ByteScout Barcode Suite – C# – Generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk

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ByteScout Barcode Suite – C# – Generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk

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How to generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk in C# and ByteScout Barcode Suite

Learning is essential in computer world and the tutorial below will demonstrate how to generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk in C#

Generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk is simple to apply in C# if you use these source codes below. Want to generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk in your C# app? ByteScout Barcode Suite is designed for it. ByteScout Barcode Suite is the set that includes three different SDK products to generate barcodes, read barcodes and read and write spreadsheets: Barcode SDK, Barcode Reader SDK and Spreadsheet SDK.

This prolific sample source code in C# for ByteScout Barcode Suite contains various functions and other necessary options you should do calling the API to generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk. This C# sample code is all you need for your app. Just copy and paste the code, add references (if needs to) and you are all set! Complete and detailed tutorials and documentation are available along with installed ByteScout Barcode Suite if you’d like to learn more about the topic and the details of the API.

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Program.cs

      // This example uses Word Automation to create a document, add some text, add a table, 
// fill it with random data and generate barcode images for it.

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
using Bytescout.BarCode;

namespace GenerateWordDocumentWithBarcodes
{
	class Program
	{
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			object optional = Missing.Value;
			object endOfDocBookmark = "\\endofdoc"; /* \endofdoc is a predefined bookmark */ 

			// start Word
			_Application word = new Application();
			word.Visible = false;

			// create new document
			_Document document = word.Documents.Add(ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional);

			// insert a paragraph at the beginning of the document
			Paragraph paragraph1 = document.Content.Paragraphs.Add(ref optional);
			paragraph1.Range.Text = "Heading 1";
			paragraph1.Range.Font.Bold = 1;
			paragraph1.Format.SpaceAfter = 24; // 24 pt spacing after paragraph
			paragraph1.Range.InsertParagraphAfter();

			// insert another paragraph
			object range = document.Bookmarks.get_Item(ref endOfDocBookmark).Range;
			Paragraph paragraph2 = document.Content.Paragraphs.Add(ref range);
			paragraph2.Range.Text = "This is a sentence of normal text. Now here is a table:";
			paragraph2.Range.Font.Bold = 0;
			paragraph2.Format.SpaceAfter = 24;
			paragraph2.Range.InsertParagraphAfter();


			// insert a 5 x 2 table, make the first header row bold and italic
			range = document.Bookmarks.get_Item(ref endOfDocBookmark).Range;
			Table table = document.Tables.Add((Range) range, 5, 2, ref optional, ref optional);
			table.Cell(1, 1).Range.Text = "Value";   // 1st column header
			table.Cell(1, 2).Range.Text = "Barcode"; // 2nd column header
			table.Rows[1].Range.Font.Bold = 1;
			table.Rows[1].Range.Font.Italic = 1;
			AddBorders(table.Cell(1, 1).Range);
			AddBorders(table.Cell(1, 2).Range);
			
			Random random = new Random();
			string tempImage = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "tempImage.png");

			// create barcode object
			Barcode barcode = new Barcode("demo", "demo");
			barcode.Symbology = SymbologyType.Code128;
			barcode.DrawCaption = false;
			
			// fill the table with random data and add barcode images
			for (int row = 2; row <= 5; row++)
			{
				string randomValue = random.Next().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
				Range cell = table.Cell(row, 1).Range;
				cell.Text = randomValue;
				
				AddBorders(cell);

				// generate barcode and save it to temporary image file
				barcode.Value = randomValue;
				barcode.SaveImage(tempImage);

				// put barcode image to second column
				cell = table.Cell(row, 2).Range;
				cell.InlineShapes.AddPicture(tempImage, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional);
				
				AddBorders(cell);
			}


			// save document
			object fileName = @"sample.doc"; // use full file path in your app
			document.SaveAs(ref fileName, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional, ref optional);

			// quit Word
			object saveChanges = true;
			word.Quit(ref saveChanges, ref optional, ref optional);

			System.Diagnostics.Process.Start((string) fileName);
		}

		// Adds borders to provided Range
		static void AddBorders(Range cell)
		{
			cell.Borders[WdBorderType.wdBorderLeft].LineStyle = WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;
			cell.Borders[WdBorderType.wdBorderTop].LineStyle = WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;
			cell.Borders[WdBorderType.wdBorderRight].LineStyle = WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;
			cell.Borders[WdBorderType.wdBorderBottom].LineStyle = WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;
		}
	}
}