How to NOT save documents using microsoft.office.interop.word

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Just wondering if anyone knows how to not save a document after creation when using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.

Basically i am using mail merge to print off a report from c#, the document get made, values are passed to it no problem and i can then print it without any issues, however, I only need to print the document, I do not need to save a copy on the computer.

Once i have passed all the values to the document, i use the following code to print and close the document:

wordDoc.PrintOut();
wordDoc.Close();
wordApp.Application.Quit();

However, this prints the document and then the 'Save' dialog pops up, asking where to save the document. I dont want this as clicking cancel produces an error (and requires another unwanted interaction from the user), and i dont need to save the file.

Any ideas?

Using Visual Studio 2012, .NET 4.0, and i have tried using the following files types for the office document: .doc, .dot, .docx, .dotx.

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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You can pass SaveChanges parameter as wdDoNotSaveChanges to the Close method to skip the saving part.

Have a look at:

how to close a running instance of Word document? (C#)

MSDN Reference.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Mar 05 '13 at 19:27

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score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 03 '17 at 01:03

I know this is a very late response to Johns question, but I also needed to close an edited document without having that save dialog displayed.

I found this method worked perfectly for me:

// Tells the application not to save changes    
((_Application)wordDoc.Application).Quit(false);

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '13 at 19:24

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How about suppressing alerts?

Word.Application word = new Word.Application();
word.DisplayAlerts = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdAlertLevel.wdAlertsNone;

answered Mar 05 '13 at 19:24

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 12 '22 at 15:48

I know this is very late but you can try this one.

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application wordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application { Visible = false };
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document aDoc = wordApp.Documents.Open(fileName, ReadOnly: true, Visible: true);
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveOptions dontSave = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdSaveOptions.wdDoNotSaveChanges; 
aDoc.Close(dontSave, null, null);

How to NOT save documents using microsoft.office.interop.word

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