I’m trying to save an existing docx file on the desktop after I automate the word document in C#. I’m using the window form to execute my application. I’m able to save the document when there’s no same file name exists on the desktop. However when I try to save the same file name again it will give me this error message:
You cannot save while the file is in use by another process. Try
saving the file with a new name. (C:…\Desktop\TempWord.docx)
I read it in the Microsoft website I’m able to use SaveAs if there’s an existing file name, it will automatically override it.
I’m not too sure why this kind of message appears because I did not open any other word document at all when this program is being run.
I’m not too sure how to resolve this problem. Maybe I did something very stupid that I did not see 🙁
This is my code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.Office;
using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace TestWordAutoWithTemplate
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void butGenerate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//OBJECT OF MISSING "NULL VALUE"
Object oMissing = Missing.Value;
//OBJECTS OF FALSE AND TRUE
Object oTrue = true;
Object oFalse = false;
//CREATING OBJECTS OF WORD AND DOCUMENT
Word.Application oWord = new Word.Application();
Word.Document oWordDoc = new Word.Document();
//SETTING THE VISIBILITY TO TRUE
//oWord.Visible = true;
//THE LOCATION OF THE TEMPLATE FILE ON THE MACHINE
Object oTemplatePath = @"C:\Documents and Settings\YYC\Desktop\TestTemplate.dotx";
//ADDING A NEW DOCUMENT FROM A TEMPLATE
oWordDoc = oWord.Documents.Add(ref oTemplatePath, ref oMissing, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);
int iTotalFields = 0;
foreach (Word.Field myMergeField in oWordDoc.Fields)
{
iTotalFields++;
Word.Range rngFieldCode = myMergeField.Code;
String fieldText = rngFieldCode.Text;
// ONLY GETTING THE MAILMERGE FIELDS
if (fieldText.StartsWith(" MERGEFIELD"))
{
// THE TEXT COMES IN THE FORMAT OF
// MERGEFIELD MyFieldName \\* MERGEFORMAT
// THIS HAS TO BE EDITED TO GET ONLY THE FIELDNAME "MyFieldName"
Int32 endMerge = fieldText.IndexOf("\\");
Int32 fieldNameLength = fieldText.Length - endMerge;
String fieldName = fieldText.Substring(11, endMerge - 11);
// GIVES THE FIELDNAMES AS THE USER HAD ENTERED IN .dot FILE
fieldName = fieldName.Trim();
// **** FIELD REPLACEMENT IMPLEMENTATION GOES HERE ****//
// THE PROGRAMMER CAN HAVE HIS OWN IMPLEMENTATIONS HERE
if (fieldName == "Name")
{
myMergeField.Select();
//Check whether the control text is empty
if (txtName.Text == "")
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(" ");
}
else
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(txtName.Text);
}
}
if (fieldName == "Address")
{
myMergeField.Select();
//Check whether the control text is empty
if (txtAddress.Text == "")
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(" ");
}
else
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(txtAddress.Text);
}
}
if (fieldName == "Age")
{
myMergeField.Select();
// check whether the control text is empty
if (txtAge.Text == "")
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(" ");
}
else
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(txtAge.Text);
}
}
if (fieldName == "EAddress")
{
myMergeField.Select();
// check whether the control text is empty
if (txtEmail.Text == "")
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(" ");
}
else
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(txtEmail.Text);
}
}
if (fieldName == "Company")
{
myMergeField.Select();
// Check whether the control text is empty
if (txtCompany.Text == "")
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(" ");
}
else
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(txtCompany.Text);
}
}
if (fieldName == "TelNo")
{
myMergeField.Select();
// Check whether the control text is empty
if (txtTelephone.Text == "")
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(" ");
}
else
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(txtCompany.Text);
}
}
if (fieldName == "ODetails")
{
myMergeField.Select();
// Check whether the control text is empty
if (txtOther.Text == "")
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(" ");
}
else
{
oWord.Selection.TypeText(txtOther.Text);
}
}
}
}
oWord.Visible = false;
//Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oWordDoc.Fields);
//Marshal.ReleaseComObject(oWordDoc);
//Marshal.;
// If you want your document to be saved as docx
Object savePath = @"C:\Documents and Settings\YYC\Desktop\TempWord.doc";
//oWordDoc.Save();
oWordDoc.SaveAs(ref savePath
//,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing,
//ref oMissing
);
// Close the Word document, but leave the Word application open.
// doc has to be cast to type _Document so that it will find the
// correct Close method.
object doNotSaveChanges = Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges;
((Word._Document)oWordDoc).Close(ref doNotSaveChanges, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);
oWordDoc = null;
// word has to be case to type _Application so that it will find
// the correct Quit method.
((Word._Application)oWord).Quit(ref doNotSaveChanges, ref oMissing, ref oMissing);
oWord = null;
GC.Collect();
}
}
}
I’m not too sure where I did it wrong.
Edit: I put the original code in.
I made a method out of this so place this line of Code get rid of it in button generate and copy the new method below so your new code should look like this