concatenate word documents from .net

[sudha]

Hi
I need to write a c# program which has to merge selected
word documents into one word document.
Kindly advise the efficient way to achieve this.
Thanks in advance
sudha

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

when I did this I used
Word.Application wordApp = new Word.Application();
wordApp.Visible= true; // for debug and monitoring
Word.Documents docs = wordApp.Documents;
Word.Document doc= docs.Open(ref filename1,
ref missing, // confirmconversions,
ref missing, // readOnly,
ref missing, // addtoRecentFiles,
ref missing, // passworddOc,
ref missing, // passwdTemplate,
ref missing, // revert,
ref missing, // writePasswordDoc,
ref missing, // writePasswordTemplate,
ref missing, // format,
ref missing, // encoding,
ref missing, // visible,
ref missing, // openAndRepair,
ref missing, // docDirection,
ref missing // noEncodingDialog);
);

wordApp.Selection.WholeStory();
wordApp.Selection.Copy(); // put on clipboard

docs.Close(ref missing, // savechanges
ref missing, // originalFormat
ref missing // RouteDocument
);

doc= docs.Open(ref filename2,
ref missing, // confirmconversions,
ref missing, // readOnly,
ref missing, // addtoRecentFiles,
ref missing, // passworddOc,
ref missing, // passwdTemplate,
ref missing, // revert,
ref missing, // writePasswordDoc,
ref missing, // writePasswordTemplate,
ref missing, // format,
ref missing, // encoding,
ref missing, // visible,
ref missing, // openAndRepair,
ref missing, // docDirection,
ref missing // noEncodingDialog);
);

wordApp.Selection.WholeStory();

wordApp.Selection.EndOf(ref missing, // Unit
ref missing // Extend
);

wordApp.Selection.InsertAfter("--------------------------------------------"
);
wordApp.Selection.InsertParagraph();
wordApp.Selection.Paste(); // paste from clipboard

// include this line to save the doc when finished.
// wordApp.Save();

// include this next line to close MS-Word
// wordApp.Quit(ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

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Hi
I need to write a c# program which has to merge selected
word documents into one word document.
Kindly advise the efficient way to achieve this.
Thanks in advance
sudha

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Dino,

Do you have a particular reason for using the Selection object and
copy/pasting, rather than working directly with Word's Range object?

when I did this I used
Word.Application wordApp = new Word.Application();
wordApp.Visible= true; // for debug and monitoring
Word.Documents docs = wordApp.Documents;
Word.Document doc= docs.Open(ref filename1,
ref missing, // confirmconversions,
ref missing, // readOnly,
ref missing, // addtoRecentFiles,
ref missing, // passworddOc,
ref missing, // passwdTemplate,
ref missing, // revert,
ref missing, // writePasswordDoc,
ref missing, // writePasswordTemplate,
ref missing, // format,
ref missing, // encoding,
ref missing, // visible,
ref missing, // openAndRepair,
ref missing, // docDirection,
ref missing // noEncodingDialog);
);

wordApp.Selection.WholeStory();
wordApp.Selection.Copy(); // put on clipboard

docs.Close(ref missing, // savechanges
ref missing, // originalFormat
ref missing // RouteDocument
);

doc= docs.Open(ref filename2,
ref missing, // confirmconversions,
ref missing, // readOnly,
ref missing, // addtoRecentFiles,
ref missing, // passworddOc,
ref missing, // passwdTemplate,
ref missing, // revert,
ref missing, // writePasswordDoc,
ref missing, // writePasswordTemplate,
ref missing, // format,
ref missing, // encoding,
ref missing, // visible,
ref missing, // openAndRepair,
ref missing, // docDirection,
ref missing // noEncodingDialog);
);

wordApp.Selection.WholeStory();

wordApp.Selection.EndOf(ref missing, // Unit
ref missing // Extend
);

wordApp.Selection.InsertAfter("--------------------------------------------"
);
wordApp.Selection.InsertParagraph();
wordApp.Selection.Paste(); // paste from clipboard

-- Cindy

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Dino,

Do you have a particular reason for using the Selection object and
copy/pasting, rather than working directly with Word's Range object?

when I did this I used
Word.Application wordApp = new Word.Application();
wordApp.Visible= true; // for debug and monitoring
Word.Documents docs = wordApp.Documents;
Word.Document doc= docs.Open(ref filename1,
ref missing, // confirmconversions,
ref missing, // readOnly,
ref missing, // addtoRecentFiles,
ref missing, // passworddOc,
ref missing, // passwdTemplate,
ref missing, // revert,
ref missing, // writePasswordDoc,
ref missing, // writePasswordTemplate,
ref missing, // format,
ref missing, // encoding,
ref missing, // visible,
ref missing, // openAndRepair,
ref missing, // docDirection,
ref missing // noEncodingDialog);
);

wordApp.Selection.WholeStory();
wordApp.Selection.Copy(); // put on clipboard

docs.Close(ref missing, // savechanges
ref missing, // originalFormat
ref missing // RouteDocument
);

doc= docs.Open(ref filename2,
ref missing, // confirmconversions,
ref missing, // readOnly,
ref missing, // addtoRecentFiles,
ref missing, // passworddOc,
ref missing, // passwdTemplate,
ref missing, // revert,
ref missing, // writePasswordDoc,
ref missing, // writePasswordTemplate,
ref missing, // format,
ref missing, // encoding,
ref missing, // visible,
ref missing, // openAndRepair,
ref missing, // docDirection,
ref missing // noEncodingDialog);
);

wordApp.Selection.WholeStory();

wordApp.Selection.EndOf(ref missing, // Unit
ref missing // Extend
);

wordApp.Selection.InsertAfter("--------------------------------------------"
);
wordApp.Selection.InsertParagraph();
wordApp.Selection.Paste(); // paste from clipboard

-- Cindy