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feat: embed files in a document as OLE objects, from docx/embedded-files (#719) - #3802
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…les (#719) EmbeddedFileRun, in a new entry, docx/embedded-files, embeds a file in a document as an OLE object, as Word's Insert > Object > Create from File does: the document shows a picture of the file, and the file opens when it is double-clicked. An Excel workbook, Word document or PowerPoint presentation (.xlsx, .xlsm, .docx, .docm, .pptx, .pptm) is embedded as itself, with Word's ProgIDs, so Office opens it. Any other file, such as a sound, a video or a PDF, is embedded in an OLE package (ProgID Package), which Word for Windows opens with the application the computer opens its type with. The package is written as Word 2016 and later write one: its CompObj and ObjInfo streams are byte for byte Word's, and its Ole10Native stream holds the file and its name. The picture is given as the preview, and the picture frame's shape type is written once in each part, as Word writes it. The compound file writer moves from docx/macros to src/compound-file, which both entries bundle. It now gives the root a class id, and writes DIFAT sectors, so it writes files of more than about 7 MB, such as a video. The oleObject relationship is a type of its own, and PackagePart is generic over its relationship type, defaulting to RelationshipType, so the released types stay compatible. Checked in Word for Mac 16.114: each object is an embedded OLE object with its ProgID, in the body, a table, a header and a footnote; an embedded .docx and .docm open in Word, and a change to one is saved in the document; a package is kept unchanged when Word saves. LibreOffice imports a workbook as a spreadsheet and a document as text, and draws every picture. oletools extracts a packaged file unchanged, and the demo passes the Open XML SDK validator for Office 2010 to Microsoft 365. Word for Windows wasn't checked. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01X5zGDL3sgGVBMXPfny376c
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Issue [#719] asks how to insert music, video, Excel, Word, or PowerPoint files. EmbeddedFileRun implements OLE embedding in docx/embedded-files, with native Office handling, package handling for o… |
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The changes remain within [#719]. The compound-file writer, OLE relationship types, PackagePart typing, patcher namespace handling, shape-type handling, tests, documentation, demo, and build exports… |
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#719] asks how to insert music, video, Excel, Word, or PowerPoint files.EmbeddedFileRunimplements OLE embedding indocx/embedded-files, with native Office handling, package handling for other files, previews, run-location support, documentation, and automated tests. The namespace andpatchDocumenttests cover the reported integration requirement.
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An embedded file writes the picture frame's shape type (_x0000_t75) in the first object of each part, but patchDocument inserts content into a template's part without knowing which shape types it has. A template with an embedded file of its own, or another legacy picture, got a second shape type with the same id, which the Open XML SDK validator rejects. patchDocument now leaves out of the content it inserts each v:shapetype whose id the part has already, as it renumbers drawings and bookmarks so they keep clear of the template's. The inserted shapes use the part's own shape type, which Word and LibreOffice find wherever it is in the part, even after the shape. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01X5zGDL3sgGVBMXPfny376c
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🟠 Major · Declare the VML namespace for embedded-file patches. · from-docx.ts:396
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winDeclare the VML namespace for embedded-file patches.
If the target document does not declare
xmlns:v, the insertedv:shapetype,v:shape, andv:imagedataelements use an unbound prefix. Add the VML namespace to the document root or the inserted content before serialization.- for (const ns of ["mc", "wp", "r", "w15", "m"] as const) { + for (const ns of ["mc", "wp", "r", "w15", "m", "v"] as const) {🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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…t fills in patchDocument declares on the template's document the namespaces of the elements patches insert, so they are bound even when the template doesn't declare them. VML's (v) and Office's (o) weren't among them, so an embedded file, which is drawn as a VML shape with Office's OLE data (o:OLEObject), inserted into a template that doesn't declare them made document.xml not well-formed, with an unbound prefix, and Word couldn't open it. Text boxes, which are VML shapes too, had the same problem. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01X5zGDL3sgGVBMXPfny376c
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@coderabbitai On your outside-diff comment in this review, "Declare the VML namespace for embedded-file patches" ( Agreed, and reproduced. I patched an embedded file into a template whose The diff you suggested wasn't enough. The embedded file also writes Office's namespace: The new test, |
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…ument writes it into patchDocument declared the namespaces of the elements patches insert, such as VML's and Office's, on the document only. Patches are written into headers, footers, notes and comments too, so an embedded file, an image or a text box patched into a header whose template doesn't declare them had unbound prefixes, and the part wasn't well-formed. The same namespaces are now declared on the root of each part patches are written into: the document, headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes and comments. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01X5zGDL3sgGVBMXPfny376c
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Closes #719, which asks how to insert music, video, Excel, Word or PowerPoint files into a document.
What it does
EmbeddedFileRun, in a new entry,docx/embedded-files, embeds a file in a document as an OLE object, as Word's Insert > Object > Create from File does. The document shows a picture of the file, and the file opens when the picture is double-clicked..xlsxand.xlsmopen in Excel.docxand.docmopen in Word.pptxand.pptmopen in PowerPointPackage,word/embeddings/oleObject1.bin): a sound, a video, a PDF, or an older.xls,.docor.ppt. Word for Windows opens a packaged file with the application Windows opens its type with.\1CompObjand\3ObjInfoare byte-for-byte what Word writes.\1Ole10Nativeholds the file, its name in ANSI and in Unicode.preview(png, jpg, gif or bmp). docx can't draw a workbook's cells or an application's icon.displayAsIconsets Word's Display as icon, andaltTextgives the description Word shows as Alt Text.patchDocumentfills in..xlsnamed.xlsx, throws, as Office couldn't open it.svgor a missing type, throws too.Changes outside the new entry
docx/macrostosrc/compound-file, which both entries bundle, assrc/text-layoutis shared now. It gained:OleObjectRelationshipTypeis a separate type, asMacroRelationshipTypeis. Adding theoleObjectrelationship toRelationshipTypemadecheck-apireport a breaking change, asPackagePartexposes it in itsoptions.PackagePartis generic over its relationship type, defaulting toRelationshipType, soPackagePartwithout a type argument is unchanged.PackageParts.Arraykeeps its released type.Fileexposes it, and the compiler only reads the parts' content.check-apipasses.How it was checked
In Word for Mac 16.114:
OLEFormat.Openopens an embedded.docxand.docmin Word. A change to the embedded document is saved back into it when the document is saved..wavis shown, and Word saves its three streams back unchanged. Opening it fails, as on any Mac: "The server application, source file or item cannot be found."w:object,v:shapeando:OLEObjectmarkup as docx, keeps docx's shape ids, and adds onlyo:spidandw14:anchorId.Elsewhere:
.xlsxas a spreadsheet object and a.docxas a text object. It keeps a package as an OLE object, and draws every picture: in the body, a table cell, a header and a footnote.oleobjparses the package and extracts a byte-identical.wav. olefile reads a 40 MB compound file with DIFAT sectors in strict mode.Not checked:
Docs and demo
docs/usage/embedded-files.md, with live examples. docx-preview doesn't draww:object, so the live examples say to download the file.demo/embedded-files/embedded-files.ts, with assets indemo/assets/embedded-files:Not in this PR
Type="Link"), and floating objects.Excel.Sheet.8, rather than packages.Summary by CodeRabbit
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