Doug Mahugh
Microsoft Interoperability Team
Santiago workshop and many others
We just finished the Open XML developer workshop here in Santiago. Another chance to meet some...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 05/08/2007
Sao Paulo Open XML Workshop
We had some interesting people at the Brazil workshop, including students, software developers,...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 05/06/2007
Open XML links for 04-30-2007
A few links to things I've come across in recent days ... DOCX convertor for the Mac Office for the...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/30/2007
PHPExcel API for Open XML
PHPExcel is a set of classes that enable Open XML spreadsheet development, available as an...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/30/2007
TechDays 2007 Open XML sample code
Julien Chable's content from his Open XML session at France's TechDays 2007 is now available for...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/24/2007
One billion new computer users
In Beijing last week, I overheard some of my colleagues planning for an event this week that...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/20/2007
Open XML links for 04-19-2007
A few interesting links I've come across recently ... Wouter Van Vugt: Office Open XML Workshop in...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/19/2007
Dynamically generating content controls
One of the most popular features of Open XML among developers is the concept of binding content...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/18/2007
XPS Essentials Pack
Version 1.0 of the XPS (XML Paper Specification) Essentials Pack is now available for download. It...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/16/2007
Bi-Directional text in Open XML
If you need to generate documents in Arabic or Hebrew, or other less common RTL (right-to-left)...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 04/09/2007
Developer & IT Pro Days
I'm in Ghent, Belgium today for Developer & IT Pro Days, where I'll be doing an Open XML...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/28/2007
On the road in Prague
I'm in Prague today and tomorrow for an Open XML workshop over at the Microsoft office, which will...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/26/2007
Open XML links for 03-22-2007
A few recent and upcoming events related to Open XML ... Harvard Workshop. Brian Jones is at a...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/23/2007
Open XML Videos
Several of my favorite Open XML developers were in Redmond last week, so I spent some time recording...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/19/2007
Open XML Workshop
We had an Open XML workshop in Redmond last week. It was rather spur-of-the-moment, frankly: we...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/19/2007
Open XML Developers
Caught in the wild: a gaggle of Open XML developers. This is at a dinner event at the Rockbottom...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/15/2007
Are these winning tactics?
My colleague Stephen McGibbon over in Europe has blogged about an offensive comment somebody posted...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/12/2007
Excel 2007 and the Open XML file formats
Erika Ehrli has two more great articles in the "Office Visual How-To" series for developers. See...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/11/2007
XBRL and Open XML
As a brief follow-up to my post on microformats and Open XML, I'd like to show a slightly different...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/09/2007
Microformats and Open XML
Like most people, I hadn't heard of microformats a year ago. But now the concept seems to be...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/04/2007
Interoperability: what's in a name?
Interoperability is one of those words that means different things to different people. We all agree...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 03/01/2007
Monarch: a product for breaking into your own data
One Open XML implementation that I find interesting for a variety of reasons is the new release of...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/27/2007
Open XML links for 02-25-2007
I'm back home after a week on the road, with lots of interesting work to finish up and an...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/26/2007
Night photos of Sydney
I'm having a very busy week and may not get a chance to post anything here, so I thought I'd share a...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/19/2007
Open letter on Open XML
There's an open letter to the community on the Microsoft interop site today that acknowledges some...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/14/2007
Open XML links for 02-13-2007
I'm having a super-busy week, so I'll let others do the talking for a change ... I just learned from...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/13/2007
Converting Office documents to Open XML
XML-based file formats have been getting a lot of attention lately, but the vast majority of...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/09/2007
Linux Asia Open XML Workshop
Friday I was one of the presenters at the Linux Asia 2007 Open XML workshop. This event took place...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/04/2007
Open XML Translator 1.0 available
Version 1.0 of the Open XML translator project is now available on SourceForge. Here are links for...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/02/2007
Implementing document-format specifications
A few folks have pointed out that implementing every detail of the Office Open XML specification...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 02/01/2007
Open XML links for 01-31-2007
Well, it's actually February 1 already here in Delhi. :-) Here are three great links about Office...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/31/2007
Open XML links for 01-30-2007
I'm on the road this week and don't have time to write up much, but are some links to Open XML...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/30/2007
Introduction to Office Open XML Code Snippets
Office Programmability PM Kevin Boske has a new screencast on Channel 9 that takes you through how...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/29/2007
ISO standards process explained
Brian Jones has posted an overview of ISO Fast-Track certification that explains the various stages...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/29/2007
Updated Open XML resources on MSDN
Frank Rice has a great article entitled "How To: Manipulate Office Open XML Formats Documents" on...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/26/2007
Webcast on Open XML development
Next Tuesday, January 30, Mindjet Labs is sponsoring a free webcast on the architecture of their...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/25/2007
Question for Michael Arrington
I posted a question on TechCrunch yesterday, and this evening I returned to check for an answer. But...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/24/2007
Interesting Times
It seems I've put a few folks in a bit of a tizzy, by asking Rick Jelliffe to contribute his...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/23/2007
Open XML webcasts (French)
Last month the Microsoft Paris office featured Open XML development at their "mercredis du...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/21/2007
Open XML Links
Here are a few links to recent news of interest to Open XML developers ... Package Explorer Update....
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 01/18/2007