Inserting citation and bibliography in C#

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I want to add citation in my word document using c# vsto plugin. after a long research i found a code on here :

<pre>private void AddBibliography()
{
    string guid = System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
    string src = 
        "<b:Source><b:Tag>Jam08</b:Tag><b:SourceType>Book</b:SourceType>" 
        + "<b:Guid>" + guid + "</b:Guid><b:LCID>0</b:LCID><b:Author>" 
        + "<b:Author><b:NameList><b:Person><b:Last>Persse</b:Last>" 
        + "<b:First>James</b:First></b:Person></b:NameList></b:Author>" 
        + "</b:Author><b:Title>Hollywood Secrets of Project Management "
        + "Success</b:Title><b:Year>2008</b:Year><b:City>Redmond</b:City>"
        + "<b:Publisher>Microsoft Press</b:Publisher></b:Source>";
    this.Bibliography.Sources.Add(src);

    this.Bibliography.BibliographyStyle = "APA";
    this.Paragraphs.Last.Range.InsertParagraphAfter();
    object fieldType = Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldBibliography;
    this.Fields.Add(
        this.Paragraphs.Last.Range, 
        ref fieldType, 
        ref missing, 
        ref missing);
}

but issue is it's not working.

What I have tried:

I have tried above code i found on DocumentBase.Bibliography Property (Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word) | Microsoft Learn[^]

Posted 9-Jul-24 20:17pm

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Graeme_Grant · Answer 1 · 2024-07-09T22:43:00

Solution 1

The best way to understand the code required to do it is to use the macro recording feature in Word, then look at the VBA code it generates. ref: Create or run a macro - Microsoft Support[^]

Posted 9-Jul-24 22:43pm

Graeme_Grant

Pete O'Hanlon · Answer 2 · 2024-07-10T02:17:00

I suspect that you might be able to use something like this:

C#

public void CreateBibliography(string pageHeading, List<Citation> citations)
{
  var document = Application.ActiveDocument;
  Range range = document.Range;
  range.Collapse(WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd);
  AddPage(range, pageHeading);
  foreach (Citation citation in citations)
  {
    range.InsertAfter($"Citation {citation.Author} - {citation.Title}: Press {citation.Press} ");
    range.InsertParagraphAfter();
  }
}

private void AddPage(Range range, string pageHeading)
{
  range.InsertBreak(WdBreakType.wdPageBreak);
  range.InsertAfter(pageHeading);
  range.InsertParagraphAfter();
}

I've just typed this up in Notepad so it might not be 100% correct, but it looks like it might work. Note, the Citation class looks like this:

C#

public class Citation
{
  public string Author { get; set; }
  public string Title { get; set; }
  public string Press { get; set; }
}