plutext / docx4j.NET

docx4j is an open source (ASLv2) library for docx/pptx/xlsx, similar in concept to Open XML SDK, but with its own particular strengths including content control databinding (with OpenDoPE enhancements), XHTML import/export, PDF output, and MERGEFIELD processing. This is the .NET version of docx4j.

docx4j.NET

.NET bindings for docx4j

Motivation

Microsoft's Open XML SDK is the de facto way of working with docx/pptx/xlsx files in .NET environment.

However, it is quite a low level API; there is useful additional functionality in docx4j (see samples below), which can be utilised in a .NET environment.

Also, some docx4j users server side want to standardise on a single API, and so use docx4j client side (eg via VSTO AddIn).

Users

You can install the NuGet package; see http://www.nuget.org/packages/docx4j.NET/

Samples

Installing the NuGet package will add a dir src to your project; in src/samples you will see sample code for:

• simple HelloWorld docx
• docx desensitization/anonymization (so a docx can be sent for tech support without disclosing anything sensitive)
• ToC updating
• docx to PDF (in v3.3.x, this uses Plutext's PDF Converter, not docx4j per se)
• docx to HTML
• mail merge (MERGEFIELD processing)
• content control data binding All of those should run out of the box (provided you have set: Project Properties > Startup object)

For examples of how to do other stuff with docx4j, please see https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/tree/master/src/samples Translating any of that code from Java to C# ought to be straightforward.

Developers

You can clone this project.

The easiest way to add the needed references is still via NuGet.