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Build and manipulate Word documents using our abstracted document model — no Word Interop, no OpenXML SDK, no third-party wrappers.

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using Vega.DOM;
using Vega.Enums;

internal class Program
{
    private static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var doc = new WordDocument();
        var image1 = doc.AddParagraph()
        .AddImage(new Image("c:/image.jpg"));
        image1.Transform.Dimensions = new Dimensions
        {
            Height = new DocumentUnit { Point = 200 },
            Width = new DocumentUnit { Inch = 1 }
        };
        image1.Transform.Position = new Position
        {
            X = new DocumentUnit { Inch = 1 },
            Y = new DocumentUnit { Inch = 1 },
            HorizontalRelativePosition = HorizontalRelativePositionValues.page,
            VerticalRelativePosition = VerticalRelativePositionValues.page,
            HorizontalIsAbsolute = true,
            VerticalIsAbsolute = true
        };
        image1.Transform.TextWrapping = new TextWrapping
        {
            WrappingStyle = WrappingStyle.Square,
            WrapText = WrapTextValues.left
        };
        image1.Transform.Rotation = 45;
        doc.InsertChildToIndex(0, new Paragraph());
        doc.AddTable(new Table(3, 3));
        doc.Tables[0].Style = new TableStyle
        {
            Layout = TableLayoutValues.Autofit,
            Borders = new TableBorder
            {
                Bottom = new BorderStyle
                {
                    BorderColor = new Color(""ff0015""),
                    BorderValue =   BorderValues.dashed,
                    BorderSize = 5
                },
                Top = new BorderStyle
                {
                    BorderColor = new Color(""14fc15""),
                    BorderValue = BorderValues.cakeSlice,
                    BorderSize = 5
                },
                Left = new BorderStyle
                {
                    BorderColor = new Color(""14fc15""),
                    BorderValue = BorderValues.apples,
                    BorderSize = 5
                },
                Right = new BorderStyle
                {
                    BorderColor = new Color(""14fc15""),
                    BorderValue = BorderValues.apples,
                    BorderSize = 3
                },
                InsideHorizantal = new BorderStyle
                {
                    BorderColor = new Color(""14fc15""),
                    BorderValue = BorderValues.apples,
                    BorderSize = 2
                },
                InsideVertical = new BorderStyle
                {
                    BorderColor = new Color(""14fc15""),
                    BorderValue = BorderValues.apples,
                    BorderSize = 2
                },
            }
        };
        doc.Tables[0][0][0].AddParagraph(
        new Paragraph())
        .AddText("Hello")
        .Style = new TextStyle
        {
          Font = new Font
          {
              Color = new Color("FF0000"),
              Latin = new FontPart
              {
                  FontName = ""Times New Roman"",
                  Size = 14,
                  IsBold = true,
              }
          }
        };
        doc.LogObjectTree();
        doc.Save("sample1.docx");
    }
}
VDocs is a fully independent document framework designed from the ground up to give developers a clean, extensible, and high-level API for working with Word documents and beyond. It works directly with XML — not with Microsoft Word Interop or the OpenXML SDK — giving you full control, zero bloat, and maximum portability.

Why VDocs?

A Modern Alternative to Office Interop and Open XML SDK

Generating and manipulating Word documents programmatically has traditionally meant choosing between two imperfect options: Office Interop or the Open XML SDK. While both are powerful in their own way, they impose architectural, performance, and maintainability constraints that become increasingly painful in modern systems.

VDocs was designed specifically to remove these limitations.

This article explains why VDocs exists, how it differs fundamentally, and what advantages it offers compared to Interop and Open XML.

The Core Problem with Existing Approaches

A Word document is simultaneously:

  • A visual layout
  • A semantic structure
  • A serialization format (XML)
  • A platform-dependent rendering target

Most existing tools mix these concerns together.
VDocs separates them.

1. Office Interop: Powerful but Not Built for Servers

What it is

Office Interop automates Microsoft Word itself via COM APIs.

