Render InfoPath 2007 Rich Text in Word 2007 and Retain Formatting

S

S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton

1. If you have a string variable called myString and a int variable called
myInt, you would append them using myString + myInt.ToString(). If you have
more strings to concatenate to each other, it is better to use the
StringBuilder class.

2. Have you tried declaring the uri outside of the loop? As in
Uri uri = null;
while(...)
{
...
uri = new Uri(...)
...
}

---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


jogannon said:
Theds are two generic questions then:
1) what is the preferred method for dynamically appending an int counter to
a string variable?

2) I get an error if it is not Uri uri#, as within the loop:

Error 1 A local variable named 'uri' cannot be declared in this scope
because it would give a different meaning to 'uri', which is already used in
a 'parent or current' scope to denote something else

Thanks again.

--
Joe


S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton said:
It's difficult to jump in and understand the code you've written, but it
looks like you want to dynamically rename a variable as in

Uri uri#

would become

Uri uri1
Uri uri2
etc.

If this is the case, I don't think it is necessary. The fact that you are
using

Uri uri = new Uri()

within your loop should create a new Uri object every time in the loop, so
you do not have to include the counter in the variable name. And appending
the counter to "rId2" should not pose any issues. Or have I misunderstood the
problem?
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


jogannon said:
I have encountered another bump in the road when I try to concatenate the
value of a counter to a label within a While loop (C#). Worse yet,
incrementing a Uri. So, for example, I have this less than elegant code to
handle one of the RTF controls embedded within a repeating section. It is
interesting that the OuterXml listing shows the expected sample XHTML output
in Debug mode. First, I will list the code for a non-repeating RTF control
that WORKS:

XPathNavigator domNav = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator rows = domNav.Select(
"/my:myFields/my:salesActivities/my:salesActivity",
NamespaceManager);
int cnt=2;
while (rows.MoveNext())
{
cnt++;
String scnt = cnt.ToString();
string salesDescriptionValue =
rows.Current.SelectSingleNode(
"my:salesDescription", NamespaceManager).Value;
salesDescriptionValue = "<html>" + salesDescriptionValue
+ "</html>";

// create the 3rd RTF's aFChunk text files
//string uri =uri + cnt.ToString();
uri = uri + scnt;

Uri uri = new Uri("/salesDescription.txt",
UriKind.Relative);
string altChunkpart = altChunkpart + cnt.ToString();
PackagePart altChunkpart =
packWordPrint.CreatePart(uri3, "application/xhtml+xml");
using (Stream fs = altChunkpart.GetStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
// write a line to the file
string newLine = salesDescriptionValue;
sw.WriteLine(newLine);
sw.Close();
fs.Close();
}
//for salesDescription RTF
documentPart.CreateRelationship(uri3,
TargetMode.Internal,
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/" +
"2006/relationships/aFChunk",
"rId12");
}

Now, for the mishmash that does NOT work:

XPathNavigator domNav = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator rows = domNav.Select(
"/my:myFields/my:salesActivities/my:salesActivity",
NamespaceManager);
int cnt=2;
while (rows.MoveNext())
{
cnt++;
String scnt = cnt.ToString();
string salesDescriptionValue =
rows.Current.SelectSingleNode(
"my:salesDescription", NamespaceManager).Value;
salesDescriptionValue = "<html>" + salesDescriptionValue
+ "</html>";

// create the 3rd RTF's aFChunk text files
//string uri =uri + cnt.ToString();
//uri = uri + scnt; produces error

Uri uri# = new Uri("/salesDescription.txt",
UriKind.Relative);
string altChunkpart = altChunkpart + cnt.ToString();
PackagePart altChunkpart =
packWordPrint.CreatePart(uri#, "application/xhtml+xml");
using (Stream fs = altChunkpart.GetStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
// write a line to the file
string newLine = salesDescriptionValue;
sw.WriteLine(newLine);
sw.Close();
fs.Close();
}
//for salesDescription RTF
documentPart.CreateRelationship(uri#,
TargetMode.Internal,
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/" +
"2006/relationships/aFChunk",
"rId2#");
}

I have Placed a # placeholder where I would like the string for the cnt to
be substituted, if this is possible. Forgive my naivete in this realm.

Thanks for any help,

--
Joe


:

Glad you finally got it solved! And well done!

