Combining word documents

Aspose.Words Product Family
1

Hi,

I require to combine my word documents to one document. Does the current version support direct combining of documents, like doc.Append(anotherDoc) ? Or is it possible to add “Filialdokumente” (sorry, I don’t know the english synonym for that)?

If not I will have to copy/move the sections, right? I read in another thread posted here that the overall size of such “combined” documents (or any document at all) is restricted to a size barrier. Has this changed?

2

Direct appending of documents is not currently supported.

You need to use ImportNode to copy sections from one document into another:

private void buttonAppendTest_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    string fn1 = Application.StartupPath + "\\" + "doc1.doc";
    string fn2 = Application.StartupPath + "\\" + "doc2.doc";
    Document doc1 = new Document(fn1);
    Document doc2 = new Document(fn2);
    AppendDoc(doc1, doc2);
    doc1.Save(Application.StartupPath + "\\" + "doc1 + 2.doc");
}

private void AppendDoc(Document dstDoc, Document srcDoc)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < srcDoc.Sections.Count; i++)
    {
        //First need to import the section into the destination document,
        //this translates any document specific lists or styles.
        Section section = (Section)dstDoc.ImportNode(srcDoc.Sections, true);
        dstDoc.Sections.Add(section);
    }
}

I don’t know of any size limitation for this process. If you have seen this information here on the forums please give me a reference.

3

Ok thanks for the input. Here is the reference.

4

That was almost two years ago. The situation has significantly improved since then.

5

I can’t get this code to work,

private void AppendDoc(Document dstDoc, Document srcDoc)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < srcDoc.Sections.Count; i++)
    {
        //First need to import the section into the  destination document,
        //this translates any document specific lists or  styles.
        Section section = (Section)dstDoc.ImportNode(srcDoc.Sections, true);
        dstDoc.Sections.Add(section);
    }
}

I have included a reference in my project and added the namespace to my
class by “using Aspose;” but I am constantly being told that Document
is not a namespace or object, Section is not a namespace, reference or
object etc etc etc.

And I even get told that is not a namespace.

Any help?

p.s. can an option be added to these forums in order to remove the emoticons from posts.

6

Document, Section and most of the other classes belong to Aspose.Words namespace (Aspose.Word for versions before 3.5). You need to include

using Aspose.Words;

line in your project.

7

Thanks, I am still not able to get this to work however.

This is what I have placed as my code,

private void AppendDoc(Document dstDoc, Document srcDoc)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < srcDoc.Sections.Count; i++)
    {
        //First need to import the section into the destination document,
        //this translates any document specific lists or styles.
        Section section = (Section)dstDoc.ImportNode(srcDoc.Sections, true);
        dstDoc.Sections.Add(section);
    }
}

private void btnFinish_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    // Main Build and Retrieval Area!!
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
    // Specify font formatting for the hyperlink.
    builder.Font.Color = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
    // Display our selected vars.
    builder.Writeln(mySource);
    builder.Writeln(myDest);
    builder.Writeln(myInitials);
    builder.Writeln(myName);
    builder.Writeln(myPeriod);
    string myDesktop = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\Desktop";
    string fn1 = myDesktop + "\\" + "doc1.doc";
    string fn2 = myDesktop + "\\" + "doc2.doc";
    Document doc1 = new Document(fn1);
    Document doc2 = new Document(fn2);
    AppendDoc(doc1, doc2);
    doc.Save("C:\\Documents and Settings\\Administrator\\Desktop\\testing.doc");
    this.Close();
}

Please ignore the references to the 5 myVars in the writeln functions.
My main problem is that doc1 and doc2 are not being inserted into the
new document.

8

Please take attention that you code appends ‘doc2.doc’ to ‘doc1.doc’, but saves quite another file ‘testing.doc’.

9

Thanks Miklovan, I think I am just having one of those days