Create Word document in UWP

22 Jul 202620 minutes to read

Syncfusion^® Essential^® DocIO is a UWP Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can create a Word document in UWP.

Steps to create Word document programmatically in UWP

Step 1: Create a new C# Blank App (Universal Windows) project.

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.UWP NuGet package as a reference to your UWP application from NuGet.org.

NOTE

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion^® assemblies from the trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you must add a reference to the Syncfusion.Licensing assembly and include a valid license key in your application.

Install the Syncfusion.Licensing NuGet package and register the license key during application startup.

Syncfusion.Licensing.SyncfusionLicenseProvider.RegisterLicense("YOUR_LICENSE_KEY");

For more information about generating and registering a license key, refer to the Syncfusion^® licensing documentation.

Step 3: Add a new button in the MainPage.xaml as shown below.

C#

<Page
    x:Class="CreateWordSample.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="using:CreateWordSample"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    mc:Ignorable="d">

    <Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
        <Button x:Name="button" Content="Create Document" Click="OnButtonClicked" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
    </Grid>
</Page>

Step 4: Include the following namespaces in the MainPage.xaml.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Windows.Storage.Pickers;
using Windows.Storage;
using Windows.Storage.Streams;
using System.Reflection;

Step 5: Include the below code snippet in the click event of the button in MainPage.xaml.cs to create a Word document and save it as a physical file. The file will be opened for viewing automatically.

C#

private async void OnButtonClicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    //Creating a new document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument();
    //Adding a new section to the document
    WSection section = document.AddSection() as WSection;
    //Set Margin of the section
    section.PageSetup.Margins.All = 72;
    //Set page size of the section
    section.PageSetup.PageSize = new SizeF(612, 792);

    //Create Paragraph styles
    WParagraphStyle style = document.AddParagraphStyle("Normal") as WParagraphStyle;
    style.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri";
    style.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 11f;
    style.ParagraphFormat.BeforeSpacing = 0;
    style.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 8;
    style.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 13.8f;

    style = document.AddParagraphStyle("Heading 1") as WParagraphStyle;
    style.ApplyBaseStyle("Normal");
    style.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri Light";
    style.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 16f;
    style.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.FromArgb(46, 116, 181);
    style.ParagraphFormat.BeforeSpacing = 12;
    style.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    style.ParagraphFormat.Keep = true;
    style.ParagraphFormat.KeepFollow = true;
    style.ParagraphFormat.OutlineLevel = OutlineLevel.Level1;

    IWParagraph paragraph = section.HeadersFooters.Header.AddParagraph();
    //Gets the image stream
    Stream imageStream = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("CreateWordSample.Assets.AdventureCycle.jpg");
    IWPicture picture = paragraph.AppendPicture(imageStream);
    picture.TextWrappingStyle = TextWrappingStyle.InFrontOfText;
    picture.VerticalOrigin = VerticalOrigin.Margin;
    picture.VerticalPosition = -45;
    picture.HorizontalOrigin = HorizontalOrigin.Column;
    picture.HorizontalPosition = 263.5f;
    picture.WidthScale = 20;
    picture.HeightScale = 15;

    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Normal");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.HorizontalAlignment.Left;
    WTextRange textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Adventure Works Cycles") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri";
    textRange.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.Red;

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Heading 1");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.HorizontalAlignment.Center;
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Adventure Works Cycles") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 18f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri";

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 36;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Adventure Works Cycles, the fictitious company on which the AdventureWorks sample databases are based, is a large, multinational manufacturing company. The company manufactures and sells metal and composite bicycles to North American, European and Asian commercial markets. While its base operation is in Bothell, Washington with 290 employees, several regional sales teams are located throughout their market base.") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent = 36;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("In 2000, AdventureWorks Cycles bought a small manufacturing plant, Importadores Neptuno, located in Mexico. Importadores Neptuno manufactures several critical subcomponents for the AdventureWorks Cycles product line. These subcomponents are shipped to the Bothell location for final product assembly. In 2001, Importadores Neptuno, became the sole manufacturer and distributor of the touring bicycle product group.") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;

    paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Heading 1");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS.HorizontalAlignment.Left;
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Product Overview") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 16f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Calibri";

