Does Powerpoint 2007 XML support CustData?

[Leonardo]

I am using the OOXML SDK 2.0 to write software to automatically update
Powerpoint 2007 files on a server that does not run Powerpoint.

I have successfully added Custom XML files and Extension elements to the
Powerpoint files.
I.E. the files load ucessfully in Powerpoint with no error mesages etc.

However - when I add some <CustData> elements in the saem locations as
the Extension elements Powerpoint complains and totally wipes the content
of the slides.

I have cheked against the Ecma spec - tested the documents for validity
withing the SDK and externally against a schema and all seem to indicate
that the XML content is well-formed, valid and compliant.
Only Powerpoint 2007 (latest updated version) has other ideas.

Can anyone give me a definitive answer as to whether this should work -
and so I need to find the error in my program - or whether these XMl
elements are not supported in Powerpoint - in which case I can stop
wasting my time, look for other solutions and report the error in the
Ecma specification and in the Microsoft schemas.


Any other help also greatly appreciated.


Thanks


Leo

 

[Austin]

Leo, I can only repeat what MS has told me. The OOXML standard is a work in
progress and not everything in the standard is supported yet in all the
Office apps. Of course what doesn't work yet is not documented.. :-(


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