patxml for writer instead of ms word [closed]

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To reply to Hans' original question, yes, in theory, it would be possible to convert the VBA macros that add PatXML export used in Word to LO Writer, for example, as an extension. However, that would probably represent a significant challenge, and might possibly involve Windows/Office specific API calls that do not have an equivalent in LO's API, which means that it wouldn't then work, or would require some other workaround to achieve the same result.

Other approaches that could be envisaged :

• develop a XSLT export filter to export Writer documents directly to the XML accepted by the JPO/EPO/USPTO/WIPO ;

• use some other language (e.g. python, PHP) to manipulate ODT documents and output the content.xml to the required patXML format ;

• use XForms to allow for direct data entry and validation and output to patXML format.

Alex