How to remove Section Break when merging documents using ImportContent API?

Syncfusion® Essential® DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, and edit Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or Interop dependencies. Using this library, you can remove Section Break when Word merging documents using the ImportContent API.

Steps to remove Section Break when merging Word documents using the ImportContent API programmatically:

1. Create a new C# console application project.
   
   
   
   
2. Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Winforms NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from NuGet.org.
   
   
   
   
3. Include the following namespace in the Program.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;

VB.NET

Imports Syncfusion.DocIO
Imports Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS

4. Use the following code example to learn the Steps to remove the Section Break when merging Word documents using ImportContent API.

C#

//Open the source document. 
WordDocument sourceDocument = new WordDocument("Source.docx");
//Open the destination document. 
WordDocument destinationDocument = new WordDocument("Destination.docx");
//Set the break-code of the First section of the source document as NoBreak to avoid imported from a new page.
sourceDocument.Sections[0].BreakCode = SectionBreakCode.NoBreak;
//Import the contents of source document at the end of destination document.
destinationDocument.ImportContent(sourceDocument);
//Save the destination document.
destinationDocument.Save("Result.docx", FormatType.Docx);
//Close the document instances.
sourceDocument.Close();
destinationDocument.Close();

VB.NET

'Open the source document.
Dim sourceDocument As WordDocument =  New WordDocument("Source.docx") 
'Open the destination document.
Dim destinationDocument As WordDocument =  New WordDocument("Destination.docx") 
'Set the break-code of the First section of the source document as NoBreak to avoid imported from a new page.
sourceDocument.Sections(0).BreakCode = SectionBreakCode.NoBreak
'Import the contents of source document at the end of destination document.
destinationDocument.ImportContent(sourceDocument)
'Save the destination document.
destinationDocument.Save("Result.docx", FormatType.Docx)
'Close the document instances.
sourceDocument.Close()
destinationDocument.Close()

A complete working sample to remove Section Break when merging Word documents using the ImportContent API using C# can be downloaded from here

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Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to remove Section Break when merging documents using ImportContent API.

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