Question

I have created a document template file (.dotx) in Word 2007 and in this I have created a Quick Part. I have been attempting to access this quick part programmatically using C# and the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word namespace. Once I have access to the Quick Part I want to populate its fields with the properties of a POCO, then replicate this for all the POCO’s in a List.

So far I have not been successful. Has anyone had any luck with this?

Note: I do not want to use the Open XML SDK if at all possible.

Answer 1

I found that I could access a Quick Part from a Document Template file using the following code:

    private BuildingBlock GetQuickPartFromTemplate(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordApplication, string wordTemplateDocumentPath, object quickPartName)
    {
        return (from Template template in wordApplication.Templates
                where template.FullName.Contains(Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(wordTemplateDocumentpath))
                let index = quickPartName
                select template.BuildingBlockEntries.Item(ref quickPartName)).FirstOrDefault();
    }

The first parameter is the Word Application, the second is the path of the Document Template file, while the third is the name of the Quick Part in the template.