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user3165438
user3165438

Reputation: 2661

Saving Word document

I would like to save a Word document according to the Word installed version;

In case it is Word 2003 (appropriate version number is 11), with DOC extension.
In case the Word version is higer than 2003, with DOCX extension.

The difference is reflected in the second argument sent to the SaveAS method: 

object fileFormat = GraphDocsSettings.Default.WordInstalledVersion > 11.0?     
                WdSaveFormat.wdFormatXMLDocument : WdSaveFormat.wdFormatDocument;

wordDoc.SaveAs(ref outputFile, fileFormat, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
                           ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
                           ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
                           ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

However, When using Interop.Word 11.0 I get the following error: 

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WDSaveFormat does not contain a definition for wdFormatXMLDocument.

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3017

Answers (3)

Md Kauser Ahmmed
Md Kauser Ahmmed

Reputation: 309

Use the following project's code base to create and save ms word using c#: https://github.com/kauser-cse-buet/NetOfficeUsage

Upvotes: 0

James S
James S

Reputation: 3588

Not sure the API is exactly the same between different word versions.

If I can make a suggestion - use NetOffice( see link) instead of the office interop assemblies.

the API is the same as the Office Interop API, and it will work with all (current) versions of Microsoft Office.

NB - Here is a sample: http://netoffice.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Word_Example01

You should import the following namespaces to get it to work:

using NetOffice;
using Word = NetOffice.WordApi;
using NetOffice.WordApi.Enums;
using Office = NetOffice.OfficeApi;

Upvotes: 1

Patrick Hofman
Patrick Hofman

Reputation: 156898

That is because you use the wrong version of the interop assemblies. You cannot reference a value which only exists in higher versions of the framework.

You should use a higher interop version, or create two separate projects, one for the older version of the interop assemblies, one for the higher versions.

Upvotes: 0

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