Import styles from another document


See also: Import Elements together with Styles from another document.

Let's import ParagraphStyle(s) and CharacterStyle from a source document (document with styles.docx).

This is the source document (from which we'll import styles):

This is the source document (from which we'll import styles).

Let's import all paragraph styles and a character style with name "Green".

After the importing, we apply these styles to a paragraph and its content.

This is the destination document where we imported and applied the styles:

This is the destination document where we imported and applied the styles.

Complete code

using SautinSoft.Document;
using SautinSoft.Document.Tables;
using System.Linq;

namespace Sample
{
    class Sample
    {

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Get your free trial key here:   
            // https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/

            ImportStyles();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// This sample shows how to import styles from a one document to another. 
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/styles-import.php
        /// </remarks>
        public static void ImportStyles()
        {
            DocumentCore source = DocumentCore.Load(@"..\..\..\document with styles.docx");
            DocumentCore dest = new DocumentCore();
            dest.Sections.Add(new Section(dest));

            // 1. Let's import all paragraph styles.
            foreach (Style s in source.Styles.Where(s => s is ParagraphStyle))
                dest.Styles.Import(s);

            // 1.5. Let's import Character style with name from "Green".

            // 1.5.1 Find a desired style with name "Green".
            CharacterStyle charStyle = (CharacterStyle)source.Styles.FirstOrDefault(s => s is CharacterStyle && s.Name=="Green");
            // 1.5.2 Import the style into the "dest" document and get the reference to it.
            if (charStyle != null)
                charStyle = (CharacterStyle)dest.Styles.Import(charStyle);

            // 2. Insert a new paragraph and apply the just now imported style.
            Paragraph p = new Paragraph(dest, "Charles Dickens was an extraordinary man. He is best known " +
                "as a novelist but he was very much more than that. He was as prominent in his other pursuits "+
                "but they were not areas of life where we can still see him today.");
            dest.Sections[0].Blocks.Add(p);

            // Find a style with the name "Center"
            ParagraphStyle pStyle = (ParagraphStyle)dest.Styles.FirstOrDefault(s => s is ParagraphStyle
                            && s.Name == "Center");
            
            // Apply the style to the paragraph.
            if (pStyle != null)
                p.ParagraphFormat.Style = pStyle;

            // Aplly the character style "Green" to all Run element in our paragraph.
            if (charStyle!=null)
            {
                foreach (Run r in p.Inlines)
                    r.CharacterFormat.Style = charStyle;
            }            

            // Save the dest document into DOCX format.
            string docPath = "SimpleImport.docx";
            dest.Save(docPath);

            // Open the result for demonstration purposes.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(docPath) { UseShellExecute = true });
        }
    }
}

Download

Imports SautinSoft.Document
Imports SautinSoft.Document.Tables
Imports System.Linq

Namespace Sample
    Friend Class Sample

        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            ImportStyles()
        End Sub
        ''' Get your free trial key here:   
        ''' https://sautinsoft.com/start-for-free/
        ''' <summary>
        ''' This sample shows how to import styles from a one document to another. 
        ''' </summary>
        ''' <remarks>
        ''' Details: https://sautinsoft.com/products/document/help/net/developer-guide/styles-import.php
        ''' </remarks>
        Public Shared Sub ImportStyles()
            Dim source As DocumentCore = DocumentCore.Load("..\..\..\document with styles.docx")
            Dim dest As New DocumentCore()
            dest.Sections.Add(New Section(dest))

            ' 1. Let's import all paragraph styles.
            For Each style As Style In source.Styles.Where(Function(s) TypeOf s Is ParagraphStyle)
                dest.Styles.Import(style)
            Next style

            ' 1.5. Let's import Character style with name from "Green".

            ' 1.5.1 Find a desired style with name "Green".
            Dim charStyle As CharacterStyle = CType(source.Styles.FirstOrDefault(Function(s) TypeOf s Is CharacterStyle AndAlso s.Name = "Green"), CharacterStyle)
            ' 1.5.2 Import the style into the "dest" document and get the reference to it.
            If charStyle IsNot Nothing Then
                charStyle = CType(dest.Styles.Import(charStyle), CharacterStyle)
            End If

            ' 2. Insert a new paragraph and apply the just now imported style.
            Dim p As New Paragraph(dest, "Charles Dickens was an extraordinary man. He is best known " & "as a novelist but he was very much more than that. He was as prominent in his other pursuits " & "but they were not areas of life where we can still see him today.")
            dest.Sections(0).Blocks.Add(p)

            ' Find a style with the name "Center"
            Dim pStyle As ParagraphStyle = CType(dest.Styles.FirstOrDefault(Function(s) TypeOf s Is ParagraphStyle AndAlso s.Name = "Center"), ParagraphStyle)

            ' Apply the style to the paragraph.
            If pStyle IsNot Nothing Then
                p.ParagraphFormat.Style = pStyle
            End If

            ' Aplly the character style "Green" to all Run element in our paragraph.
            If charStyle IsNot Nothing Then
                For Each r As Run In p.Inlines
                    r.CharacterFormat.Style = charStyle
                Next r
            End If

            ' Save the dest document into DOCX format.
            Dim docPath As String = "SimpleImport.docx"
            dest.Save(docPath)

            ' Open the result for demonstration purposes.
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(docPath) With {.UseShellExecute = True})
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Download

If you need a new code example or have a question: email us at support@sautinsoft.com or ask at Online Chat (right-bottom corner of this page) or use the Form below:

Captcha

Questions and suggestions from you are always welcome!

We are developing .Net components since 2002. We know PDF, DOCX, RTF, HTML, XLSX and Images formats. If you need any assistance with creating, modifying or converting documents in various formats, we can help you. We will write any code example for you absolutely free.