How to prevent SaveAs dialog in Word in C#?

Question

I am developing a custom ribbon in Microsoft Word document. I intend to override the save functionality by disabling it and save the document programmatically.

I have added DocumentBeforeSave event Handler to save the document. Here is the part of the code to save the document

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

    Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.DocumentBeforeSave += new Word.ApplicationEvents4_DocumentBeforeSaveEventHandler(this.Application_DocumentBeforeSave);
}

public void Application_DocumentBeforeSave(Word.Document document, ref bool saveAsUI, ref bool cancel)            
{
    String destFolder = @"D:\report\tempFolder\";
    Random rnd = new Random();
    String fileName = "Temp_" + rnd.Next(1000, 9999).ToString() + ".docx";
    var destFile = System.IO.Path.Combine(destFolder, fileName);

    document.SaveAs2(destFile);
}

Any idea how to do that?

Answer 1

Be aware, you are trying to save the document by calling the SaveAs2 method in the DocumentBeforeSave event handler. Calling the SaveAs2 method triggers the DocumentBeforeSave method, so you will get a recursion and your dialog will never be displayed.

How to prevent SaveAs dialog in Word in C#?

In the DocumentBeforeSave event handler you may set up the saveAsUI parameter which is true if the Save As dialog box is displayed, whether to save a new document, in response to the Save command; or in response to the Save As command; or in response to the SaveAs or SaveAs2 method.