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The WordApplication Object

WordApplication is the main class for pure code-based Word document generation (for information about template-based workbook generation, see 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.

A generated document is represented by the 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:

<%@Import Namespace="SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter"%>

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:

C#: using SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter;

VB.NET: Imports SoftArtisans.OfficeWriter.WordWriter

Examples:

[csharp]

// Create an instance of the WordApplication class
WordApplication oWordApplication = new WordApplication();

[vbnet]

' Create an instance of the WordApplication class
Dim oWordApplication As New WordApplication()

WordApplication Properties

Property	Type	Access	Description
LicenseKey	String	read write	Sets or returns the license key used for this instance of `WordApplication`
Preserve	boolean	read write	Sets or returns a boolean that represents whether or not WordWriter will preserve feature of an existing document that it does not natively support
Version	String	read	Returns the exact version of WordWriter

WordApplication Methods

Returns	Signature and Description
Document	Create ( ) Creates and returns a new `Document` based on the Normal style
Document	Open ( String fileName ) Opens and returns an existing `Document` from disk.
Document	Open ( System.IO.Stream stream ) Opens and returns an existing `Document` from the specified `Stream`.
Document	Open ( WordTemplate wwt ) Takes a `WordTemplate` object representing a template Word file, and opens the file as a `Document` object.
void	Save ( Document doc , String fileName ) Writes a `Document` to a file
void	Save ( Document doc , System.IO.Stream out ) Writes a `Document` to a stream in the form of a Microsoft Word document
void	Save ( Document doc , System.Web.HttpResponse response , String fileName , boolean openInBrowser ) Streams a `Document` to an HttpResponse with the option of having it open in the user's web browser
void	Save ( Document doc , System.Web.HttpResponse response , String fileName , boolean openInBrowser , String contentType ) Streams a `Document` to an HttpResponse with the option of having it open in the user's web browser