Intro
Generate a form letter with WordTemplate, then pass it to WordApplication to have formatting applied based on the user's selections.This demo's template document is in the format of a standard form letter. The recipient and author information is inserted into the document dynamically. You could also write the letter text and image into the document using WordTemplate.
After the form letter is generated with WordTemplate, the document is passed to WordApplication, which then applies formatting (font, font size, etc) based on the user's selections.
Code
// This data will be imported private string recipName = "Bradley Smith" ; private string recipStreetAddr = "123 College Street" ; private string recipCity = "Boston" ; private string recipState = "MA" ; private string recipZip = "02201-1020" ; private string authName = "John Doyle" ; private string authTitle = "Mr." ; // Font specifications that will be applied to the document private string fontName = "Arial" ; private double fontSize = 10; /// <summary> /// Build the report with WordTemplate. Then pass it to WordApplication for formatting. /// </summary> public void GenerateDocument() { // Form the required WordWriter name array. The elements // in this array correspond to the names of the // merge fields in the template, and each element's array // index should correspond to an element in the value array string [] arrNames = { "RecipientName" , "RecipientStreetAddr" , "RecipientCity" , "RecipientState" , "RecipientZip" , "AuthorName" , "AuthorTitle" }; // The value array. The value of the elements in this array // contain info supplied in the web form. These values // represent the data that will be dynamically populated // in the template file. object [] arrValues = {recipName, recipStreetAddr, recipCity, recipState, recipZip, authName, authTitle}; // Create the WordTemplate object WordTemplate wt = new WordTemplate(); // Open the template document string templatePath = @"..\..\WordTemplateFiles\FormLetterFormattingTemplate.doc" ; wt.Open(templatePath); // Set the datasource with the name and value arrays defined above wt.SetDataSource(arrValues, arrNames); // Process the template wt.Process(); // Create the WordApplication object WordApplication wwapp = new WordApplication(); // Open the processed WordTemplate document for formatting Document doc = wwapp.Open(wt); // Format the document with the selected font and font size FormatCharacterRuns(doc); // Save the document by streaming it // to the client's browser wwapp.Save(doc, @"..\..\WordOutputFiles\FormLetterFormatted_out.doc" ); } // Formats all CharacterRuns in the specified Element with the specified font name and size private void FormatCharacterRuns(Element e) { // If this element is a CharacterRun, format it if (e.ElementType == Element.Type.CharacterRun) { CharacterRun run = (CharacterRun) e; run.Font.FontName = this .fontName; run.Font.FontSize = this .fontSize; } // For each child of this element foreach (Element child in e.Children) { // Call FormatCharacterRuns FormatCharacterRuns(child); } } |
Downloads
Template: FormLetterFormattingTemplate.doc
Output: FormLetterFormatted_out.doc