C#, argh!

Django x2 · 5 Jan 2010 at 13:48

Never thought I'd be back doing programming, yet here I am.

Basically, I have data, which I need to map to fields in a word document using C# (probably)

Is this going to be a ball ache?

I think the data is originall SQL based

Ciphon · 5 Jan 2010 at 14:21

So you will be querying a SQL database (I'm guessing using Linq to SQL), then putting that data into a .doc file?

I'm assuming it's going to be tabular data coming from the database, so would a .csv or .xls be better?

Or is it a single text field your selecting from?

You could even input it into the text column in the database as HTML and use HTML to format the page and open it in a browser...

Tilluss · 6 Jan 2010 at 08:18

Sounds like you need this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316384

Django x2 · 6 Jan 2010 at 15:31

Nice, do they have one for VS 2008? can't seem to find anything

Tilluss · 7 Jan 2010 at 08:49

Lucero said:
Nice, do they have one for VS 2008? can't seem to find anything

It's the same. The only thing you need to be worried about is the version of office you are using, that will determine which framework you will use.

Django x2 · 7 Jan 2010 at 10:31

Ah ok, sorry, I know the code is the same, but the instructions at the start vary with 2008. It seems to have a load of predefined options, for Office, and applications and stuff.

Its Word 2007, is that going to make a difference?

Yakyb · 8 Jan 2010 at 10:30

tbh i think you would be best trying to find a third party DLL to help you do this i know that CarlosAg.ExcelXmlWriter is excellent for creating excel files im sure there is a similar Word version around somewhere