Creating a Word document with repeating elements

Microsoft Office Word documents created from Dynamics AX code, besides simple data output, can have more complex structures, such as a dynamic number of repeating elements. For example, a collection letter document can have a variable list of overdue invoices for different customers.

In this recipe, we will create a Word document with repeating elements. For this demonstration, we will display the contents of the LedgerParameters table in a dynamically generated Word table.

Getting ready

For this example, we need to prepare a new Word template and save it as a file named table.dotx. The template should contain one bookmark named TableName at the top, and one table beneath with a single row and two columns, as follows:

How to do it...

Carry out the following steps in order to complete this recipe:

1. 1. In the AOT, create a new job named CreateWordTable with the following code:

   static void CreateWordTable(Args _args)
   {
   TableId tableId;
   COM word;
   COM...