Martin Spedding's BlogAdventures in a disconnected worldConfused..Office xml format, Metro and XAML- April 27, 2005 Last few days before I start my new job and I think I am getting a little confused. So I have an office document and I can save it as XML. If I print it, in the future, it will be converted into "Metro" format. In addition there is "XAML" which is a another way of serialising objects so why couldn't "XAML" have been used.. Why do I need so many different XML formats If I send a document to a user on a different platform it seems that "Metro" would be the correct format to send it in as it is...http://weblogs.asp.net/mspedding/archive/2005/04/27/404752.aspx Swallowing the red pill- April 18, 2005 It is a long time since I have blogged and part of that is because I have been acting in a play but also because I decided to change jobs. Well now a lot of things have been resolved and I will be joining Microsoft Switzerland as an Account Technology Specialist at the start of May 2005. Knowing that I was joining the company has led to me think twice before I put "finger to keyboard", that sounds weird compared to putting pen to paper, but hopefully I will be blogging more again in...http://weblogs.asp.net/mspedding/archive/2005/04/18/403181.aspx |