Add a simple table to the word processing document using Open XML SDK 2.0

Description:

In this blog you will see how to add a simple table to the word processing document using Open XML SDK 2.0

Assembly:

DocumentFormat.OpenXml.dll

Namesapces:

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;

using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;

Code:

 using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Packaging;
using DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Wordprocessing;
using System.IO.Packaging;
 
namespace OpenXMLConsole
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {         
            string path = @"E:\OpenXMLTable.docx";
           
            //// Creates the new instance of the WordprocessingDocument class from the specified file
            //// WordprocessingDocument.Open(String, Boolean) method
            //// Parameters:
            //// string path - path is a string which contains the path of the document
            //// bool isEditable
            using (WordprocessingDocument doc = WordprocessingDocument.Create(path, WordprocessingDocumentType.Document)) 
            {
                //// Defines the MainDocumentPart            
                MainDocumentPart mainDocumentPart = doc.AddMainDocumentPart();
                mainDocumentPart.Document = new Document();
                Body body = mainDocumentPart.Document.AppendChild(new Body());
 
                //// Create a new table
                Table tbl = new Table();
  
                //// Create a new row
                TableRow tr = new TableRow();
 
                //// Add a cell to each column in the row
                TableCell tcName1 = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("Vijai"))));
                TableCell tcId1 = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("1"))));
 
                //// Add the cells to the row
                tr.Append(tcName1, tcId1);
 
                // Create a new row
                TableRow tr1 = new TableRow();
                TableCell tcName2= new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("Anand"))));
                TableCell tcId2 = new TableCell(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("2"))));
 
                //// Add the cells to the row
                tr1.Append(tcName2, tcId2);
 
                //// Add the rows to the table
                tbl.AppendChild(tr);
                tbl.AppendChild(tr1);
 
                //// Add the table to the body
                body.AppendChild(tbl);
                mainDocumentPart.Document.Save();              
            }
        }
    }
}

XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <w:document xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main"> <w:body> <w:tbl> <w:tr> <w:tc> <w:p> <w:r> <w:t>Vijai</w:t> </w:r> </w:p> </w:tc> <w:tc> <w:p> <w:r> <w:t>1</w:t> </w:r> </w:p> </w:tc> </w:tr> <w:tr> <w:tc> <w:p> <w:r> <w:t>Anand</w:t> </w:r> </w:p> </w:tc> <w:tc> <w:p> <w:r> <w:t>2</w:t> </w:r> </w:p> </w:tc> </w:tr> </w:tbl> </w:body> </w:document>