Word 2007 XML Format

Question

Good Afternoon,
I am playing around with VBA and I came across something that I tried doing some time ago. Add a custom XML file into the Word 2007 XML Format and then access it programmatically.
For instance; I have a list that I would like to load into a dropdown ribbon control. If I can create a small XML file with this information then I could read the information from the XML file and load it into the control.
Hope I am being clear.
Gus
Gustavo Miller

Answer 1

Hi Gus,
Do you mean you want to use VBA code to add a DropDownList Ribbon control for the word document and populate some items from a custom XML file?
As far as I know, you can't modify the custom ui xml for Word document in VBA code. I recommend that you move to VSTO Word Add-In, use managed add-in project to create/read/write custom xml file, add DropDownList control to the Ribbon and edit the items.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386097.aspx
Or use CustomUIEditor to manually add Ribbon controls for the Word document:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc508991(office.11).aspx#UsingtheCustomUIEditor2_AddingTemplatestotheCustomUIEditor
By the way, to manipulate XML files, these documents should help:
A Beginner's Guide to the XML DOM
Editing Data in an Excel 2007 Open XML File with VBA
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