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// 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 
 SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.WordTemplate wt = new SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter.WordTemplate();

 // Open the template document 
 string templatePath = @"..\..\TemplatesWordTemplateFiles\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, @"..\..\OutputWordOutputFiles\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);
 }
}