DocumentFactory(String) Method

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#
C++/CLI

Public Overloads Function DocumentFactory( _
   ByVal sourceDocumentPath As String _
) As Document

Dim instance As WordReportsGenerator
Dim sourceDocumentPath As String
Dim value As Document
 
value = instance.DocumentFactory(sourceDocumentPath)

public Document DocumentFactory( 
   string sourceDocumentPath
)

public:
Document^ DocumentFactory( 
   String^ sourceDocumentPath
)

Parameters

sourceDocumentPath

Return Value

Instantiated Document

C#

//To run this example code, create a word document called ExampleTemplate.docx with the text [ReplaceMe] in the document
 
WordReportsGenerator generator = new WordReportsGenerator(); //Trial Mode
//WordReportsGenerator generator = new WordReportsGenerator("place user name here", "place license key here"); //License Mode
 
const string sourceDocumentPath = @"Test Documents\ExampleTemplate.docx";
const string outputDocumentPath = "ExampleOutput.docx";
 
using (Document document = generator.DocumentFactory(sourceDocumentPath))
{
    Dictionary<string, ReplacementItem> replacement =
        new Dictionary<string, ReplacementItem>
            {
                {
                    "[ReplaceMe]",
                    new ReplacementItem {Value = "This is a test"}
                }
            };
 
    generator.Replace(document, replacement);
 
    generator.SaveDocument(document, outputDocumentPath);
}

VB.NET

'To run this example code, create a word document called ExampleTemplate.docx with the text [ReplaceMe] in the document
 
Dim generator As New WordReportsGenerator() 'Trial Mode
'WordReportsGenerator generator = new WordReportsGenerator("place user name here", "place license key here"); //License Mode
 
Const sourceDocumentPath As String = "Test Documents\ExampleTemplate.docx"
Const outputDocumentPath As String = "ExampleOutput.docx"
 
Using document As Document = generator.DocumentFactory(sourceDocumentPath)
    Dim replacement As New Dictionary(Of String, ReplacementItem)() From {{ "[ReplaceMe]", New ReplacementItem With {.Value = "This is a test"} }}
 
    generator.Replace(document, replacement)
 
    generator.SaveDocument(document, outputDocumentPath)
End Using

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

WordReportsGenerator Class
WordReportsGenerator Members
Overload List