In-Paragraph List in Word Processing Document

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In this article, we will use GroupDocs.Assembly to generate a In-ParagraphList report in Word Processing Document format based on the use case: Working with a Business Case.
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The code uses some of the objects defined in The Business Layer.

In-Paragraph List in Microsoft Word Document

Creating a In-Paragraph List

Practicing the following steps you can create In-Paragraph List Template in MS Word 2013.

  1. Write a sentence, for example “We provide support for the following products:”.
  2. Save the template.

Reporting Requirement

As a report developer, you are required to describe the services you are providing with the following key requirements:

  • A descriptive or informative line like “We provide support for the following products:”.
  • Show all the products along with the above sentence.
  • Report must be generated in the Word Processing Document.

Adding Syntax to be evaluated by GroupDocs.Assembly Engine

We provide support for the following products:
<<foreach [in products]>><<[IndexOf() != 0 ? ", " : ""]>>
<<[ProductName]>>
<</foreach>>
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For detailed technical information about syntax, expressions and report generation by the engine, please visit: Working with GroupDocs.Assembly Engine.

Download In-Paragraph List Template

Please download the sample In-Paragraph List document we created in this article:

Generating The Report

Custom Objects

Database Entities

Using DataSet

Using XML DataSource

Using JSON DataSource

In-Paragraph List in OpenOffice Document

Creating the Template

OpenDocument Text (ODT) is a word processing document format which can be used as an alternative to Microsoft Word Document (DOC/DOCX) formats. Since ODT is not a Microsoft Proprietary format, there are multiple software (including Microsoft Office and Apache OpenOffice) available to create, open, edit and save this format. For more information on the available software to work with ODT, please visit Wikipedia article.

In this topic, we’ll not reinvent the wheel to recreate a template for generating an ‘In-Paragraph List’ report in ODT format. Instead, we’ll save the existing template to ODT format using Microsoft Office. In order to achieve this; assuming you are using Microsoft Office 2010, please follow below steps:

  1. Open existing template we created in previous topic.
  2. Click “File” and select “Save As”.
  3. Select “OpenDocument Text” from “Save As Type” drop down.
  4. Click “Save”.

Download Template

Generating the Report

Custom Objects

Database Entities

Using DataSet

Using XML DataSource

Using JSON DataSource

ODT Template and Report in Apache OpenOffice

In order to check compatibility of ODT between Microsoft Office 2010 and Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2, we performed below tests:

  • We opened the ODT template created through Microsoft Office 2010 in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2. The template opened successfully in Apache OpenOffice without any issues or formatting losses.
  • We opened the ODT report generated through GroupDocs.Assembly in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2. The report opened successfully in Apache OpenOffice without any issues or formatting losses.