Word Document Properties

Chapter 11: VBA Programming with XML
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Listing 11-4
Creating an XSD File to Export a Letter

targetNamespace=”http://www.mysite.com”
xmlns=”http://www.mysite.com”
elementFormDefault=”qualified”>


















This example doesn’t require a collection of items, such as those found in a
database, so it doesn’t require a complex structure. Each of the elements
appears only one time except for the 
Body
element, which can appear once
for each paragraph in the letter. Notice that this XSD file includes a
targetNamespace
. Think of this as the default namespace for the XSD file.
Word requires this entry. Word also requires that you include the
mixed=”true”
attribute for the 

tag. Otherwise, it con-
tinually reports that the 
MyLetter
element can’t contain text.
After you create the template and the XSD file, you need to link the two. The
procedure for accomplishing this task is different from working with an indi-
vidual file. Here are the steps that you need to follow: