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{note:icon=false} *WordApplication* is only available in *WordWriter Enterprise Edition*.  (_[WordWriter Editions]_) {note}

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{excerpt}[WordApplication|WordApplication] is the main class for pure code\-based Word document generation \(for information about template\-based workbook generation, see [WordTemplate|WordTemplate] \). This class is an engine used to open, create, and write \(save to disk or stream to a browser\) Word documents. A single instance of {{WordApplication}} can generate multiple documents.{excerpt}
{signature:C#}
 public sealed class WordApplication
{signature}{signature:vb.net}
Public NotInheritable Class WordApplication
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{remarks}A generated document is represented by the [Document|Document] class.

The {{WordApplication}} class is in the {{SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter}} namespace. The class can can be referenced as {{SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter}}. To minimize typing and errors, import the namespace to the aspx page, and reference the class as {{WordApplication}}, without the namespace prefix. If you are coding directly in the .aspx page, following the {{Page}} directive, include:

If you are coding in the code\-behind page \(.aspx.cs or .aspx.vb\), include a {{using}} or {{Imports}} statement at the top of the code behind page:

{code:csharp|title=C#}
using SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter;{code}


{code:vbnet|title=vb.net}
Imports SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter{code}


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{example}{code:csharp|title=C#}

          //--- Create an instance of the WordApplication class
          WordApplication oWordApplication = new WordApplication();
        {code}
{code:vbnet|title=vb.net}

          '--- Create an instance of the WordApplication class
          Dim oWordApplication As New WordApplication()
        {code}

{example}
{properties}
||Name||Description||
|[AlwaysUseUnicode|WordApplication.AlwaysUseUnicode]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.AlwaysUseUnicode|nopanel=true}|
|[LicenseKey|WordApplication.LicenseKey]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.LicenseKey|nopanel=true}|
|[Preserve|WordApplication.Preserve]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Preserve|nopanel=true}|
|[Version|WordApplication.Version]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Version|nopanel=true}|
{methods}
||Name||Description||
|[Create()|WordApplication.Create()]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Create()|nopanel=true}|
|[Open(String)|WordApplication.Open(String)]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Open(String)|nopanel=true}|
|[Open(System.IO.Stream)|WordApplication.Open(System.IO.Stream)]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Open(System.IO.Stream)|nopanel=true}|
|[Open(WordTemplate)|WordApplication.Open(WordTemplate)]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Open(WordTemplate)|nopanel=true}|
|[Save(Document, String)|WordApplication.Save(Document, String)]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Save(Document, String)|nopanel=true}|
|[Save(Document, System.IO.Stream)|WordApplication.Save(Document, System.IO.Stream)]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Save(Document, System.IO.Stream)|nopanel=true}|
|[Save(Document, System.Web.HttpResponse, String, Boolean)|WordApplication.Save(Document, System.Web.HttpResponse, String, Boolean)]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Save(Document, System.Web.HttpResponse, String, Boolean)|nopanel=true}|
|[Save(Document, System.Web.HttpResponse, String, Boolean, String)|WordApplication.Save(Document, System.Web.HttpResponse, String, Boolean, String)]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.Save(Document, System.Web.HttpResponse, String, Boolean, String)|nopanel=true}|
|[WordApplication()|WordApplication.WordApplication()]|{excerpt-include:WordApplication.WordApplication()|nopanel=true}|
{extensionMethods}
||Overload||Description||
|[Open(Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary, String)|SharePointIntegration.Open(WordApplication, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary, String)]|{excerpt-include:SharePointIntegration.Open(WordApplication, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary, String)|nopanel=true}|
|[Open(Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem, String)|SharePointIntegration.Open(WordApplication, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem, String)]|{excerpt-include:SharePointIntegration.Open(WordApplication, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem, String)|nopanel=true}|
|[Save(Document, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary, String, Boolean)|SharePointIntegration.Save(WordApplication, Document, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary, String, Boolean)]|{excerpt-include:SharePointIntegration.Save(WordApplication, Document, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPDocumentLibrary, String, Boolean)|nopanel=true}|
|[Save(Document, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem, String)|SharePointIntegration.Save(WordApplication, Document, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem, String)]|{excerpt-include:SharePointIntegration.Save(WordApplication, Document, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPListItem, String)|nopanel=true}|