Word Automation / Word Interop in C# and VB.NET with GemBox.Document component.
Microsoft Word Automation (Word Interop) has following disadvantages compared to GemBox.Document:
- Requires a license for Microsoft Word on every client machine.
- Requires that all client machines have the same version of Microsoft Word installed.
- When using Automation, Word is loaded in the background, taking computer resources and loading a large number of files and DLLs.
- Microsoft Word was designed as UI application and because of that API is very slow. Generating a simple document with 30 paragraphs takes 10.2 seconds on our test machine.
- Microsoft doesn’t recommend using Word Automation (or any Office Interop) on the server: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257757
GemBox.Document is one of the best alternatives to Microsoft Word Automation (Word Interop).
GemBox.Document Free is free of charge while GemBox.Document Professional is a commercial version licensed per developer.
For more information, see GemBox.Document features and why GemBox.Document outperforms Word automation.