And yes, please! I'd like for you to send your documentation my way (either
via my blog on you know which page or via the "Send Feedback" option on this
page http://aspalliance.com/author.aspx?uId=58992 , which should accept XML
tags and code. You can also just post the code here in this newsgroup, if you
like. When I get a chance, I'll either update the article or write a new one
and give you credit for doing the research and coming up with the solution.

The repeating section sounds like yet another challenge, so I hope you get
it to work.

Thanks once again for reporting your challenges, findings, and solutions
here; they will be helpful to the InfoPath community in general.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Found the culprit and understand the logic--I think. The problem is that I
referenced the Package ('packWordPrint' in your original code) relationship
for defining the aFChunk to the target part (RTF to text object), instead of
the proper PackagePart ('documentPart' in your original code) relationship.
The former places the <Relationship> entry(ies) into /_rels/.rels.xml. The
latter places them correctly into the document.xml.rels under /word/_rels.
If you want, I will document this whole approach to send your way. Then, you
can choose to optimize the code behind the form's Convert button and publish
the 'recipe' on your site as an extension of the 'Convert InfoPath to Word
2007' article.

BTW, I already have a second RTF control working in this solution; and the
final two will be from RTF controls embedded within repeating sections.

I cannot thank you enough for all of your help and encouragement.

--
Joe


:

Thanks for sharing your findings. I'm sure they'll help others who are trying
to do the same.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Forgot the important 5th point, the fact that the <html></html>tags are
necessary for proper rendering (without inner tags being exposed) of
formatted text. In this case:

<html>
<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
<li>some things</li>
<li>more things</li>
</ul>
</html>

That's it. I will test for other formatting later, after producing
effective C# code behind the 'Convert' button. Your advice made this a less
daunting task.

--
Joe


:

No worries.

Hey Joe, if it is working as is, you do not need to go look up the specs for
XHTML. I think if you call the file .txt and reference it in the DOCX but
tell the DOCX that it is HTML, it should work. This is perfect, since you do
not have to add any additional tags for the XHTML data from InfoPath to work.
You can just use the contents of the RTF field as is.

If you have to store it in a file, I'd suggest just putting the RTF contents
in a file and trying it out like that without adding the extra tags. If that
does not work, then dig into the XHTML.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Understood. I just stripped the <my:upFront> tags and it rendered this in
the holding place within the Word .docx:

<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
<li>some things</li>
<li>more things</li>
</ul>

For me, this is progress. I will go looking for the other XHTML tags,
according to the spec.

Thanks so much.

--
Joe


:

You only need what's inside of my:upFront. But to include this in an HTML
file that is valid, I think you will have to add additional HTML tags like
BODY etc. I'm not sure what the exact specs are for XHTML, but you should be
able to find them on www.w3.org. First try it without any extra tags, and if
that does not work, you'll have to make the HTML file XHTML valid.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Your reply is particularly rapid, timely and enlightening. After a great
deal of research and reading, I just went through all of the steps laid out
in http://openxmldeveloper.org/forums/Thread/2744.aspx
(Most relevantly, what follows)
These are the steps to attach RTF content to WordProcessingML document.

1. Create a rtf file (test.rtf) and place along with [Content_Types].xml
file or in a folder

2. Add an entry into [Content_Types].xml as

<Default Extension="rtf" ContentType="application/rtf" />

3. In the document.xml.rels file (in _rels folder), add an entry for
relationship to this file as.... (I will end it here)

Low and behold, .rtf does NOT work. I have been struggling all day to know
which to apply, and you clarified that immediately. Sorry if I
misinterpreted your otherwise clear instructions. I have already saved it as
a .htm file and will (manually) package accordingly. One question concerns
the exact method for extracting the XHTML data in an RTF control. What I
just did was to extract the entire OuterXML reference:

<my:upFront>
- <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
<li>some things</li>
<li>more things</li>
</ul>
</my:upFront>

paste this to Word 2007 and save it as a .htm file. Should I include all of
the above, such as the namespace?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
S

S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton

I received your code, but not through ASPAlliance; thank you for that.

My time is extremely limited these days, Joe. Unless you can hold on until
the end of April when I'll have some breathing room (before I dive into yet
another busy period) to take a closer look at your code, it is best to
continue trying out other methods and possibly also post your question in the
..NET development newsgroup. I can only provide short and quick pointers at
this time.

