[Solved] Generating Word Document with OpenXML SDK... document opens in compatibility mode?

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I am generating word documents via the openxml sdk for office, and can't figure out why my documents open in compatibility mode. Often times they crash word when I try to close them. The packages pass the validation as it is checked by the productivity tool that you can also get from MSDN.

The following very basic code creates a document that will open in compatibility mode and seems to crash word for me quite often.

using (WordprocessingDocument wordDoc = WordprocessingDocument.Create(outputPath, WordprocessingDocumentType.Document))
{
  MainDocumentPart mainPart = wordDoc.AddMainDocumentPart();
  mainPart.Document = new Document();
  mainPart.Document.Append(new Body());
  mainPart.Document.Body.Append(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("Test"))));
}

I seem to be missing something pretty fundamental, but all the examples I find are doing the same thing. Does anyone know what is the problem?

thanks,

Danny

UPDATE from OP:
Solved by OP himself. Posted as one of the answers.

Posted 30-Mar-11 17:16pm

DannyStaten

Updated 30-Mar-11 22:44pm

Sandeep Mewara

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GenJerDan 30-Mar-11 23:38pm

Are you doing SetPackageProperties(document); at the end of the CreatePackage function? With the SetPackageProperties function creating it an an OpenXMLPackage?
i.e.
SetPackageProperies(OpenXmlPackage document)

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Just a little bit late, but I wouldn't do it with an external dependency like an XML-File.

My suggestion is:

C#

private static void AddSettingsToMainDocumentPart(MainDocumentPart part) {
    DocumentSettingsPart settingsPart = part.AddNewPart<documentsettingspart>();
    settingsPart.Settings = new Settings(
       new Compatibility(
           new CompatibilitySetting() { 
               Name = new EnumValue<compatsettingnamevalues>(CompatSettingNameValues.CompatibilityMode),
               Val = new StringValue("14"),
               Uri = new StringValue("http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word")
           }
       )
    );
    settingsPart.Settings.Save();
}</compatsettingnamevalues></documentsettingspart>

This will add compatibilty to Office 2010 (referring to the magic "14") for example.

Posted 9-Nov-11 5:01am

Trajan6

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DannyStaten · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30T18:13:00

Ok I figured this out, and it turned out to be similar to what I had to do for styles in some ways.

The answer someone posted on this forum post got me started:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/is/oxmlsdk/thread/7d55514b-f846-4790-b545-3693ab18d966[^]

I took the xml in his answer and made it into an xml file in my project. I then set that to copy always in its properties. After doing that, I use the following function to add the settings to the document, and it will open correctly for Word 2010:

private static void AddSettingsToMainDocumentPart(MainDocumentPart part)
      {
          DocumentSettingsPart settingsPart = part.AddNewPart<DocumentSettingsPart>();
          FileStream settingsTemplate = new FileStream("settings.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
          settingsPart.FeedData(settingsTemplate);
          settingsPart.Settings.Save();
      }

Doing that has made it so my documents open without being in compatibility mode.