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Hello World

This example demonstrates how to write a simple text to a Word document.

About this demo C# VB.NET

This simple example creates 'Hello World' text and save to a Word document. Its support multiple word extension files. Below are supported file formats

DOC (.doc)
DOCX (.docx)
RTF (.rtf)
TEXT (.txt)
Word XML
E-book (.epub)
DSL based XML
HTML

On clicking generate button, it will create a Word document in the selected format.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using OfficeComponent.Word;


namespace OfficeComponent.Samples
{
    class HelloWorldExample : WordExampleBase
    {
        public HelloWorldExample(string commonDataPath, string outputDir)
            : base(commonDataPath, outputDir)
        {

        }

        public HelloWorldExample(string commonDataPath, string outputDir, string xmlFile) : base(commonDataPath, outputDir, xmlFile)
        {

        }

        public override string Execute()
        {
            // Create a new instance of WordDocument class.
            WordDocument document = new WordDocument();

            // Add a new section to the document.
            Section section = document.AddSection();

            // Adding a new paragraph to the section.
            Paragraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph();

            // Insert Text into the paragraph
            paragraph.AppendText("OfficeComponent Word - Hello World!");

            string fileName = Path.Combine(OutputDir, this.GetType().Name + "_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + GetExtension(SaveAsFormat));
            // Save the document.
            document.Save(fileName, SaveAsFormat);

            // Close the document.
            document.Close();

            // return the generate file path.
            return fileName;
        }
    }

}

Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports OfficeComponent.Word


Namespace OfficeComponent.Samples
	Friend Class HelloWorldExample
		Inherits WordExampleBase
		Public Sub New(ByVal commonDataPath As String, ByVal outputDir As String)
			MyBase.New(commonDataPath, outputDir)

		End Sub

		Public Sub New(ByVal commonDataPath As String, ByVal outputDir As String, ByVal xmlFile As String)
			MyBase.New(commonDataPath, outputDir, xmlFile)

		End Sub

		Public Overrides Function Execute() As String
			' Create a new instance of WordDocument class.
			Dim document As New WordDocument()

			' Add a new section to the document.
			Dim section As Section = document.AddSection()

			' Adding a new paragraph to the section.
			Dim paragraph As Paragraph = section.AddParagraph()

			' Insert Text into the paragraph
			paragraph.AppendText("OfficeComponent Word - Hello World!")

			Dim fileName As String = Path.Combine(OutputDir, Me.GetType().Name & "_" & Guid.NewGuid().ToString() & GetExtension(SaveAsFormat))
			' Save the document.
			document.Save(fileName, SaveAsFormat)

			' Close the document.
			document.Close()

			' return the generate file path.
			Return fileName
		End Function
	End Class

End Namespace