Bullet list

The following example shows you how to create a bullet list.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.Numbering;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();

            // Create numbering definitions
            NumberingDefinitions numberingDefinitions = new NumberingDefinitions();

            // Create abstract numbering for bullet list
            AbstractNumbering abstractNumbering = new AbstractNumbering();
            abstractNumbering.ID = 1;

            NumberingLevel level0 = new NumberingLevel();
            level0.Level = 0;
            level0.Format = NumberingFormat.Bullet;
            level0.Text = new NumberingLevelText("\u2022"); // bullet character
            level0.Start = 1;

            abstractNumbering.Levels.Add(level0);
            numberingDefinitions.AbstractNumberings.Add(abstractNumbering);

            // Create numbering definition instance
            NumberingDefinitionInstance instance = new NumberingDefinitionInstance();
            instance.ID = 1;
            instance.AbstractNumberingID = 1;

            numberingDefinitions.Numberings.Add(instance);
            doc.NumberingDefinitions = numberingDefinitions;

            // Create bullet list items
            string[] items = {"First item", "Second item", "Third item", "Fourth item"};

            foreach (string item in items)
            {
                Run run = new Run();
                run.AddText(item);

                Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
                paragraph.Add(run);
                paragraph.NumberingReference = new NumberingReference(1, 0);

                doc.Body.Add(paragraph);
            }

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word.Numbering

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        ' Create numbering definitions
        Dim numberingDefinitions As NumberingDefinitions = New NumberingDefinitions()

        ' Create abstract numbering for bullet list
        Dim abstractNumbering As AbstractNumbering = New AbstractNumbering()
        abstractNumbering.ID = 1

        Dim level0 As NumberingLevel = New NumberingLevel()
        level0.Level = 0
        level0.Format = NumberingFormat.Bullet
        level0.Text = New NumberingLevelText(ChrW(8226))  ' bullet character
        level0.Start = 1

        abstractNumbering.Levels.Add(level0)
        numberingDefinitions.AbstractNumberings.Add(abstractNumbering)

        ' Create numbering definition instance
        Dim instance As NumberingDefinitionInstance = New NumberingDefinitionInstance()
        instance.ID = 1
        instance.AbstractNumberingID = 1

        numberingDefinitions.Numberings.Add(instance)
        doc.NumberingDefinitions = numberingDefinitions

        ' Create bullet list items
        Dim items() As String = {"First item", "Second item", "Third item", "Fourth item"}

        For Each item As String In items
            Dim run As Run = New Run()
            run.AddText(item)

            Dim paragraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph()
            paragraph.Add(run)
            paragraph.NumberingReference = New NumberingReference(1, 0)

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph)
        Next

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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