Code Snippets for Open XML Development

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The Open XML code snippets are out! These are a well-organized set of snippets that do the basic things every developer needs to do when working with Open XML documents. They're free, and all of the snippets come in C# and VB versions. Download them here.

Here's the complete list of what you'll find in these snippets:

  • Open XML: Get OfficeDocument Part
  • Excel: Add Custom UI
  • Excel: Delete Comments by a specific User
  • Excel: Delete Worksheet
  • Excel: Delete Excel 4.0 Macro sheets
  • Excel: Retrieve hidden rows or columns
  • Excel: Export Chart
  • Excel: Get Cell Value
  • Excel: Get Comments as XML
  • Excel: Get Hidden Worksheets
  • Excel: Get Worksheet Information
  • Excel: Get Cell for Reading
  • Excel: Get Cell for Writing
  • Excel: Insert Custom XML
  • Excel: Insert Header or Footer
  • Excel: Insert a Numeric Value into a Cell
  • Excel: Insert a String Value into a Cell
  • Excel: Set Recalc Option
  • PowerPoint: Delete Comments by User
  • PowerPoint: Delete Slide by Title
  • PowerPoint: Get Slide Count
  • PowerPoint: Get Slide Titles
  • PowerPoint: Modify Slide Title
  • PowerPoint: Reorder Slides
  • PowerPoint: Replace Image
  • PowerPoint: Retrieve Slide Location by Title
  • Word: Accept Revisions
  • Word: Add Header
  • Word: Convert DOCM to DOCX
  • Word: Remove Comments
  • Word: Remove Headers and Footers
  • Word: Remove Hidden Text
  • Word: Replace Style
  • Word: Retrieve Application Property
  • Word: Retrieve Core Property
  • Word: Retrieve Custom Property
  • Word: Retrieve Table of Contents
  • Word: Set Application Property
  • Word: Set Core Property
  • Word: Set Custom Property
  • Word: Set Print Orientation

For more information, check out Kevin Boske's blog and the OpenXmlDeveloper web site.