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

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ByteScout Premium 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 Premium Suite

If you want to learn more then this tutorial will show how to generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk in C#

The sample source code below will teach you how to generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk in C#. ByteScout Premium Suite: the bundle that includes twelve SDK products from ByteScout including tools and components for PDF, barcodes, spreadsheets, screen video recording. It can generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk in C#.

The SDK samples given below describe how to quickly make your application do generate word document with barcodes with barcode sdk in C# with the help of ByteScout Premium Suite. 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! Want to see how it works with your data then code testing will allow the function to be tested and work properly.

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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;
		}
	}
}