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如何在 C# 中不需要 Office Interop 创建 Word 文档

Microsoft Word documents are widely used for various purposes, from formal business reports to personal letters. In C#, developers often need to generate Microsoft Word documents programmatically. Windows application developers have traditionally used the Microsoft Office Interop to generate and create Word documents using C#.

However, this approach isn't accessible to everyone, and developers can be found using an OS or on a Linux machine where the Microsoft Office interface isn't available. In these cases, developers must explore other libraries that can independently work on different platforms. One such powerful library for working with Word files programmatically is IronWord, from Iron Software.

IronWord provides robust functionality for working with Word documents in .NET applications and can run on different platforms and docker images/containers based on Linux. With IronWord, which has intuitive C#, VB.NET Word, and Docx Document API, there is no need to install Microsoft Office, Office automation, or Word Interop, to build, edit, and export Word document files. IronWord fully supports .NET 8, 7, 6, Framework, Core, and Azure.

This article will explore the creation of Word documents in C# using the IronWord library.

How to Create Word Documents Without Office Interop in C#

  1. Create a new C# project.
  2. Install the IronWord library.
  3. Create a Word document using the IronWord library.
  4. Add content to the now existing document.
  5. Save the created Word document.
  6. Open and display the created Word document.

Prerequisites:

  1. Visual Studio: Ensure you have Visual Studio or any other C# development environment installed.
  2. NuGet Package Manager: Make sure you can use NuGet to manage packages in your project.

Step 1: Create a New C# Project

Create a new C# console application or use an existing project where you want to generate the Word document.

Select the console application template and click next.

How to Create Word Documents Without Office Interop in C#: Figure 1 - Console App template for creating a new project

In the next step, you can provide the solution and project names.

How to Create Word Documents Without Office Interop in C#: Figure 2 - Configuring project with solution and project name

Select the .NET Version and click "Create".

How to Create Word Documents Without Office Interop in C#: Figure 3 - Creating project with correct .NET version

Step 2: Install the IronWord Library

Open your C# project and install the IronWord library using the NuGet Package Manager Console:

Install-Package IronWord -Version 2024.1.2

The NuGet package can also be installed using Visual Studio Package Manager, as shown below.

How to Create Word Documents Without Office Interop in C#: Figure 4 - Installing IronWord with the VS package manager

Step 3: Create and Save a Word Document using the IronWord Library

Let's start with the simple example of creating a Word document using the IronWord library. The following code demonstrates how to create an essential Word document with a single paragraph containing the text "Hello, World!"

using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Create a text run instance with "Hello, World!" content
TextRun textRun = new TextRun("Hello, World!");

// Create a paragraph and add the text run to it
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.AddTextRun(textRun);

// Create a new Word document object with the paragraph
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument(paragraph);

// Save the document as a .docx file
doc.SaveAs("example.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name example.docx
using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Create a text run instance with "Hello, World!" content
TextRun textRun = new TextRun("Hello, World!");

// Create a paragraph and add the text run to it
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.AddTextRun(textRun);

// Create a new Word document object with the paragraph
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument(paragraph);

// Save the document as a .docx file
doc.SaveAs("example.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name example.docx
Imports IronWord
Imports IronWord.Models

' Create a text run instance with "Hello, World!" content
Private textRun As New TextRun("Hello, World!")

' Create a paragraph and add the text run to it
Private paragraph As New Paragraph()
paragraph.AddTextRun(textRun)

' Create a new Word document object with the paragraph
Dim doc As New WordDocument(paragraph)

' Save the document as a .docx file
doc.SaveAs("example.docx") ' Saves the file to disk with the name example.docx
$vbLabelText   $csharpLabel

After executing the above code example, the new document file, example.docx, is created and the output is as shown below.

How to Create Word Documents Without Office Interop in C#: Figure 5 - Word document created through the code above.

This is a fundamental example of generating a Word document file using IronWord. For more information, you can read the Documentation.