    //Appends table
    IWTable table = section.AddTable();
    table.ResetCells(3, 2);
    table.TableFormat.Borders.BorderType = BorderStyle.None;
    table.TableFormat.IsAutoResized = true;
    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[0, 0].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    //Appends picture to the paragraph
    imageStream = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("CreateWordSample.Assets.Mountain-200.jpg");
    picture = paragraph.AppendPicture(imageStream);
    picture.TextWrappingStyle = TextWrappingStyle.TopAndBottom;
    picture.VerticalOrigin = VerticalOrigin.Paragraph;
    picture.VerticalPosition = 4.5f;
    picture.HorizontalOrigin = HorizontalOrigin.Column;
    picture.HorizontalPosition = -2.15f;
    picture.WidthScale = 79;
    picture.HeightScale = 79;

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[0, 1].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Heading 1");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.AppendText("Mountain-200");
    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[0, 1].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Product No: BK-M68B-38\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Size: 38\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Weight: 25\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Price: $2,294.99\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[0, 1].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[1, 0].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Heading 1");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.AppendText("Mountain-300 ");
    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[1, 0].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Product No: BK-M47B-38\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Size: 35\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Weight: 22\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Price: $1,079.99\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[1, 0].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[1, 1].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Heading 1");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    //Appends picture to the paragraph
    imageStream = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("CreateWordSample.Assets.Mountain-300.jpg");
    picture = paragraph.AppendPicture(imageStream);
    picture.TextWrappingStyle = TextWrappingStyle.TopAndBottom;
    picture.VerticalOrigin = VerticalOrigin.Paragraph;
    picture.VerticalPosition = 8.2f;
    picture.HorizontalOrigin = HorizontalOrigin.Column;
    picture.HorizontalPosition = -14.95f;
    picture.WidthScale = 75;
    picture.HeightScale = 75;

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[2, 0].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Heading 1");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    //Appends picture to the paragraph
    imageStream = typeof(MainPage).GetTypeInfo().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("CreateWordSample.Assets.Road-550-W.jpg");
    picture = paragraph.AppendPicture(imageStream);
    picture.TextWrappingStyle = TextWrappingStyle.TopAndBottom;
    picture.VerticalOrigin = VerticalOrigin.Paragraph;
    picture.VerticalPosition = 3.75f;
    picture.HorizontalOrigin = HorizontalOrigin.Column;
    picture.HorizontalPosition = -5f;
    picture.WidthScale = 92;
    picture.HeightScale = 92;

    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[2, 1].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ApplyStyle("Heading 1");
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.AppendText("Road-150 ");
    //Appends paragraph
    paragraph = table[2, 1].AddParagraph();
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.AfterSpacing = 0;
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.LineSpacing = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    paragraph.BreakCharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Product No: BK-R93R-44\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Size: 44\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Weight: 14\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    textRange = paragraph.AppendText("Price: $3,578.27\r") as WTextRange;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12f;
    textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman";
    //Appends paragraph
    section.AddParagraph();

    MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
    //Saves the Word document to MemoryStream
    await document.SaveAsync(stream, FormatType.Docx);
    //Saves the stream as Word document file in local machine
    Save(stream, "Sample.docx");
    //Disposes the Word document instance
    document.Dispose();
}

Save Word document in UWP

C#

//Saves the Word document
async void Save(MemoryStream stream, string filename)
{
    stream.Position = 0;
    StorageFile stFile;
    if (!(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ApiInformation.IsTypePresent("Windows.Phone.UI.Input.HardwareButtons")))
    {
        FileSavePicker savePicker = new FileSavePicker();
        savePicker.DefaultFileExtension = ".docx";
        savePicker.SuggestedFileName = filename;
        savePicker.FileTypeChoices.Add("Word Documents", new List<string>() { ".docx" });
        stFile = await savePicker.PickSaveFileAsync();
    }
    else
    {
        StorageFolder local = Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder;
        stFile = await local.CreateFileAsync(filename, CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
    }
    if (stFile != null)
    {
        using (IRandomAccessStream zipStream = await stFile.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite))
        {
            //Write compressed data from memory to file
            using (Stream outstream = zipStream.AsStreamForWrite())
            {
                byte[] buffer = stream.ToArray();
                outstream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
                outstream.Flush();
            }
        }
    //Launch the saved Word file
        await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(stFile);
    }
    //Disposes the MemoryStream
    stream.Dispose();
}

Step 6: Build and run the UWP application. Click the Create Document button to generate and view the Word document.

You can download a complete working sample from GitHub.

NOTE

The code sample references image files (AdventureCycle.jpg, Mountain-200.jpg, Mountain-300.jpg, Road-550-W.jpg). Download these assets from the GitHub sample folder and add them to an Assets folder in your project with their Build Action set to Embedded Resource.

By executing the program, you will get the Word document as follows.

Looking for the full .NET Word Library overview, features, pricing, and documentation? Visit the .NET Word Library page.

An online sample link to create a Word document in ASP.NET Core.