ByteScout BarCode Generator SDK – Microsoft Word – Add Barcode to Word Document in C#

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ByteScout BarCode Generator SDK – Microsoft Word – Add Barcode to Word Document in C#

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How to add barcode to word document in c# in Microsoft Word using ByteScout Barcode SDK

How to code in Microsoft Word to add barcode to word document in c# with this step-by-step tutorial

Learn how to add barcode to word document in c# in Microsoft Word with this source code sample. What is ByteScout Barcode SDK? It is the robost SDK that generates high quality barcode images and pdf. Can generate all popular types of barcodes from QR Code, Code 39, Code 128, UPC, GS1, GS-128, PDF417, Datamatrix to more exotic barcode types. Fully customizable fonts, colors, print sizes. Includes special functions to ensure output quality, and tools for adding barcodes to new or existing pdf files and images. It can help you to add barcode to word document in c# in your Microsoft Word application.

The SDK samples like this one below explain how to quickly make your application do add barcode to word document in c# in Microsoft Word with the help of ByteScout Barcode SDK. In your Microsoft Word project or application you may simply copy & paste the code and then run your app! Further enhancement of the code will make it more vigorous.

Trial version of ByteScout Barcode SDK is available for free. Source code samples are included to help you with your Microsoft Word app.

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Program.cs

      /*
 IMPORTANT:
 Copy input.doc to your my documents folder
 and change the path to "input.doc" below 
 Word requires to provide absolute path to input files
*/

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using Bytescout.BarCode;

namespace InsertIntoMicrosoftWordDocument
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Create new barcode
            Barcode barcode = new Barcode();

            // Set symbology
            barcode.Symbology = SymbologyType.Codabar;
            // Set value
            barcode.Value = "123456";

            // Add checksum to barcode
            barcode.AddChecksum = true;

            // Create word instance
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application appWord = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();

            // Hide word
            appWord.Visible = false;

            // Create missing object
            object mis = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
            // Template file - change to the appropraite path where you copied input.doc
            object fileInput = @"C:\input.doc";
            // Template file - change to the appropraite path where you copied input.doc
            object fileOutput = @"C:\output.doc";

            // Open document
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document docWord = appWord.Documents.Open(ref fileInput, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis);

            // Set bookmark name
            object bookmarkName = "MyBookmark";

            // Get bookmark location
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range bookmarkLocation = docWord.Bookmarks.get_Item(ref bookmarkName).Range;

            // Get barcode image
            Bitmap image = (Bitmap)barcode.GetImage();

            // Copy image to the clipboard
            Clipboard.SetDataObject(image);

            // Paste barcode image to the document
            bookmarkLocation.Paste();

            // Save to the new document
            docWord.SaveAs(ref fileOutput, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis, ref mis); 

            // We needn't save changes
            object saveChanges = false;

            // Close word application
            appWord.Quit(ref saveChanges, ref mis, ref mis);

            // Release COM object
            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(appWord);
        }
    }
}