Adding Paragraphs with Style to a Word Document

Now that we know how to create a simple Word document using IronWord, let's add paragraphs and styled text.

TextRun can also take style data, enhancing the text's visual representation. Text can be set with styles such as strikethrough, bold, italic, and underline.

Modify and add the code below to the program you have made previously.

using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Create text runs with different styles
TextRun textRun = new TextRun("Hello, World!"); // Simple string
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.AddTextRun(textRun);

// Configure and add italic text
TextRun introText = new TextRun("This is an example paragraph with italic and bold styling.");
TextStyle italicStyle = new TextStyle()
{
    IsItalic = true
};
TextRun italicText = new TextRun("Italic example sentence.", italicStyle);

// Configure and add bold text
TextStyle boldStyle = new TextStyle()
{
    IsBold = true
};
TextRun boldText = new TextRun("Bold example sentence.", boldStyle);

// Add text runs to the paragraph
paragraph.AddTextRun(introText);
paragraph.AddTextRun(italicText);
paragraph.AddTextRun(boldText);

// Create and save the new Word document
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument(paragraph);
doc.SaveAs("example.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name example.docx
using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Create text runs with different styles
TextRun textRun = new TextRun("Hello, World!"); // Simple string
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.AddTextRun(textRun);

// Configure and add italic text
TextRun introText = new TextRun("This is an example paragraph with italic and bold styling.");
TextStyle italicStyle = new TextStyle()
{
    IsItalic = true
};
TextRun italicText = new TextRun("Italic example sentence.", italicStyle);

// Configure and add bold text
TextStyle boldStyle = new TextStyle()
{
    IsBold = true
};
TextRun boldText = new TextRun("Bold example sentence.", boldStyle);

// Add text runs to the paragraph
paragraph.AddTextRun(introText);
paragraph.AddTextRun(italicText);
paragraph.AddTextRun(boldText);

// Create and save the new Word document
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument(paragraph);
doc.SaveAs("example.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name example.docx
Imports IronWord
Imports IronWord.Models

' Create text runs with different styles
Private textRun As New TextRun("Hello, World!") ' Simple string
Private paragraph As New Paragraph()
paragraph.AddTextRun(textRun)

' Configure and add italic text
Dim introText As New TextRun("This is an example paragraph with italic and bold styling.")
Dim italicStyle As New TextStyle() With {.IsItalic = True}
Dim italicText As New TextRun("Italic example sentence.", italicStyle)

' Configure and add bold text
Dim boldStyle As New TextStyle() With {.IsBold = True}
Dim boldText As New TextRun("Bold example sentence.", boldStyle)

' Add text runs to the paragraph
paragraph.AddTextRun(introText)
paragraph.AddTextRun(italicText)
paragraph.AddTextRun(boldText)

' Create and save the new Word document
Dim doc As New WordDocument(paragraph)
doc.SaveAs("example.docx") ' Saves the file to disk with the name example.docx
$vbLabelText   $csharpLabel

Adding a Table to a Word Document

For clear representation of data, it can also be represented in a grid. When data is arranged as a grid, it is called a table. Using IronWord, we can add tables and images to the Word document as shown below:

using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Create a table cell with sample text
TableCell cell = new TableCell();
TextRun textRun = new TextRun("Sample text");

// Add text run to the cell as a paragraph
cell.AddContent(new Paragraph(textRun));

// Configure cell border style
BorderStyle borderStyle = new BorderStyle
{
    BorderColor = new IronColor(IronSoftware.Drawing.Color.Black),
    BorderValue = IronWord.Models.Enums.BorderValues.Thick,
    BorderSize = 5
};

// Set table borders
TableBorders tableBorders = new TableBorders
{
    TopBorder = borderStyle,
    RightBorder = borderStyle,
    BottomBorder = borderStyle,
    LeftBorder = borderStyle
};
cell.Borders = tableBorders;

// Create a table row and add cells to it
TableRow row = new TableRow();
row.AddCell(cell); // Add the first cell
row.AddCell(cell); // Add the second cell, duplicating to mimic a row with two identical cells

