fleXdoc: template-based server-side document generator (docx)

Project Description
fleXdoc can be used to produce Word 2007/2010 (docx) documents without the need to have Microsoft Word installed.
It takes a document template (document containing data-placeholders) and an XML-based data-file and merges them to create the final document. It supports advanced scenario's like repeating sections (lists, tables), images, custom formatting, etc.
To get a quick overview of fleXdoc, you may want to read the Quickstart-Manual.

IMPORTANT: Would you pay for Word 2010 (and above) support?

So far fleXdoc is still totally free, but donations are always welcome!

fleXdoc currently supports the following features:

• Creates Word 2007 docx-files (OOXML-standard compliant)
• Webservice facade for the API, making it possible to use fleXdoc as a service in a SOA-environment
• Templates are created from within Word without the need for any additional software/plugins
• Word is not needed for generating the final document, which makes this an ideal server-side solution
• Template placeholder support the following types:
  • ValueOf: renders a single value, including formatting (text, numeric, datetime, custom)
  • UseContext: sets the context for the data-file, making it possible to use relative xpath-queries
  • ForEach: repeat the inner placeholders for each item (for creating lists/tables), incl. sort-support
  • IncludeTemplate: include an external document/template: uses altchunks which are only supported by Word
  • ImportTemplate: fysically import an external document/template: no altchunks used, so supported by any viewer
  • If: Conditional rendering
  • ImgOf: renders an image (base64-encoded inside the data-file, or referenced by uri)
• Data is selected using xpath-queries, thus supporting rich constructs
• Easy to use API (.NET class library)
• ServiceClient-tool for easy testing of templates
• Support for webbased access (url) to template, data-files and images, allowing fleXdoc to retrieve them from a website/webservice
• High performance: up to 60.000 documents per hour!

The fleXdoc-project is supported by:

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WARNING: Current version of fleXdoc depends on a feature of Microsoft Word, that has been removed (sort of) in Office 2010 due to patent issues! This also applies to US-versions of Office 2007 released after november 2009. Read more here.