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user14352137

Reputation:

C# .Net - Insert text in Bookmark without opening Word

I managed to insert a text in a Bookmark of a Word document using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.

        using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
        using Application = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application;
        using Range = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range;

        Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
        Document doc = app.Documents.Open(@"C:\wordDocument.docx");
        string bookmark = "bookmarkName";

        Bookmark bm = doc.Bookmarks[bookmark];
        Range range = bm.Range;
        range.Text = "Hello World";
        doc.Bookmarks.Add(bookmark, range);

        /* OR
            doc.Bookmarks[bookmark].Select();
            app.Selection.TypeText("Hello");
        */

The problem is this also opened the Word document. Can this be done without opening the document itself? Like its all happening in the background?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1781

Answers (1)

Polar
Polar

Reputation: 3537

Try using the Save and Close function after updating the text of the Bookmark of your Word Document.

Add the below code after the doc.Bookmarks.Add(bookmark, range);.

doc.Save();
doc.Close();

EDIT: If the computer is slow, the Word document might show within a second since you open it up. As hardcoregamer said, you can try to hide the object of Word.Application first before opening it.

    using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
    using Application = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application;
    using Range = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range;

    Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
    app.Visible = false; //Hide the Word.Application object.
    Document doc = app.Documents.Open(@"C:\wordDocument.docx");
    string bookmark = "bookmarkName";

    Bookmark bm = doc.Bookmarks[bookmark];
    Range range = bm.Range;
    range.Text = "Hello World";
    doc.Bookmarks.Add(bookmark, range);
    doc.Save(); //save the document.
    doc.Close(); //close the document.
    app.Quit(); //close the Word.Application object. otherwise, you'll get a ReadOnly error later.

Upvotes: 1

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