docx document generation without MS Office

[aethon]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out if is it possible to generate a .docx document, or modify a docx/docm without having MS Office installed.

Does exist a pure G lang library which create docx documents?

Thanks.

[Sam_Sharp · Accepted solution]

.docx is a pretty complicated XML-based file format, I very much doubt that there's a native LabVIEW implementation for it anywhere. You may be able to do some simple find/replace on strings inside the XML or try to use xml parsing tools to find/replace what you need - try opening it up with something like Notepad and see what you can do.

[aputman · Accepted solution]

Just to clarify Sam's response (for those that don't know), if you rename the .docx file to .zip, you can open it up and see all of the XML files that are used to create a document.  Good luck trying to create one of these from scratch.

[JÞB]

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@aethon wrote:

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out if is it possible to generate a .docx document, or modify a docx/docm without having MS Office installed.

Does exist a pure G lang library which create docx documents?

Thanks.

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Certainly you CAN, the ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500 standard is an open format.  How many developer hours do you have available to implement this and are they cheaper than the MS Sowftware licenses you need?

(Hint:) only if you need about 10,000 licenses and have a few years to wait)

[ᴮᴬᴿᵀ]

Depending on your version of LabVIEW you may have the Report Generation Toolkit which can create and modify .docx files

[aethon]

I'm using LV2013.

[aputman]

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@BartC wrote:

Depending on your version of LabVIEW you may have the Report Generation Toolkit which can create and modify .docx files

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If I am not mistaken, those VI's don't work unless you have Word or Excel installed.  

[ᴮᴬᴿᵀ]

Sorry, misspoke, your license type.  Professional, Debug, Educational, etc.

[aputman]

https://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/375405a.html

In addition to the system requirements for the LabVIEW Development System, the 32-bit version of Report Generation Toolkit for Microsoft Office has the following requirements:

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later (32-bit)
• Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
• Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• LabVIEW 2015 Base, Full, or Professional Development System (32-bit)
• At least 40 MB of disk space
• Microsoft Office 2013/2010/2007/2003/XP (32-bit) (Microsoft Office 2013 is also included in Microsoft Office 365)
  
  Note:  You must have both Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel installed before installing the Report Generation Toolkit.

[aethon]

Professional.