vbalsamello / docio-examples

Essential DocIO is a .NET Word library to create, read, edit and convert Word documents without Microsoft Word or interop.

Syncfusion .NET Word Library

The Syncfusion .NET Word library (Essential DocIO) allows you to add advanced Word document processing functionalities to any .NET application and does not require Microsoft Word application to be installed in the machine. It is a non-UI component that provides a full-fledged document instance model similar to the Microsoft Office COM libraries to iterate with the document elements explicitly and perform necessary manipulation. Using this library, you can create, read, edit and convert Word documents programmatically.

Key Features

• Support to create Word document from scratch.
• Support to open (read), modify and save existing Word documents.
• Advanced Mail merge support with different data sources.
• Ability to create or edit Word 97-2003 and later version documents (DOCX), and convert them to commonly used file formats such as RTF, WordML, TXT, HTML and vice versa.
• Ability to export a Word document as an Image and PDF
• Ability to create and manipulate charts, Shapes, and Group shape in DOCX and WordML format documents.
• Ability to read and write Built-In and Custom Document Properties.
• Ability to find and replace text with its original formatting.
• Ability to insert Bookmarks and navigate corresponding bookmarks to insert, replace, and delete content.
• Support to insert and edit the form fields.
• Support to protect the document to restrict access to the elements present within the document.
• Ability to encrypt and decrypt Word documents.
• Support to insert and extract OLE objects.
• Support to run the DocIO applications in multi-thread and its thread safe.

Compatible Microsoft Word Versions

• Microsoft Word 97-2003
• Microsoft Word 2007
• Microsoft Word 2010
• Microsoft Word 2013
• Microsoft Word 2016
• Microsoft Word 2019

Supported File Formats

• Creates, reads, and edits popular text file formats like DOC, DOT, DOCM, DOTM, DOCX, DOTX, HTML, RTF, TXT, and XML (WordML).
• Converts Word documents also to PDF, Image, and ODT files.

How to run the examples

• Download this project to a location in your disk.
• Open the solution file using Visual Studio.
• Rebuild the solution to install the required NuGet packages.
• Run the application.

Resources

• Product page: Syncfusion Word Framework
• Documentation: Syncfusion Word library
• Online demo: Syncfusion Word library - Online demos
• Blog: Syncfusion Word library - Blog
• Knowledge Base: Syncfusion Word library - Knowledge Base
• Ebooks: Syncfusion Word library - Ebooks
• FAQ: Syncfusion Word library - FAQ

Support and feedback

• For any other queries, reach our Syncfusion support team or post the queries through the community forums.
• Request new feature through Syncfusion feedback portal.

License

This is a commercial product and requires a paid license for possession or use. Syncfusion’s licensed software, including this component, is subject to the terms and conditions of Syncfusion's EULA. You can purchase a licnense here or start a free 30-day trial here.

About Syncfusion

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Syncfusion has more than 29,000 customers and more than 1 million users, including large financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and global IT consultancies.

Today, we provide 1700+ components and frameworks for web (Blazor, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET WebForms, JavaScript, Angular, React, Vue, and Flutter), mobile (Xamarin, Flutter, UWP, and JavaScript, .NET MAUI) and desktop development (WinForms, WPF, WinUI, Flutter, UWP, and .NET MAUI) a. We provide ready-to-deploy enterprise software for dashboards, reports, data integration, and big data processing. Many customers have saved millions in licensing fees by deploying our software.