// Create a table and add the row to the table
Table table = new Table();
table.AddRow(row);

// Create and save a Word document using the table
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument(table);
doc.SaveAs("Document.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name Document.docx
using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Create a table cell with sample text
TableCell cell = new TableCell();
TextRun textRun = new TextRun("Sample text");

// Add text run to the cell as a paragraph
cell.AddContent(new Paragraph(textRun));

// Configure cell border style
BorderStyle borderStyle = new BorderStyle
{
    BorderColor = new IronColor(IronSoftware.Drawing.Color.Black),
    BorderValue = IronWord.Models.Enums.BorderValues.Thick,
    BorderSize = 5
};

// Set table borders
TableBorders tableBorders = new TableBorders
{
    TopBorder = borderStyle,
    RightBorder = borderStyle,
    BottomBorder = borderStyle,
    LeftBorder = borderStyle
};
cell.Borders = tableBorders;

// Create a table row and add cells to it
TableRow row = new TableRow();
row.AddCell(cell); // Add the first cell
row.AddCell(cell); // Add the second cell, duplicating to mimic a row with two identical cells

// Create a table and add the row to the table
Table table = new Table();
table.AddRow(row);

// Create and save a Word document using the table
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument(table);
doc.SaveAs("Document.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name Document.docx
Imports IronWord
Imports IronWord.Models

' Create a table cell with sample text
Private cell As New TableCell()
Private textRun As New TextRun("Sample text")

' Add text run to the cell as a paragraph
cell.AddContent(New Paragraph(textRun))

' Configure cell border style
Dim borderStyle As New BorderStyle With {
	.BorderColor = New IronColor(IronSoftware.Drawing.Color.Black),
	.BorderValue = IronWord.Models.Enums.BorderValues.Thick,
	.BorderSize = 5
}

' Set table borders
Dim tableBorders As New TableBorders With {
	.TopBorder = borderStyle,
	.RightBorder = borderStyle,
	.BottomBorder = borderStyle,
	.LeftBorder = borderStyle
}
cell.Borders = tableBorders

' Create a table row and add cells to it
Dim row As New TableRow()
row.AddCell(cell) ' Add the first cell
row.AddCell(cell) ' Add the second cell, duplicating to mimic a row with two identical cells

' Create a table and add the row to the table
Dim table As New Table()
table.AddRow(row)

' Create and save a Word document using the table
Dim doc As New WordDocument(table)
doc.SaveAs("Document.docx") ' Saves the file to disk with the name Document.docx
$vbLabelText   $csharpLabel

In the example above, we added a table to a Word document using borders.

Adding Images to a Word Document

Images enhance the document's presentation and can add more colors and visual appeal.

Images can be added programmatically to a Word document using IronWord as shown in the code below:

using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Load a new document
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

// Configure and add image to the document
IronWord.Models.Image image = new IronWord.Models.Image("SalesChart.jpg")
{
    Width = 200, // Set image width in pixels
    Height = 200 // Set image height in pixels
};
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.AddImage(image); // Add image to paragraph
doc.AddParagraph(paragraph); // Add paragraph to the document

// Save the document as a .docx file
doc.SaveAs("save_document.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name save_document.docx
using IronWord;
using IronWord.Models;

// Load a new document
WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

// Configure and add image to the document
IronWord.Models.Image image = new IronWord.Models.Image("SalesChart.jpg")
{
    Width = 200, // Set image width in pixels
    Height = 200 // Set image height in pixels
};
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
paragraph.AddImage(image); // Add image to paragraph
doc.AddParagraph(paragraph); // Add paragraph to the document

// Save the document as a .docx file
doc.SaveAs("save_document.docx"); // Saves the file to disk with the name save_document.docx
Imports IronWord
Imports IronWord.Models

' Load a new document
Private doc As New WordDocument()

' Configure and add image to the document
Private image As New IronWord.Models.Image("SalesChart.jpg") With {
	.Width = 200,
	.Height = 200
}
Private paragraph As New Paragraph()
paragraph.AddImage(image) ' Add image to paragraph
doc.AddParagraph(paragraph) ' Add paragraph to the document

' Save the document as a .docx file
doc.SaveAs("save_document.docx") ' Saves the file to disk with the name save_document.docx
$vbLabelText   $csharpLabel

Here, we are adding an image using IronWord.Models.Image with a Height and Width of 200 pixels to a paragraph.

