Hi,
I am creating Docx files programmatically by using C# and OpenXML SDK for Office 2007. In doing so, I am using Word 2007 Content Controls in the docx files.
Now I find out that the end users viewing those documents only have word 2003 installed. They can’t even see the document correclty when they have the conpatibility pack
for office 2007 installed on there PCs (because of the content controls). So, my only option is to use a third party converter to convert from docx to doc files (as I don’t want to rewrite the document generation logic).
Can you please confirm that ASPOSE.WORDS can convert from docx to doc files preserving the data meant to be displayed in word 2007 content controls?
Any early reply would be most helpful.
Regards,
Hameer
Hi Hameer,
Thanks for your interest in Aspose.
Content controls are supported in the next release of Aspose.Words (version 9.4). This is due to be released in the next couple of days. With this version you should be able to convert .docx files containg content controls easily to .doc format. We will keep you informed when this version has been released.
Thanks,
Hi,
Thanks for your reply, We are in urgent need for this functionality and would like to know exactly how long will it take for the new version to be released. Also, It would be very helpful, If you can send us any Beta or Evaluation Version of the product so we can get a feel for it.
Regards,
Hameer
Hi Hameer,
We are working to release the next version very shortly. Unfortunately there is no set date at the moment. I’m afraid there is no chance for a custom build as well as some parts are still being integrated. We will inform you when the new release is avaliable.
Thanks,
Thanks for your reply.
I would appreciate if you can evn give me an expected duration after which the product might be released. I am fully aware that actual release date might vary greatly from whatever your expectation is at the moment. But, just give me something to linger on.
Also, confirm that if it wasn’t for the Word 2007 Content Controls, your product in current state can actually perform most of docx to doc conversion.
Thanks for your inquiry. As Adam already mentioned, we plan to release the next version of Aspose.Words in the next couple of days.
Also, you can learn more about Content Controls in the upcoming release here: https://blog.aspose.com/2010/09/02/structured-document-tags-content-controls-are-confirmed-in-the-upcoming-aspose-words-for-net-9-4
Best regards,
Hi,
I have tried converting a DOCX document with Word 2007 Content Controls to Word 2003 DOC format by using the following code. I expected ASPOSE.WORDS to convert the content controls into static text elements after conversion but it’s not doing so.
Document doc = new Document(@"[file name].docx");
doc.Save(@"[file name].doc", SaveFormat.Doc);
Thanks for your inquiry. I just tried converting DOCX with Content Controls inside and they are converted to static text after converting the document to DOC, just as expected.
Could you please attach your input and output documents here for testing? I will check them and provide you more information.
Best regards,
Hi
Attached is the docx file and it’s resultant doc version.
Any early reply would be most appreciated.
Do remove the attachments from the thread after downloading.
Thanks
Thank you for additional information. I managed to reproduce the problem on my side. Your request has been linked to the appropriate issue. You will be notified as soon as it is fixed.
As a workaround, you can try open/save your document using MS Word and then save it in DOC format using Aspose.Words.
Best regards,