Getting Started

• Apr 23, 2019
• 2 minutes to read

This tutorial describes how to get started with the Word Processing Document API.

1. Start Visual Studio and create a new project by selecting FILE | New | Project… in the main menu. In the invoked New Project dialog, select Console Application, specify the project name and location, and click OK.

   

2. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the References node and select Add Reference… in the context menu.

   

3. In the invoked Reference Manager dialog, add references to the following libraries.

   • System.Drawing.dll (to follow this example only)
   • DevExpress.Data.v18.2.dll
   • DevExpress.Office.v18.2.Core.dll
   • DevExpress.RichEdit.v18.2.Core.dll
   • DevExpress.Printing.v18.2.Core.dll
   • DevExpress.Pdf.v18.2.Core.dll

4. Paste the code listed below in the Main method of the Program.cs file (or the Main procedure of the Module1.vb file for Visual Basic). This example creates and saves the Test.docx file, and opens it in the default application registered for this file type.

   C#

   static void Main(string[] args)
   {
       string fileName = "Test.docx";
       using (DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditDocumentServer srv = 
           new DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditDocumentServer())
       {
           DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Document doc = srv.Document;
           doc.AppendText("This document is generated by Word Processing Document API");
           DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CharacterProperties cp = doc.BeginUpdateCharacters(doc.Paragraphs[0].Range);
           cp.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(0x83, 0x92, 0x96);
           cp.Italic = true;
           doc.EndUpdateCharacters(cp);
           DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ParagraphProperties pp = doc.BeginUpdateParagraphs(doc.Paragraphs[0].Range);
           pp.Alignment = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ParagraphAlignment.Right;
           doc.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp);
           srv.SaveDocument(fileName, DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml);
       }
       System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName);
   }
   

   VB.NET

   Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
       Dim fileName As String = "Test.docx"
       Using srv As New DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.RichEditDocumentServer()
           Dim doc As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.Document = srv.Document
           doc.AppendText("This document is generated by Word Processing Document API")
           Dim cp As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.CharacterProperties = doc.BeginUpdateCharacters(doc.Paragraphs(0).Range)
           cp.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(&H83, &H92, &H96)
           cp.Italic = True
           doc.EndUpdateCharacters(cp)
           Dim pp As DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ParagraphProperties = doc.BeginUpdateParagraphs(doc.Paragraphs(0).Range)
           pp.Alignment = DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native.ParagraphAlignment.Right
           doc.EndUpdateParagraphs(pp)
           srv.SaveDocument(fileName, DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.DocumentFormat.OpenXml)
       End Using
       System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(fileName)
   End Sub
   

5. Run the project.

The following image demonstrates the file generated after executing the code above (the document is opened in Microsoft® Word®).