Need help to handle a table or a list

Question

Hi,
When handling Word paragraph, what is the code to create a list or a table within the created document?

Answer 1

Hi @Peter_1985 ,
In order to create a table within the created document, you can refer to the following example.
Student.cs

namespace myWindowsFormsApp  
{  
    class Student  
    {  
        public string Name;  
        public int Score;  
        public string StuClass;  
        public string Leader;  
    }  
}  

Form1.cs

namespace myWindowsFormsApp  
{  
    public partial class Form1 : Form  
    {  
        public Form1()  
        {  
            InitializeComponent();  
        }  
  
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)  
        {  
            CreateTableToDoc();  
        }  
        protected void CreateTableToDoc()  
        {  
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();  
            object filename = @"C:\Users\xingyuzh\Desktop\test.docx";  
            object isread = false;  
            object isvisible = true;  
            object miss = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;  
            app.Documents.Open(ref filename, ref miss, ref isread, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss, ref isvisible, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss, ref miss);  
            try  
            {  
                List<Student> datas = new List<Student>();  
                datas.Add(new Student { Leader = "aa", Name = "aaa", Score = 111, StuClass = "aaaa" });  
                datas.Add(new Student { Leader = "bb", Name = "bbb", Score = 222, StuClass = "bbbb" });  
                datas.Add(new Student { Leader = "cc", Name = "ccc1", Score = 333, StuClass = "cccc" });  
                datas.Add(new Student { Leader = "cc", Name = "ccc2", Score = 555, StuClass = "cccc" });  
                datas.Add(new Student { Leader = "dd", Name = "ddd", Score = 666, StuClass = "dddd" });  
                var cate = datas.GroupBy(s => s.StuClass);  
                int rows = cate.Count() + 2;  //row for title  
                int cols = 5;  
                object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;  
  
                //The title format  
                app.Selection.Font.Bold = 700;  
                app.Selection.Font.Size = 16;  
                app.Selection.Range.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdParagraphAlignment.wdAlignParagraphCenter;  
                app.Selection.Text = "Title";  
  
                //Wrap to add a table  
                object line = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdUnits.wdLine;  
                app.Selection.MoveDown(ref line, oMissing, oMissing);  
                app.Selection.TypeParagraph();//Wrap  
                Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range range = app.Selection.Range;  
                Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Table table = app.Selection.Tables.Add(range, rows, cols, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);  
  
                //Set the font size of the table to be thick  
                table.Range.Font.Size = 10;  
                table.Range.Font.Bold = 0;  
  
                //Set the outer and inner borders of the table  
                table.Borders.OutsideLineStyle = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleSingle;  
                table.Borders.InsideLineStyle = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdLineStyle.wdLineStyleOutset;  
  
                //Set the Column titles  
                int rowIndex = 1;  
                table.Cell(rowIndex, 1).Range.Text = "class";  
                table.Cell(rowIndex, 2).Range.Text = "name";  
                table.Cell(rowIndex, 3).Range.Text = "score";  
                table.Cell(rowIndex, 4).Range.Text = "stuNumber";  
                table.Cell(rowIndex, 5).Range.Text = "leader";  
  
                //Loop data to create rows of data  
                rowIndex++;  
                foreach (var i in cate)  
                {  
                    int moveCount = i.Count() - 1;//The number of rows merged vertically  
                    if (moveCount.ToString() != "0")  
                    {  
                        table.Cell(rowIndex, 1).Merge(table.Cell(rowIndex + moveCount, 1));//Merge classes  
                        table.Cell(rowIndex, 4).Merge(table.Cell(rowIndex + moveCount, 4));//Merge number  
                        table.Cell(rowIndex, 5).Merge(table.Cell(rowIndex + moveCount, 5));//Merge leader  
                    }  
  
                    //Write the merged data and center vertically  
                    table.Cell(rowIndex, 1).Range.Text = i.Key;  
                    table.Cell(rowIndex, 4).Range.Text = i.Count().ToString();  
                    table.Cell(rowIndex, 5).Range.Text = i.First().Leader;  
                    table.Cell(rowIndex, 1).VerticalAlignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCellVerticalAlignment.wdCellAlignVerticalCenter;  
                    table.Cell(rowIndex, 4).VerticalAlignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCellVerticalAlignment.wdCellAlignVerticalCenter;  
                    table.Cell(rowIndex, 5).VerticalAlignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdCellVerticalAlignment.wdCellAlignVerticalCenter;  
  
                    //Build name, score data  
                    foreach (var x in i)  
                    {  
                        table.Cell(rowIndex, 2).Range.Text = x.Name;  
                        table.Cell(rowIndex, 3).Range.Text = x.Score.ToString();  
                        rowIndex++;  
                    }  
                }  
                app.Documents.Save();  
            }  
            catch (Exception e)  
            {  
                Console.WriteLine(e.Message);  
            }  
            finally  
            {  
                if (app.Documents != null)  
                {  
                    app.Documents.Close();  
                }  
                if (app != null)  
                {  
                    app.Quit();  
                }  
            }  
        }  
    }  
}  
      

Result of my test.

Hope the code above could be helpful.

Best Regards.
Xingyu Zhao
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Answer 2

Hi, It is recommended to use the open XML SDK to operate word documents.

Open-XML-SDK provides tools for working with Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.