// Get Data
while (dr.Read())
{
sb.Append("<w:tr>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r><w:t>"+
dr["CustomerID"].ToString()+
"</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:tc>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r><w:t>"+
dr["CompanyName"].ToString()+
"</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:tc>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r><w:t>"+
dr["ContactName"].ToString()+
"</w:t></w:r></w:p>/w:tc>");
sb.Append("<w:tc><w:p><w:r><w:t>"+
dr["City"].ToString()+
"</w:t></w:r></w:p></w:tc>");
sb.Append("</w:tr>");
}
// sb.Append("</w:tr>");
sb.Append("</w:tbl>");
sb.Append("</w:body>");
sb.Append("</w:wordDocument>");
dr.Close();
sqlConn.Close();
}
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);
}
#endregion
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Set Mime Type
Response.ContentType = "application/msword";
// Push the Data to the client.
Response.Write(sb.ToString());
}
}
}
ConclusionIf Word 2003 is installed, then it will open up and display the data. If Word 2003 is not available on the client, XML will be displayed in the browser. Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas are available for download here. About Karthikg
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