Importing a table from a word doc

[Aaron Hood]

I want to import a table from a word doc into a pdf section. How would I go about doing this?

Here is what I have so far...

PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
PdfSection section = doc.Sections.Add();
PdfPage page = section.Pages.Add();
PdfGraphics g = doc.Pages[0].Graphics;

WordDocument wordDoc = new WordDocument("Test.doc"); //Works
IWTable table = wordDoc.Sections[0].Tables[0]; //Works

//No idea how to draw var 'table' into var 'section'

[Sri Subhashini M]

Hi Asron,

Thank you for your interest in Essential PDF.

Convert table from Word to PDF document

We can convert a table in word into a PDF document by drawing the table in a word document and convert the word document as a PDF using DoctoPDF converter.

Could you please do find the sample from the below specified location and let me know if you need further assistance?

http://files.syncfusion.com/samples/PDF.Windows/PDF_Win_F89730.zip

Regards,
Suba

[Aaron Hood]

I do not want to convert the whole doc to pdf. I would like to grab a table from the doc and redraw it into another pdf that I'm creating on the fly. Is that possible?

[Sri Subhashini M]

Hi Aaron,

Convert table from Word to PDF document

It is not directly not possible to convert a specific table in a word document as a PDF document. But we can achieve the same feature by following the below mentioned steps,

1. Convert the table from a word document as a DataTable.
2. Set the DataTable to the PdfDocument`s PdfLightTable DataSource object.
3. Draw the PdfLightTable in a PdfDocument.

Kindly look into the below specific code which converts the existing word document`s table as DataTable,

IWTable table = document.Sections[0].Tables[0];
// Convert the existing table as DataTable
DataTable dt = new DataTable("dt");
for (int i = 0; i < table.FirstRow.Cells.Count; i++)
  dt.Columns.Add(table.FirstRow.Cells[i].Paragraphs[0].Text);

for (int i = 0; i < table.Rows.Count; i++)
{
   string[] s = new string[dt.Columns.Count];
   for (int j = 0; j < table.Rows[i].Cells.Count; j++)
   {
     s[j] = table.Rows[i].Cells[j].Paragraphs[0].Text;
   }
   dt.Rows.Add(s);
}

Could you please do find the sample which demonstrates the above mentioned feature and let me know if this helps?

http://files.syncfusion.com/samples/PDF.Windows/PDF_Win_F89730_Modified.zip

Regards,
Suba

[Aaron Hood]

Converting it to a datatable would work to get the data but I loose the main purpose of the conversation. The reason I wanted to grab the table object directly was to keep the layout and formating.

It was worth a shot. Thanks

[Sri Subhashini M]

Hi Aaron,

As we mentioned earlier, it is not possible to grap the table object from a word document. But you can format or customize the cells in PdfLightTable with the help of the PdfCellStyle.

Could you please refer the below webpage for more information about PdfLightTable and let me know if you need further assistance?

http://help.syncfusion.com/ug_73/pdf/Tables.html

Regards,
Suba