Deep Dive into Open XML WordprocessingML Fields and Hyperlinks

Fields are one of the most powerful components of WordprocessingML markup.  You will see field markup in hyper-links, the TOC, dates, page references, calculated values, and much more.  I’ve been asked a few questions lately about fields in WordprocessingML markup.  Fields are perhaps one of the least understood aspects of WordprocessingML markup, but they are really not very hard.  I’ve embarked on a four part series to explain field markup, show some example code that makes it easier to work with fields, and then show some code that reliably retrieves all hyper-links in an Open XML WordprocessingML markup.  The following video is the first of this four part series:

Deep dive into Open XML WordprocessingML markup

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3 Comments »

  1. Updating the TOC in a WordprocessingML Document using an AutoOpen Macro - OpenXML Developer - Blog - OpenXML Developer said,

    August 24, 2011 @ 5:51 pm

    […] the markup of tables-of-contents. TOCs use field markup. See Deep dive into OpenXML Fields for more […]

  2. Jean Gelinas said,

    February 2, 2012 @ 10:01 pm

    are there links to the remaining parts of this series? thanks…

  3. Eric White said,

    February 2, 2012 @ 11:34 pm

    Hi Jean,

    Part 1: http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2011/04/25/143067.aspx
    Part 2: http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2011/04/27/143766.aspx
    Retrieving Fields: http://openxmldeveloper.org/archive/2011/05/03/145486.aspx

    One way to find links to screen-casts that I’ve recorded is to look in the WordprocessingML portion of my blog TOC. You may be interested to look around at the other Open XML content, too.

    http://www.ericwhite.com/blog/wordprocessingml-expanded

    -Eric

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