Word file Load and Save Progress Reporting and Cancellation in C# and VB.NET

The GemBox.Document component enables you to: track the progress of loading DOCX files and saving DOCX, PDF, and image files in both C# and VB.NET. The examples below show how to set up progress reporting and how to cancel load/save operation from different types of projects.

C#
VB.NET

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using GemBox.Document;
using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");

        Console.WriteLine("Creating document");

        // Create large document.
        var document = new DocumentModel();
        var section = new Section(document);
        document.Sections.Add(section);
        for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            section.Blocks.Add(new Paragraph(document, i.ToString()));

        // Create save options.
        var saveOptions = new DocxSaveOptions();
        saveOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Progress changed - {args.ProgressPercentage}%");
        };

        // Save document.
        document.Save("document.docx", saveOptions);
    }
}

Imports GemBox.Document
Imports System

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")

        Console.WriteLine("Creating document")

        ' Create large document.
        Dim document As New DocumentModel()
        Dim section As New Section(document)
        document.Sections.Add(section)
        For i As Integer = 0 To 10000
            section.Blocks.Add(New Paragraph(document, i.ToString()))
        Next

        ' Create save options.
        Dim saveOptions = New DocxSaveOptions()
        AddHandler saveOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                Console.WriteLine($"Progress changed - {args.ProgressPercentage}%")
            End Sub

        ' Save document.
        document.Save("document.docx", saveOptions)

    End Sub

End Module

The progress reported with GemBox.Document — Screenshot of the progress reported with GemBox.Document

As you can see you can track the operations by handling the DocxLoadOptions.ProgressChanged, DocxSaveOptions.ProgressChanged, PdfSaveOptions.ProgressChanged, and ImageSaveOptions.ProgressChanged events.

Progress reporting in WPF

The following example shows how to use Tasks in a WPF application to run the load operation on a new thread and how to use the SynchronizationContext to make changes to the progress bar on the UI thread.

XAML
C#
VB.NET

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<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="Progress reporting in WPF" Height="150" Width="300">
    <Grid>
        <ProgressBar HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="32" Margin="27,73,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" Name="progressBar"/>
        <Button x:Name="button" Content="Load" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="27,19,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="236" Height="36" Click="loadButton_Click"/>
        <Label x:Name="percentageLabel" Content="" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="239,77,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" RenderTransformOrigin="0.867,0.59"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

using GemBox.Document;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public MainWindow()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private async void loadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Capture the current context on the UI thread.
        var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;

        // Create load options.
        var loadOptions = new DocxLoadOptions();
        loadOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            var percentage = args.ProgressPercentage;
            // Invoke on the UI thread.
            context.Post(progressPercentage =>
            {
                // Update UI.
                this.progressBar.Value = (int)progressPercentage;
                this.percentageLabel.Content = progressPercentage.ToString() + "%";
            }, percentage);
        };

        this.percentageLabel.Content = "0%";
        // Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread.
        var file = await Task.Run(() => DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions));
    }
}

Imports GemBox.Document
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports System.Windows

Class MainWindow

    Public Sub New()
        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub

    Private Async Sub loadButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
        ' Capture the current context on the UI thread.
        Dim context = SynchronizationContext.Current

        ' Create load options.
        Dim loadOptions = New DocxLoadOptions()
        AddHandler loadOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                Dim percentage = args.ProgressPercentage
                ' Invoke on the UI thread.
                context.Post(
                    Sub(progressPercentage)
                        ' Update UI.
                        Me.progressBar.Value = CType(progressPercentage, Integer)
                        Me.percentageLabel.Content = progressPercentage.ToString() & "%"
                    End Sub, percentage)
            End Sub

        Me.percentageLabel.Content = "0%"
        ' Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread.
        Await Task.Run(
            Sub()
                DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions)
            End Sub)
    End Sub

End Class

The progress reported in WPF with GemBox.Document — Screenshot of the progress reported in WPF with GemBox.Document

The ProgressChanged event is fired on the same thread that started the operation. Therefore, if the operation starts in the UI thread of a WPF application, the thread will be blocked. Because of that, the application won't show the changes made as a response to the fired event.

Progress reporting in Windows Forms

Similarly to WPF, to show the progress of an operation in the UI, it is necessary to run the process on a separate thread and report the changes on the UI thread.

The following example shows how to do that in a Windows Forms application.

