Add table to Word Document

OpenXML SDK:

Below are the namespace for use:

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;

The basic document structure of a WordProcessingML document consists of the document and body elements, followed by one or more block level elements such as p, which represents a paragraph. A paragraph contains one or more r elements. The r stands for run, which is a region of text with a common set of properties, such as formatting. A run contains one or more t elements. The t element contains a range of text.

To create this structure this function CreateWordprocessingDocument is used in below code. By using AddTable function we can add table to word document by passing filename and data string.

class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string[,] data = new string[2, 2] { {"Mike","Amy"}, {"Mary","Albert"} };
            CreateWordprocessingDocument("Sample.doc");
            AddTable("Sample.doc",data);

        }
      
        private static void CreateWordprocessingDocument(string filepath)
        {
            // Create a document by supplying the filepath. 
            using (WordprocessingDocument wordDocument =
                WordprocessingDocument.Create(filepath, WordprocessingDocumentType.Document))
            {
                // Add a main document part. 
                MainDocumentPart mainPart = wordDocument.AddMainDocumentPart();

                // Create the document structure and add some text.
                mainPart.Document = new Document();
                Body body = mainPart.Document.AppendChild(new Body());
                Paragraph para = body.AppendChild(new Paragraph());
                Run run = para.AppendChild(new Run());
                run.AppendChild(new Text("Create text in body - CreateWordprocessingDocument"));
            }
        }

        private static void AddTable(string fileName, string[,] data)
        {
            using (var document = WordprocessingDocument.Open(fileName, true))
            {

                var doc = document.MainDocumentPart.Document;

                Table table = new Table();

                TableProperties props = new TableProperties(
                    new TableBorders(
                    new TopBorder
                    {
                        Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single),
                        Size = 12
                    },
                    new BottomBorder
                    {
                        Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single),
                        Size = 12
                    },
                    new LeftBorder
                    {
                        Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single),
                        Size = 12
                    },
                    new RightBorder
                    {
                        Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single),
                        Size = 12
                    },
                    new InsideHorizontalBorder
                    {
                        Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single),
                        Size = 12
                    },
                    new InsideVerticalBorder
                    {
                        Val = new EnumValue<BorderValues>(BorderValues.Single),
                        Size = 12
                    }));

                table.AppendChild<TableProperties>(props);

                for (var i = 0; i <= data.GetUpperBound(0); i++)
                {
                    var tr = new TableRow();
                    for (var j = 0; j <= data.GetUpperBound(1); j++)
                    {
                        var tc = new TableCell();
                        tc.Append(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text(data[i, j]))));

                        // Assume you want columns that are automatically sized.
                        tc.Append(new TableCellProperties(
                            new TableCellWidth { Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Auto }));

                        tr.Append(tc);
                    }
                    table.Append(tr);
                }
                doc.Body.Append(table);
                doc.Save();
            }
        }
    }

Aspose.Words

In Aspose.Words a table is normally inserted using DocumentBuilder. The following methods are used to build a table. Other methods will also be used to insert content into the table cells.

• DocumentBuilder.StartTable
• DocumentBuilder.InsertCell
• DocumentBuilder.EndRow
• DocumentBuilder.EndTable
• DocumentBuilder.Writeln

Document doc = new Document();
            DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

            // We call this method to start building the table.
            builder.StartTable();
            builder.InsertCell();
            builder.Write("Row 1, Cell 1 Content.");

            // Build the second cell
            builder.InsertCell();
            builder.Write("Row 1, Cell 2 Content.");
            // Call the following method to end the row and start a new row.
            builder.EndRow();

            // Build the first cell of the second row.
            builder.InsertCell();
            builder.Write("Row 2, Cell 1 Content");

            // Build the second cell.
            builder.InsertCell();
            builder.Write("Row 2, Cell 2 Content.");
            builder.EndRow();

            // Signal that we have finished building the table.
            builder.EndTable();

            // Save the document to disk.
            doc.Save("DocumentBuilder.CreateSimpleTable Out.doc");

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