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WordLib
MS Word Document Import for LiveCode!

v 2.2: Tab align, LC 9; alt line breaks, fix textbox duplicates;
better fonts/styles, more 3rd-party files!

• Enable your users to import MS Word and OpenOffice documents
• Bundle help files to view inside your software or in a word processor
• Issue one command to import docs with file selection and error check
• Write text field contents using a word processor as external editor
• Store documents right inside your stacks with all associated images
• Add import capability to your own LiveCode-based word processor

More benefits:

• Spruce up your field contents with better formatting
• Take advantage of new and popular file formats
• Easily display images inside fields, or even tables
• Create documentation that's easier to read and more useful
• Use defined styles in Word or OpenOffice to save time on formatting

WordLib supports many document features, from text fonts, sizes, and styles to highlights, hyperlinks, and bullet lists and even images, tables, and footnotes. Supported file formats are MS Word 2007-2013 (.docx, .docm, .xml), MS Word 2003 (.xml), OpenOffice (.odt), and MS Word 97-2003 (.doc, limited support).

Syntax:

importDocumentToField fieldName
- or -
get HTMLTextOfDocument (filePath)

A simple example:

start using "wordlib.rev" -- load the library
importDocumentToField "myField" -- import a document
-- (with auto file selection and error handling)


(Screenshot of Import Document button script in Try WordLib.rev stack)

Another example:

start using "wordlib.rev" -- load the library
answer file "Choose an OpenOffice or MS Word document" -- select file
set htmlText of field "myField" to htmlTextOfDocument(it) -- import

Changes:

WordLib 2.2 brings MS Word tab aligns, fixes duplicate text box content, supports a less-common alternative line break, plus more accurate font/style import, better import of images and other content from third-party files, updated demo and documents, and great LC 9 support!

WordLib 2.0 adds many formatting features, more Mobile capabilities, document meta info, a better demo, and Android support!

WordLib 1.5 adds iOS support and easier library installation.

WordLib 1.3 adds Mac support and Windows is also fully supported.

WordLib offers support for these Word 2007 and OpenOffice features:

- Text font and size

- Bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough text

- Superscripts and subscripts

- Text border or box style

- Text color

- Text highlight color or shading

- Paragraph alignment, margins, and tab stops! *

- Paragraph borders and highlight colors! *

- Paragraph line spacing! *

- Unicode-friendly tables with column widths! *

- Hyperlinks

- Hierarchichal ordered lists and bullet lists! *

- Bullet lists

- Images!

- Footnotes and endnotes!

- Citations

- Rendering of defined styles!

* (These features are for Word 2007+ in the current 2.0 release; ODT and legacy Word improvements are priority for coming updates.)

Registration:

You can try out WordLib for personal, non-commercial uses without any enforced time restrictions, but if you use the library regularly, please register. In trial/free mode you will occasionally see a reminder/about notice inserted at the beginning of a document, and import will be disabled in standalone applications.

For non-personal or commercial/paid uses, including commercial software, freeware/shareware, consulting or contracting, use for work or at schools or organizations, etc., you will need to register. (There are store links on this page and in the Try WordLib stack.) The license is automatically delivered immediately after you place your order at the eSellerate store, so you can get started within minutes, or order with RunRev for their stellar service. Site license available on request.

(Contact the author if you are interested in licensing for use in a Revolution add-on or development tool, or general programming aid or command-line tool; these are NOT covered by the regular license.)