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Append Document

This example demonstrates how to append a Word document

First DOC or DOCX file:

Second DOC or DOCX file:

About this demo C# VB.NET

We use word documents quite often during work, merger of multiple Word documents into one might be required

We see first file browser which is the primary word file into which other file will be merged

We see second file browser which is the file that is going to be append to primary file

As a result of this merger we will have a one single file with both file content

We have several version of this representation in words ,using dropdown you can make a choice within the following

After clicking a generate button will launch a file with above choosen version of word , this file have content of both first and second file

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 AppendDocumentExample : WordExampleBase
#if WEB
, IUIExample
#endif
    {
        public string FirstFileName;
        public string SecondFileName;

        public AppendDocumentExample(string commonDataPath, string outputDir)
            : base(commonDataPath, outputDir)
        {

        }

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

        }

        public override string Execute()
        {
#if WEB
            ProcessForm();
#endif
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(SecondFileName))
            {
                ShowError("Please specify the source doc file.");
                return null;
            }

            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(FirstFileName))
            {
                ShowError("Please specify the dest doc file.");
                return null;
            }

            // Create a new instance of PdfDocument class.
            WordDocument document = new WordDocument(FirstFileName);

            // Open the source Word document.
            WordDocument sourceDocument = new WordDocument(SecondFileName);

            document.AppendDocument(sourceDocument, false);

            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 fileName;
        }

        public override string ActionTitle
        {
            get
            {
                return "Combine Files";
            }
        }

#if WEB
        void ProcessForm()
        {
            FirstFileName = GetPostFile("FirstFile");
            SecondFileName = GetPostFile("SecondFile");
        }
#endif
    }
}

Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text

Imports OfficeComponent.Word


Namespace OfficeComponent.Samples
#If WEB Then
	Friend Class AppendDocumentExample
		Inherits WordExampleBase
		Implements IUIExample
#Else
	Friend Class AppendDocumentExample
		Inherits WordExampleBase
#End If
		Public FirstFileName As String
		Public SecondFileName As String

		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
#If WEB Then
			ProcessForm()
#End If
			If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(SecondFileName) Then
				ShowError("Please specify the source doc file.")
				Return Nothing
			End If

			If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(FirstFileName) Then
				ShowError("Please specify the dest doc file.")
				Return Nothing
			End If

			' Create a new instance of PdfDocument class.
			Dim document As New WordDocument(FirstFileName)

			' Open the source Word document.
			Dim sourceDocument As New WordDocument(SecondFileName)

			document.AppendDocument(sourceDocument, False)

			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 fileName
		End Function

		Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ActionTitle() As String
			Get
				Return "Combine Files"
			End Get
		End Property

#If WEB Then
		Private Sub ProcessForm()
			FirstFileName = GetPostFile("FirstFile")
			SecondFileName = GetPostFile("SecondFile")
		End Sub
#End If
	End Class
End Namespace