One of Microsoft Office 2003's most significant new features is the integration of XML technology. This article focuses on taking advantage of Word 2003's XML features from within your applications.
by Chuck Urwiler
January 7, 2004
he .doc file format that is still present in Word 2003 is essentially a proprietary binary format; sadly, .doc files are difficult to extract information from. By saving documents in the new XML format, you can easily retrieve information trapped inside of Word 2003 documents by using little more than XPath queries.
New features included in Word 2003 also allow you to force users into entering data into an XML document without their knowledge! Essentially, you can annotate a document with an XML schema and then protect the document, only allowing the user to add or edit information in specific locations throughout the document. This way, when the user saves the document, the data is written directly to an XML document, allowing it to be easily consumed by another application or a database.
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he .doc file format that is still present in Word 2003 is essentially a proprietary binary format; sadly, .doc files are difficult to extract information from. By saving documents in the new XML format, you can easily retrieve information trapped inside of Word 2003 documents by using little more than XPath queries.
