Re: Protected areas in DOCX files

While I hoped for a different answer, I appreciate your quick and straightforward reply. Thanks.

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From: Hussein Shafie [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Mittwoch, 05. September 2012 13:15
To: LEITNER Martin
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [XFC] Protected areas in DOCX files

On 09/05/2012 10:52 AM, LEITNER Martin wrote:
>
> we own an XMLmind XSL-FO Converter Professional Edition license and 
> use the Java library in our product. We have a customer who would like 
> to generate files that can be opened with Microsoft Word, preferably 
> DOCX, that have protected areas which cannot be edited. We understand 
> that this is currently not possible with XMLmind XSL-FO Converter.
>
> If it is possible for you to develop an extension, probably using 
> custom attributes in the XSL-FO file, that can generate DOCX files 
> with protected areas, could you please send us an offer about it. We 
> are interested in the cost and in the time it would take.
>
> We know that Microsoft Word offers many more options than just 
> editable/not editable. It is possible to allow formatting only with 
> certain styles, but prevent editing. We do not necessarily need such a 
> detailed level of control, only editable and protected.
>
> I am looking forward to your offer!

I'm really sorry but we do not offer such customization service for XMLmind XSL-FO Converter (which, unlike XMLmind XML Editor, has not been designed to be extensible). Therefore we cannot make you an offer.

We suggest that you (or a Java developer you have hired) implement this feature yourself. To our knowledge, this should not be too challenging.

You have an fc-dev license, hence you have access to the full source code of the product and you have the rights to modify it (of course, without our help):

http://www.xmlmind.com/foconverter/license_dev.html:
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Licensee may modify the Software for the purpose of integration, however such action frees Licensor from any further technical support to Licensee.
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>
> Best regards,
>


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PS: You are not the first customer who wants to make use of 
MS-Word/.docx features beyond those directly mapping to XSL-FO (e.g. 
read-only sections, computed fields).

Let me say that even we cannot help you in the short term, we have heard 
and understood your request.

We are now thinking about a simple, generic, mechanism which would allow 
a third-party XSL programmer to quickly and easily implement these kinds 
of MS-Word/.docx features.

 
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