Does Powerpoint 2007 XML support CustData?

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Leonardo

I am using the OOXML SDK 2.0 to write software to automatically update
Powerpoint 2007 files on a server that does not run Powerpoint.

I have successfully added Custom XML files and Extension elements to the
Powerpoint files.
I.E. the files load ucessfully in Powerpoint with no error mesages etc.

However - when I add some <CustData> elements in the saem locations as
the Extension elements Powerpoint complains and totally wipes the content
of the slides.

I have cheked against the Ecma spec - tested the documents for validity
withing the SDK and externally against a schema and all seem to indicate
that the XML content is well-formed, valid and compliant.
Only Powerpoint 2007 (latest updated version) has other ideas.

Can anyone give me a definitive answer as to whether this should work -
and so I need to find the error in my program - or whether these XMl
elements are not supported in Powerpoint - in which case I can stop
wasting my time, look for other solutions and report the error in the
Ecma specification and in the Microsoft schemas.


Any other help also greatly appreciated.


Thanks


Leo
 
Leo, I can only repeat what MS has told me. The OOXML standard is a work in
progress and not everything in the standard is supported yet in all the
Office apps. Of course what doesn't work yet is not documented.. :-(


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