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{excerpt}Saves the generated Word file to a SharePoint List Item.
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public static void Save(this WordTemplate template, Microsoft.SharePoint.ListItem listItem, string fileName)

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Public Shared Sub Save(ByVal template As WordTemplate, ByVal listItem As Microsoft.SharePoint.ListItem, ByVal fileName As String)

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The current WordTemplate object that is being saved to file

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SharePoint List Item to which the file is being saved

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Name of the file to be saved

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{param:template}The current WordTemplate object that is being saved to file
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{param:listItem}SharePoint List Item to which the file is being saved{param}
{param:fileName}Name of the file to be saved{param}
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{exception:ArgumentNullException}{{Save}} will throw this exception if {{null}} \(C\#\) or {{Nothing}} \(VB.NET\) is passed to the method.
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{remarks}You can call [Save|WordTemplate.Save] more than once for a single instance of [WordTemplate]. This allows you to save more than one copy of a generated file, and/or both save the file on the server and stream it to the client.
{note}This is an extension method for the WordTemplate object to be used for saving documents to a SharePoint List Item from within SharePoint.  To use this method, you must add a reference to SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.SharePointIntegration.dll

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{example}{code:csharp|title=C#}
//--- Retrieve current AllowUnsafeUpdates value
bool currentAllowUnsafeUpdates = list.ParentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates;

//--- You must allow unsafe updates in order for the file to be saved in the
//--- List from a web application
list.ParentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
wt.Save(listItem, "populated.docx");

//--- Update the list
listItem.Update();

//--- Return the AllowUnsafeUpdates value to its original state
list.ParentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = currentAllowUnsafeUpdates;
        

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'--- Retrieve current AllowUnsafeUpdates value
Dim currentAllowUnsafeUpdates As Boolean = list.ParentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates

'--- You must allow unsafe updates in order for the file to be saved in the
'--- List from a web application
list.ParentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = True
wt.Save(listItem, "populated.docx")

'--- Update the list
listItem.Update()

'--- Return the AllowUnsafeUpdates value to its original state
list.ParentWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = currentAllowUnsafeUpdates
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