Open XML SDK to edit Active document

Question

Hello,

Is it possible to use the Open XML sdk to manipulate parts of document which is currently open in the ofice app (word/ppt). I know the easiest thing is to use VSTO, but its slow and would involve clipboard use to insert elements, the OXML sdk is direct and simpler.

If somebody could post some code sample that would be great.

Thanks in advance
Rakesh

Answer 1

Something like below:-

//include the namespace

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.WordProcessing

//Open and manipulate temp.docx 

using (WordprocessingDocument myDoc = WordprocessingDocument.Open("temp.docx", true)) 
{
    //Access main part of document 
    MainDocumentPart mainPart = myDoc.MainDocumentPart; 

    //Add new comments part to document 
    mainPart.AddNewPart<WordprocessingCommentsPart>(); 

    //Delete Styles part within document 
    mainPart.DeletePart(mainPart.StyleDefinitionsPart); 

    //Iterate through all custom xml parts within document 
    foreach (CustomXmlPart customXmlPart in mainPart.CustomXmlParts) {
        //DO SOMETHING 
    }
}

Also, you could use LINQ to avoid foreach loops.

Answer 2

Apparently you cannot do this without Sharepoint.

As per Zeyad Jarabi/..

...you need a platform that understands how to take a shared lock (like SharePoint or SkyDrive). Without this concept then the application and the SDK can only take read or write locks, which prevents these two pieces of technology from accessing the same file.