Create Word Reports Without Microsoft Word Using Spire.doc

We will create a Windows application to demonstrate how to generate a Word doc as a report (Certificate) using the Spire.net library.

Spire.Doc for .NET is a library for developers to create, read, write, convert, and print Word document files from C#, VB.NET, and ASP.NET with quality performance.

Step 1. Create Windows Form Application, go to File - New Project, Windows, then Windows Forms Application, give the name 'WinSpiredoc', and click 'Ok'.

This will create a Windows form application as in the following screenshot.

Step 2. Create a layout by drag and drop the Button control on the form.

Step 3. Change the button text property and give the name 'Generate Certificate'.

Step 4. Add the reference dll of Spire.Doc.dll in your project, this is the dll using the class and methods we are going to generate a Word document.

Step 5. Include Spire.Doc and Spire.Doc.Document reference in your Form. cs file. For downloading and using Spire.Doc please click here.

Step 6. Now add the following code on your button click event. Here we are creating a document object, and for that load a document first, then we will append the text paragraph, and lastly we will save the doc file and launch the MS Word file.

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Create word document
    Document document = new Document();
    
    // Load a document
    document.LoadFromFile(@"D:\Ankur\PROJECTS\My Blogs\certificate.txt");
    
    // Get a paragraph
    Paragraph paragraph = document.Sections[0].AddParagraph();
    
    // Append Text
    paragraph.AppendText("This is to certify that Mr / Ms._____________________, has successfully completed his ______________________________ study with specialisation in _____________ at XYZ University.");
    
    // Save doc file.
    document.SaveToFile("Sample.doc", FileFormat.Doc);
    
    // Launching the MS Word file.
    WordDocViewer("Sample.doc");
}

private void WordDocViewer(string fileName)
{
    try
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName);
    }
    catch { }
}

Step 7. Now run the application and click on the 'Generate Certificate' Button.

Step 8. This will open a Word doc file with the paragraph you have added to the code.

You can create invoices, certificates, bills, etc, dynamically using this without utilizing Microsoft Word.

So, using Spire.Doc, you can generate, modify, convert, render, and print documents without utilizing Microsoft Word®.

But you need MS Word viewer to view the resultant document.

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