BTW, I'm not sure what you mean with 'event loop'? Did you read about this
somewhere?
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


jogannon said:
Hi again,
I just sent the code listing with comments and a description of the attempts
to advance this work via the ASP Feedback site , but there was an application
error experienced, followed by the standard apology. ask me if I bothered to
say all that I wrote in my explanation. Of course not. Before I recompose
and figure out how else to send the code listing, please advise if you
received it despite the warning.

In essence, string arrays don't seem to work. There is an issue with the
uri type (separate from string), my inability to convert from string to uri
type with elements of array in the foreach. Apparently, the latter will
cause a problem and that an 'event loop' may be best. It is surprising to see
what little there is in C-sharpland for handling the issue of dynamic
variable references within a loop, especially for uris.

Thanks again, and if you have any alternative mechanism for getting you the
code listing ( I will also try to upload on your blog and hope it gets past
the filters. Where this is not XML tagged, it may be alright.

--
Joe


S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton said:
It's difficult to jump in and understand the code you've written, but it
looks like you want to dynamically rename a variable as in

Uri uri#

would become

Uri uri1
Uri uri2
etc.

If this is the case, I don't think it is necessary. The fact that you are
using

Uri uri = new Uri()

within your loop should create a new Uri object every time in the loop, so
you do not have to include the counter in the variable name. And appending
the counter to "rId2" should not pose any issues. Or have I misunderstood the
problem?
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


jogannon said:
I have encountered another bump in the road when I try to concatenate the
value of a counter to a label within a While loop (C#). Worse yet,
incrementing a Uri. So, for example, I have this less than elegant code to
handle one of the RTF controls embedded within a repeating section. It is
interesting that the OuterXml listing shows the expected sample XHTML output
in Debug mode. First, I will list the code for a non-repeating RTF control
that WORKS:

XPathNavigator domNav = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator rows = domNav.Select(
"/my:myFields/my:salesActivities/my:salesActivity",
NamespaceManager);
int cnt=2;
while (rows.MoveNext())
{
cnt++;
String scnt = cnt.ToString();
string salesDescriptionValue =
rows.Current.SelectSingleNode(
"my:salesDescription", NamespaceManager).Value;
salesDescriptionValue = "<html>" + salesDescriptionValue
+ "</html>";

// create the 3rd RTF's aFChunk text files
//string uri =uri + cnt.ToString();
uri = uri + scnt;

Uri uri = new Uri("/salesDescription.txt",
UriKind.Relative);
string altChunkpart = altChunkpart + cnt.ToString();
PackagePart altChunkpart =
packWordPrint.CreatePart(uri3, "application/xhtml+xml");
using (Stream fs = altChunkpart.GetStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
// write a line to the file
string newLine = salesDescriptionValue;
sw.WriteLine(newLine);
sw.Close();
fs.Close();
}
//for salesDescription RTF
documentPart.CreateRelationship(uri3,
TargetMode.Internal,
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/" +
"2006/relationships/aFChunk",
"rId12");
}

Now, for the mishmash that does NOT work:

XPathNavigator domNav = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator rows = domNav.Select(
"/my:myFields/my:salesActivities/my:salesActivity",
NamespaceManager);
int cnt=2;
while (rows.MoveNext())
{
cnt++;
String scnt = cnt.ToString();
string salesDescriptionValue =
rows.Current.SelectSingleNode(
"my:salesDescription", NamespaceManager).Value;
salesDescriptionValue = "<html>" + salesDescriptionValue
+ "</html>";

// create the 3rd RTF's aFChunk text files
//string uri =uri + cnt.ToString();
//uri = uri + scnt; produces error

Uri uri# = new Uri("/salesDescription.txt",
UriKind.Relative);
string altChunkpart = altChunkpart + cnt.ToString();
PackagePart altChunkpart =
packWordPrint.CreatePart(uri#, "application/xhtml+xml");
using (Stream fs = altChunkpart.GetStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
// write a line to the file
string newLine = salesDescriptionValue;
sw.WriteLine(newLine);
sw.Close();
fs.Close();
}
//for salesDescription RTF
documentPart.CreateRelationship(uri#,
TargetMode.Internal,
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/" +
"2006/relationships/aFChunk",
"rId2#");
}

I have Placed a # placeholder where I would like the string for the cnt to
be substituted, if this is possible. Forgive my naivete in this realm.