C#
VB.NET

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using GemBox.Document;
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public partial class MainForm : Form
{
    public MainForm()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private async void loadButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Capture the current context on the UI thread.
        var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;

        // Create load options.
        var loadOptions = new DocxLoadOptions();
        loadOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            var percentage = args.ProgressPercentage;
            // Invoke on the UI thread.
            context.Post(progressPercentage =>
            {
                // Update UI.
                this.progressBar.Value = (int)progressPercentage;
                this.percentageLabel.Text = progressPercentage.ToString() + "%";
            }, percentage);
        };

        this.percentageLabel.Text = "0%";
        // Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread.
        var file = await Task.Run(() => DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions));
    }
}

Imports GemBox.Document
Imports System
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Public Class MainForm

    Public Sub New()
        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub

    Private Async Sub LoadButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles LoadButton.Click
        ' Capture the current context on the UI thread.
        Dim context = SynchronizationContext.Current

        ' Create load options.
        Dim loadOptions = New DocxLoadOptions()
        AddHandler loadOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                Dim percentage = args.ProgressPercentage
                ' Invoke on the UI thread.
                context.Post(
                    Sub(progressPercentage)
                        ' Update UI.
                        Me.ProgressBar.Value = CType(progressPercentage, Integer)
                        Me.PercentageLabel.Text = progressPercentage.ToString() & "%"
                    End Sub, percentage)
            End Sub

        Me.PercentageLabel.Text = "0%"
        ' Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread.
        Await Task.Run(
            Sub()
                DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions)
            End Sub)
    End Sub

End Class

The progress reported in Windows Forms with GemBox.Document — Screenshot of the progress reported in Windows Forms with GemBox.Document

Cancellation

The following example shows how to cancel the saving of a document in a console application after a specific time.

C#
VB.NET

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using GemBox.Document;
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");

        // Create document.
        var document = new DocumentModel();
        var section = new Section(document);
        document.Sections.Add(section);
        for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            section.Blocks.Add(new Paragraph(document, i.ToString()));

        var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
        stopwatch.Start();

        // Create save options.
        var saveOptions = new DocxSaveOptions();
        saveOptions.ProgressChanged += (sender, args) =>
        {
            // Cancel operation after five seconds.
            if (stopwatch.Elapsed.Seconds >= 5)
                args.CancelOperation();
        };

        try
        {
            document.Save("Cancellation.docx", saveOptions);
            Console.WriteLine("Operation fully finished");
        }
        catch (OperationCanceledException)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Operation was cancelled");
        }
    }
}

Imports GemBox.Document
Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")

        ' Create document.
        Dim document As New DocumentModel()
        Dim section As New Section(document)
        document.Sections.Add(section)
        For i As Integer = 0 To 10000
            section.Blocks.Add(New Paragraph(document, i.ToString()))
        Next

        Dim stopwatch = New Stopwatch()
        stopwatch.Start()

        ' Create save options.
        Dim saveOptions = New DocxSaveOptions()
        AddHandler saveOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                ' Cancel operation after five seconds.
                If stopwatch.Elapsed.Seconds >= 5 Then
                    args.CancelOperation()
                End If
            End Sub

        Try
            document.Save("Cancellation.docx", saveOptions)
            Console.WriteLine("Operation fully finished")
        Catch ex As OperationCanceledException
            Console.WriteLine("Operation was cancelled")
        End Try

    End Sub

End Module

Cancellation in WPF

The example below shows how to implement a button in WPF that cancels the load operation.

XAML
C#
VB.NET

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<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="Cancellation in WPF" Height="200" Width="350">
    <Grid>
        <Button x:Name="loadButton" Content="Start Loading" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="57,31,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="228" Height="31" Click="loadButton_Click" />
        <Button x:Name="cancelButton" Content="Cancel" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="57,111,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="228" Height="32" Click="cancelButton_Click" />
        <ProgressBar HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="25" Margin="57,73,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="228" Name="progressBar" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

using GemBox.Document;
using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private volatile bool cancellationRequested;

    public MainWindow()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private async void loadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Capture the current context on the UI thread.
        var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;

        var loadOptions = new DocxLoadOptions();
        loadOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            // Show progress.
            context.Post(progressPercentage => this.progressBar.Value = (int)progressPercentage, args.ProgressPercentage);

            // Cancel if requested.
            if (this.cancellationRequested)
                args.CancelOperation();
        };

        try
        {
            var file = await Task.Run(() => DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions));
        }
        catch (OperationCanceledException)
        {
            // Operation cancelled.
        }
    }

    private void cancelButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        this.cancellationRequested = true;
    }
}

Imports GemBox.Document
Imports System
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports System.Windows

Class MainWindow

    Private Property cancellationRequested As Boolean

    Public Sub New()
        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub

    Private Async Sub loadButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles loadButton.Click
        ' Capture the current context on the UI thread.
        Dim context = SynchronizationContext.Current

        ' Create load options.
        Dim loadOptions = New DocxLoadOptions()
        AddHandler loadOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                ' Show progress.
                context.Post(
                    Sub(progressPercentage)
                        Me.progressBar.Value = CType(progressPercentage, Integer)
                    End Sub, args.ProgressPercentage)

                ' Cancel if requested.
                If Me.cancellationRequested Then
                    args.CancelOperation()
                End If
            End Sub

        Try
            Dim file = Await Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(
                Function() As DocumentModel
                    Return DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions)
                End Function)
        Catch ex As OperationCanceledException
            ' Operation cancelled.
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub cancelButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles cancelButton.Click
        Me.cancellationRequested = True
    End Sub

End Class

Cancellation in WPF with GemBox.Document — Screenshot of a cancelled operation in WPF with GemBox.Document

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Word file Load and Save Progress Reporting and Cancellation in C# and VB.NET

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