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

Question

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.

Solution 1

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.

Solution 2

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);

Solution 3

How about suppressing alerts?

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