Thanks for any help,

--
Joe


:

Glad you finally got it solved! And well done!

And yes, please! I'd like for you to send your documentation my way (either
via my blog on you know which page or via the "Send Feedback" option on this
page http://aspalliance.com/author.aspx?uId=58992 , which should accept XML
tags and code. You can also just post the code here in this newsgroup, if you
like. When I get a chance, I'll either update the article or write a new one
and give you credit for doing the research and coming up with the solution.

The repeating section sounds like yet another challenge, so I hope you get
it to work.

Thanks once again for reporting your challenges, findings, and solutions
here; they will be helpful to the InfoPath community in general.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Found the culprit and understand the logic--I think. The problem is that I
referenced the Package ('packWordPrint' in your original code) relationship
for defining the aFChunk to the target part (RTF to text object), instead of
the proper PackagePart ('documentPart' in your original code) relationship.
The former places the <Relationship> entry(ies) into /_rels/.rels.xml. The
latter places them correctly into the document.xml.rels under /word/_rels.
If you want, I will document this whole approach to send your way. Then, you
can choose to optimize the code behind the form's Convert button and publish
the 'recipe' on your site as an extension of the 'Convert InfoPath to Word
2007' article.

BTW, I already have a second RTF control working in this solution; and the
final two will be from RTF controls embedded within repeating sections.

I cannot thank you enough for all of your help and encouragement.

--
Joe


:

Thanks for sharing your findings. I'm sure they'll help others who are trying
to do the same.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Forgot the important 5th point, the fact that the <html></html>tags are
necessary for proper rendering (without inner tags being exposed) of
formatted text. In this case:

<html>
<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
<li>some things</li>
<li>more things</li>
</ul>
</html>

That's it. I will test for other formatting later, after producing
effective C# code behind the 'Convert' button. Your advice made this a less
daunting task.

--
Joe


:

No worries.

Hey Joe, if it is working as is, you do not need to go look up the specs for
XHTML. I think if you call the file .txt and reference it in the DOCX but
tell the DOCX that it is HTML, it should work. This is perfect, since you do
not have to add any additional tags for the XHTML data from InfoPath to work.
You can just use the contents of the RTF field as is.

If you have to store it in a file, I'd suggest just putting the RTF contents
in a file and trying it out like that without adding the extra tags. If that
does not work, then dig into the XHTML.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Understood. I just stripped the <my:upFront> tags and it rendered this in
the holding place within the Word .docx:

<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
<li>some things</li>
<li>more things</li>
</ul>

For me, this is progress. I will go looking for the other XHTML tags,
according to the spec.

Thanks so much.

--
Joe


:

You only need what's inside of my:upFront. But to include this in an HTML
file that is valid, I think you will have to add additional HTML tags like
BODY etc. I'm not sure what the exact specs are for XHTML, but you should be
able to find them on www.w3.org. First try it without any extra tags, and if
that does not work, you'll have to make the HTML file XHTML valid.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Your reply is particularly rapid, timely and enlightening. After a great
deal of research and reading, I just went through all of the steps laid out
in http://openxmldeveloper.org/forums/Thread/2744.aspx
(Most relevantly, what follows)
These are the steps to attach RTF content to WordProcessingML document.

1. Create a rtf file (test.rtf) and place along with [Content_Types].xml
file or in a folder

2. Add an entry into [Content_Types].xml as

<Default Extension="rtf" ContentType="application/rtf" />

3. In the document.xml.rels file (in _rels folder), add an entry for
relationship to this file as.... (I will end it here)

Low and behold, .rtf does NOT work. I have been struggling all day to know
which to apply, and you clarified that immediately. Sorry if I
misinterpreted your otherwise clear instructions. I have already saved it as
a .htm file and will (manually) package accordingly. One question concerns
the exact method for extracting the XHTML data in an RTF control. What I
just did was to extract the entire OuterXML reference:

<my:upFront>
- <ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
J

jogannon

No need ever to apologize, especially about precious time. I am similarly
time challenged. Today was, nonetheless, a break-thru day. With some
serious C# SME help, and some tutoring along the way, we managed to get the
C# code to do what is expected. Now I will turn my attention to the other
side of the equation and get the aFChunks properly referenced in the .xsl and
rendering well in the Word .docx. Will advise when it is all working--end to
end--and send the whole solution to you. Give me a while longer to gather it
all together, with notes to explain the steps.