Limitations

  • Requires Microsoft Office to be installed
  • Not supported for server or cloud environments
  • Thread-unsafe
  • High memory and CPU usage
  • Tightly coupled to Windows and Word versions
  • Licensing and deployment complications

Architectural issue: Interop treats Word as a black-box renderer. You automate a UI application instead of working with a document model.

VDocs advantage: No Office installation, server-safe, deterministic, platform-independent, and license-free.

2. Open XML SDK: Low-Level and XML-Centric

What it is

The Open XML SDK provides strongly-typed wrappers around WordprocessingML.

Strengths

  • No Office dependency
  • Official Microsoft format
  • Works for basic structural tasks

The real problems

  • Extremely verbose APIs
  • Requires deep knowledge of Word XML internals
  • XML structure leaks into application logic
  • Difficult to reason about layout and intent
  • Hard to maintain and extend

With Open XML, you are programming the file format, not the document.

3. VDocs: A Floating Document Model

VDocs introduces a Floating Document Object Model (DOM) that is:

  • Format-agnostic
  • Layout-aware
  • Semantically rich
  • Independent of Word XML

Word is just one serialization target.

4. High-Level Abstraction, Low-Level Control

Application Logic
        ↓
   VDocs DOM (Paragraph, TextStyle, Effects, Layout)
        ↓
   Mapping Layer
        ↓
   Word XML / HTML / PDF / Others

You work with intent (paragraphs, styles, effects), while XML exists only in the lowest layer.

5. True Round-Trip Support

VDocs is designed for bidirectional mapping:

  • Word XML → VDocs DOM
  • VDocs DOM → Word XML

This enables document analysis, transformation pipelines, normalization, format conversion, and future import/export scenarios.

6. Floating DOM = Multi-Format Future

Because the DOM is not tied to Word:

  • Word is one backend
  • HTML is another
  • PDF is another
  • Excel, PowerPoint, and custom renderers can follow

This future-proof design is what enables VDocs to grow beyond Word.

7. Performance and Predictability

  • No COM automation
  • No UI thread
  • No Word process startup
  • Minimal XML output

This results in faster generation, lower memory usage, and stable performance under load.

8. No Licensing, No Hidden Costs

  • No Microsoft Office license required
  • Safe for SaaS and multi-tenant systems
  • Cloud- and container-friendly

9. Designed for Developers

With VDocs, developers express intent instead of XML mechanics.

This leads to cleaner code, easier maintenance, and significantly higher productivity.

10. A Foundation, Not Just a Library

VDocs is not just a Word generator.

  • A document modeling framework
  • A conversion engine foundation
  • A future-proof abstraction layer

Comparison Summary

Feature Office Interop Open XML SDK VDocs
Office Required No No No
Server Safe No Yes Yes
High-Level API Yes No Yes
XML-Free API No No Yes
Round-Trip Mapping No Limited Yes
Multi-Format Ready No No Yes

Final Thought

Interop automates Word.
Open XML programs Word files.
VDocs models documents.

That architectural difference is why VDocs scales better, performs better, and enables document workflows that traditional approaches cannot.

Roadmap Highlights:

  • ✅ Full Word support via WordprocessingML

  • 🔜 HTML & PDF output layers

  • 🔒 Performance-optimized XML processing


⚙️ Features

🔧

Pure XML-Driven

VDocs uses direct XML parsing and generation, not Office Interop, OpenXML SDK, or any legacy dependencies. It's lean, fast, and built for server-side use.

📄

Format-Agnostic Model

At its core, VDocs defines a floating document object model that abstracts away file-specific concerns. Write once, target many.

🧱

Fully Object-Oriented

Every structure — paragraphs, shapes, fills, styles — is a strongly-typed class, cleanly mapped to and from WordprocessingML.

🔁

Two-Way Mapping

Read from existing Word files or build new ones from scratch — all from your C# code. XML ↔ Model synchronization is seamless and deterministic.

🎯

Developer First

Designed with clarity and precision, VDocs’s API reduces verbosity and boosts maintainability. Built for developers who need fine-grained document control.

🚀

Forward-Compatible

The architecture allows for future format extensions — such as HTML, PDF, and Excel — using the same document core.

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