http://www.ajaxcf.com/blog/index.cfm tips for constructing next generation AJAX & ColdFusion applications en-us Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:15:29 -0000 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:16:00 -0000 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss joe@ajaxcf.com joe@ajaxcf.com joe@ajaxcf.com no http://www.ajaxcf.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/12/20/Generating-OpenOffice-Documents-On-The-Fly Although Microsoft <a href="http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/01/72403">is not happy about it</a>, much of the world has been moving in the direction of the XML-based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument">OpenDocument format</a>, otherwise known by it's much longer, full name: the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications. This opens up new possibilities for document generation and allows the creation of all sorts of Office-type documents using only a text editor (assuming you know what you're doing). A number of applications, including <a href="http://www.OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice</a>, already support the OpenDocument format. <a href="http://office.microsoft.com">Microsoft Office</a> does not, but there are plugins available. [More] OpenDocument Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:16:00 -0000 http://www.ajaxcf.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/12/20/Generating-OpenOffice-Documents-On-The-Fly