Support for '.docm' OOXML format?

[3vocati]

Hello,

It seems that python-docx does not have any built in support for '.docm' OOXML documents. From the perspective of parsing this document type as a docx, there is not much difference: There are some extra document parts that support the macro language / VBA, and the Content Type for the 'word\document.xml' Document Part is 'application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.main+xml'.

Attempting to open a '.docm' with python-docx results in the error code "file '...' is not a Word file, content type is 'application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.main+xml'", and it does not even attempt to parse the file.

However, because a docm is basically a docx, I can get python-docx reading and writing docm files by adding the 'application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.main+xml' Content Type to 'opc/constants.py', assigning the Content Type to a Part Factory in init.py, and adding the new Content Type to the gatekeeper check in api.py.

Is this a feature you might add to the library? So far, it seems like a small change; I haven't had any issues with my locally patched version yet, though you might know of some gotchas that I haven't encountered yet.

Thank you,

Pete

[fkromer]

Hello Pete,

thanks a lot for this hint. It would be great to have this feature in an officially released package version.

Thanks,
Florian

[brewlius-cesar]

I too have a need for working with ".docm" files. Is there more to it or is @3vocati's solution adequate?

[bilyum]

It's been a fair few years, but this solution worked for me. However it'd be good to know if there is a 'better' approach (given I don' t need to edit the macro, just the document content)?
#716 doesn't appear to have been implemented in the end either...