https://github.com/bagilevi/docx_builder

Compose docx file (Microsoft Word 2007) based on a template XML
https://github.com/bagilevi/docx_builder

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Compose docx file (Microsoft Word 2007) based on a template XML

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bagilevi/docx_builder
• Owner: bagilevi
• Created: 2010-05-28T23:49:17.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-05-28T23:53:44.000Z (almost 15 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-09T10:27:57.890Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Ruby
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• Stars: 46
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.textile

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h1. DocX Builder

_DocX Builder_ is a small utility to help you compose a docx (Microsoft Word 2007) based on a template's XML.

The @slice_template.rb@ can be used separately for non-docx applications.

The steps:

# Create a docx file with _Microsoft Word_ or _OpenOffice.org_

# Unzip it (the docx file is actually a ZIP package)

# Create your template from @word/document.xml@

# Open the template and reformat it (I used RubyMine)

# Find the parts you need to generate programmatically, and mark them up with  ... , see @example/plan_report_template.xml@

# Remove the formatting (compact the XML)

# Create your builder, see @example.rb@

h2. The example explained


  _____head______ _________area_______________________________________ _foot_

 |               |                                                    |      |

 |               |                ________goal________________________|      |

 |               |               |                                    |      |

 |               |               |                _______objective____|      |

 |               |               |               |                    |      |

 |  (Plan Name)  |  (Area Name)  |  (Goal Name)  |  (Objective Name)  |      |

 _____________________________________________________________________________

                                  XML DOCUMENT



You can assign a text to a placeholder:


 template['head']['Plan Name'] = @plan.name



Or you can replace a slice with a string, that can be composed by multiplying that slice:


  template['area'] =

    @plan.areas.map do |area|


      area_slice = template['area'].clone

      area_slice['Area Name'] = area.description

      area_slice['goal'] = '...'

  end



See @example.rb@