Licensing (Free Trial Available)

IronWord requires a license to use. Obtain a trial key from the Iron Software website. This key needs to be placed in appsettings.json.

{
    "IronWord.LicenseKey": "IRONWORD.MYLICENSE.KEY.TRIAL"
}

Provide your email to get a trial license. After you submit your email ID, the key will be delivered via email.

How to Create Word Documents Without Office Interop in C#: Figure 6 - Popup upon a successfully submitted trial form

Conclusion

Creating Word documents in C# using the IronWord library provides a flexible and efficient way to generate documents without relying on Microsoft Office. Whether you need to create simple letters or complex reports with tables and images, IronWord allows you to achieve this programmatically. This article provides a comprehensive tutorial on creating Word documents. With IronWord, you have the power to automate the creation of Word documents, making your C# applications more versatile and productive.

And for developers looking for PDF file manipulation to work in conjunction with their generated Word documents, look no further than IronPDF, another C# library produced by Iron Software.

常见问题解答

如何在C#中不使用Microsoft Office Interop创建Word文档?

您可以通过使用IronWORD库在C#中创建Word文档。该库允许您无需安装Microsoft Office即可编程地生成、编辑和保存Word文档。

使用IronWORD相较于Microsoft Office Interop有哪些优势?

IronWORD提供了在Linux等非Windows平台上运行的灵活性,Microsoft Office Interop在这些平台上不可用。它还消除了对Microsoft Office安装的依赖,从而简化了开发过程。

如何开始使用IronWORD创建Word文档?

要开始使用IronWORD创建Word文档,首先在您的C#项目中通过NuGet包管理器安装IronWORD库。然后,使用IronWORD API以编程方式构建和操作Word文档。

我能否使用IronWORD与最新的.NET版本?

是的,IronWORD兼容各种.NET版本,包括.NET 8, 7, 6, Framework, Core, 和Azure,允许您将其集成到现代C#应用程序中。

如何使用IronWORD向Word文档中添加样式化文本?

IronWORD允许您使用TextRunTextStyle类添加样式化文本。这些类使您能够对文档中的特定文本段应用粗体、斜体和下划线等样式。

使用IronWORD是否可以在Word文档中包含表格?

是的,您可以使用IronWORD在Word文档中包含表格。该库允许您定义具有行和单元格的表格,并可以通过边框和其他样式自定义其外观。

如何使用IronWORD将图像插入到Word文档中?

要将图像插入Word文档,可以使用IronWord.Models.Image类将指定尺寸的图像嵌入段落,从而增强文档的视觉内容。

是否可以获得IronWORD的试用版进行评估?

是的,Iron Software提供了IronWORD的免费试用版,您可以从他们的网站下载。这个试用版允许您在购买前评估库的功能和能力。

Iron Software还提供哪些其他文档操作库?

除了IronWORD,Iron Software还提供用于操作PDF文件的IronPDF。这些库一同为C#应用程序中的Word和PDF文档处理提供综合解决方案。

Jordi Bardia
软件工程师
Jordi 最擅长 Python、C# 和 C++,当他不在 Iron Software 利用这些技能时,他就在游戏编程。分享产品测试、产品开发和研究的责任,Jordi 在持续的产品改进中增加了巨大的价值。多样的经验使他面临挑战并保持投入,他表示这是在 Iron Software 工作的最喜欢的方面之一。Jordi 在佛罗里达州迈阿密长大,并在佛罗里达大学学习计算机科学和统计学。