Later, and good luck with your own endeavors.
--
Joe


S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton said:
I received your code, but not through ASPAlliance; thank you for that.

My time is extremely limited these days, Joe. Unless you can hold on until
the end of April when I'll have some breathing room (before I dive into yet
another busy period) to take a closer look at your code, it is best to
continue trying out other methods and possibly also post your question in the
.NET development newsgroup. I can only provide short and quick pointers at
this time.

BTW, I'm not sure what you mean with 'event loop'? Did you read about this
somewhere?
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


jogannon said:
Hi again,
I just sent the code listing with comments and a description of the attempts
to advance this work via the ASP Feedback site , but there was an application
error experienced, followed by the standard apology. ask me if I bothered to
say all that I wrote in my explanation. Of course not. Before I recompose
and figure out how else to send the code listing, please advise if you
received it despite the warning.

In essence, string arrays don't seem to work. There is an issue with the
uri type (separate from string), my inability to convert from string to uri
type with elements of array in the foreach. Apparently, the latter will
cause a problem and that an 'event loop' may be best. It is surprising to see
what little there is in C-sharpland for handling the issue of dynamic
variable references within a loop, especially for uris.

Thanks again, and if you have any alternative mechanism for getting you the
code listing ( I will also try to upload on your blog and hope it gets past
the filters. Where this is not XML tagged, it may be alright.

--
Joe


S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton said:
It's difficult to jump in and understand the code you've written, but it
looks like you want to dynamically rename a variable as in

Uri uri#

would become

Uri uri1
Uri uri2
etc.

If this is the case, I don't think it is necessary. The fact that you are
using

Uri uri = new Uri()

within your loop should create a new Uri object every time in the loop, so
you do not have to include the counter in the variable name. And appending
the counter to "rId2" should not pose any issues. Or have I misunderstood the
problem?
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

I have encountered another bump in the road when I try to concatenate the
value of a counter to a label within a While loop (C#). Worse yet,
incrementing a Uri. So, for example, I have this less than elegant code to
handle one of the RTF controls embedded within a repeating section. It is
interesting that the OuterXml listing shows the expected sample XHTML output
in Debug mode. First, I will list the code for a non-repeating RTF control
that WORKS:

XPathNavigator domNav = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator rows = domNav.Select(
"/my:myFields/my:salesActivities/my:salesActivity",
NamespaceManager);
int cnt=2;
while (rows.MoveNext())
{
cnt++;
String scnt = cnt.ToString();
string salesDescriptionValue =
rows.Current.SelectSingleNode(
"my:salesDescription", NamespaceManager).Value;
salesDescriptionValue = "<html>" + salesDescriptionValue
+ "</html>";

// create the 3rd RTF's aFChunk text files
//string uri =uri + cnt.ToString();
uri = uri + scnt;

Uri uri = new Uri("/salesDescription.txt",
UriKind.Relative);
string altChunkpart = altChunkpart + cnt.ToString();
PackagePart altChunkpart =
packWordPrint.CreatePart(uri3, "application/xhtml+xml");
using (Stream fs = altChunkpart.GetStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
// write a line to the file
string newLine = salesDescriptionValue;
sw.WriteLine(newLine);
sw.Close();
fs.Close();
}
//for salesDescription RTF
documentPart.CreateRelationship(uri3,
TargetMode.Internal,
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/" +
"2006/relationships/aFChunk",
"rId12");
}

Now, for the mishmash that does NOT work:

XPathNavigator domNav = MainDataSource.CreateNavigator();
XPathNodeIterator rows = domNav.Select(
"/my:myFields/my:salesActivities/my:salesActivity",
NamespaceManager);
int cnt=2;
while (rows.MoveNext())
{
cnt++;
String scnt = cnt.ToString();
string salesDescriptionValue =
rows.Current.SelectSingleNode(
"my:salesDescription", NamespaceManager).Value;
salesDescriptionValue = "<html>" + salesDescriptionValue
+ "</html>";

// create the 3rd RTF's aFChunk text files
//string uri =uri + cnt.ToString();
//uri = uri + scnt; produces error

Uri uri# = new Uri("/salesDescription.txt",
UriKind.Relative);
string altChunkpart = altChunkpart + cnt.ToString();
PackagePart altChunkpart =
packWordPrint.CreatePart(uri#, "application/xhtml+xml");
using (Stream fs = altChunkpart.GetStream())
{
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
// write a line to the file
string newLine = salesDescriptionValue;
sw.WriteLine(newLine);
sw.Close();
fs.Close();
}
//for salesDescription RTF
documentPart.CreateRelationship(uri#,
TargetMode.Internal,
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/" +
"2006/relationships/aFChunk",
"rId2#");
}

I have Placed a # placeholder where I would like the string for the cnt to
be substituted, if this is possible. Forgive my naivete in this realm.

Thanks for any help,

--
Joe


:

Glad you finally got it solved! And well done!

And yes, please! I'd like for you to send your documentation my way (either
via my blog on you know which page or via the "Send Feedback" option on this
page http://aspalliance.com/author.aspx?uId=58992 , which should accept XML
tags and code. You can also just post the code here in this newsgroup, if you
like. When I get a chance, I'll either update the article or write a new one
and give you credit for doing the research and coming up with the solution.

The repeating section sounds like yet another challenge, so I hope you get
it to work.

Thanks once again for reporting your challenges, findings, and solutions
here; they will be helpful to the InfoPath community in general.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Found the culprit and understand the logic--I think. The problem is that I
referenced the Package ('packWordPrint' in your original code) relationship
for defining the aFChunk to the target part (RTF to text object), instead of
the proper PackagePart ('documentPart' in your original code) relationship.
The former places the <Relationship> entry(ies) into /_rels/.rels.xml. The
latter places them correctly into the document.xml.rels under /word/_rels.
If you want, I will document this whole approach to send your way. Then, you
can choose to optimize the code behind the form's Convert button and publish
the 'recipe' on your site as an extension of the 'Convert InfoPath to Word
2007' article.

BTW, I already have a second RTF control working in this solution; and the
final two will be from RTF controls embedded within repeating sections.

I cannot thank you enough for all of your help and encouragement.

--
Joe


:

Thanks for sharing your findings. I'm sure they'll help others who are trying
to do the same.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Forgot the important 5th point, the fact that the <html></html>tags are
necessary for proper rendering (without inner tags being exposed) of
formatted text. In this case:

<html>
<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
<li>some things</li>
<li>more things</li>
</ul>
</html>

That's it. I will test for other formatting later, after producing
effective C# code behind the 'Convert' button. Your advice made this a less
daunting task.

--
Joe


:

No worries.

Hey Joe, if it is working as is, you do not need to go look up the specs for
XHTML. I think if you call the file .txt and reference it in the DOCX but
tell the DOCX that it is HTML, it should work. This is perfect, since you do
not have to add any additional tags for the XHTML data from InfoPath to work.
You can just use the contents of the RTF field as is.

If you have to store it in a file, I'd suggest just putting the RTF contents
in a file and trying it out like that without adding the extra tags. If that
does not work, then dig into the XHTML.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Understood. I just stripped the <my:upFront> tags and it rendered this in
the holding place within the Word .docx:

<ul xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" type="disc">
<li>some things</li>
<li>more things</li>
</ul>

For me, this is progress. I will go looking for the other XHTML tags,
according to the spec.

Thanks so much.

--
Joe


:

You only need what's inside of my:upFront. But to include this in an HTML
file that is valid, I think you will have to add additional HTML tags like
BODY etc. I'm not sure what the exact specs are for XHTML, but you should be
able to find them on www.w3.org. First try it without any extra tags, and if
that does not work, you'll have to make the HTML file XHTML valid.
---
S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton


:

Your reply is particularly rapid, timely and enlightening. After a great
deal of research and reading, I just went through all of the steps laid out
in http://openxmldeveloper.org/forums/Thread/2744.aspx
(Most relevantly, what follows)
These are the steps to attach RTF content to WordProcessingML document.

1. Create a rtf file (test.rtf) and place along with [Content_Types].xml
file or in a folder
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S

S.Y.M. Wong-A-Ton

Thanks, Joe; I'll need it. I'm happy to hear you've got a "support system" to
chip in and help. And take all the time you need to gather the info.
 

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