Generating Dynamic DOCX Documents with Tables and CheckBoxes using RadWordsProcessing

Updated on Apr 24, 2026

Environment

Version	Product	Author
2024.2.426	RadWordsProcessing	Desislava Yordanova

Description

This article demonstrates how to create tables and checkboxes within a DOCX document programmatically.

Solution

To generate a DOCX document dynamically, including tables and checkboxes, follow these steps:

1. Create a new RadFlowDocument and a RadFlowDocumentEditor.
2. Use the editor to insert a table into the document.
3. Populate the table with rows and cells. For cells intended to contain checkboxes, add a checkbox using structured document tags (SDT).
4. Customize the checkbox appearance and checked state.
5. Export the document as a DOCX file.

Here is a sample code snippet demonstrating how to accomplish this:

csharp

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    RadFlowDocument document = new RadFlowDocument();
    RadFlowDocumentEditor editor = new RadFlowDocumentEditor(document);
    Table table = editor.InsertTable();

    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
    {
        TableRow row = table.Rows.AddTableRow();

        for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
        {
            TableCell cell = row.Cells.AddTableCell();
            if (j == 2)
            {
                Run r = cell.Blocks.AddParagraph().Inlines.AddRun("Yes/No ");
                SdtCheckBoxState checkedBoxState = new SdtCheckBoxState
                {
                    Font = new FontFamily("MS Gothic"),
                    CharacterCode = 0x2611
                };

                SdtCheckBoxState uncheckedBoxState = new SdtCheckBoxState
                {
                    Font = new FontFamily("MS Gothic"),
                    CharacterCode = 0x2610
                };

                CheckBoxProperties checkBoxProperties = new CheckBoxProperties
                {
                    CheckedState = checkedBoxState,
                    UncheckedState = uncheckedBoxState,
                    Checked = i % 2 == 0
                };

                editor.MoveToInlineEnd(r);
                SdtRangeStart sdt = editor.InsertStructuredDocumentTag(checkBoxProperties);
                editor.MoveToInlineEnd(sdt);
                Run runWithCheckBox = editor.InsertText(((char)(checkBoxProperties.Checked ? checkBoxProperties.CheckedState.CharacterCode : checkBoxProperties.UncheckedState.CharacterCode)).ToString());
                runWithCheckBox.Properties.FontFamily.LocalValue = new ThemableFontFamily(checkBoxProperties.CheckedState.Font);
                editor.MoveToInlineEnd(sdt.End);
            }
            else
            {
                cell.Blocks.AddParagraph().Inlines.AddRun(string.Format("Cell {0}, {1}", i, j));
            }
            cell.PreferredWidth = new TableWidthUnit(150);
        }
    }

    Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Docx.DocxFormatProvider provider = new Telerik.Windows.Documents.Flow.FormatProviders.Docx.DocxFormatProvider();
    string outputFilePath = "output.docx";
    File.Delete(outputFilePath);
    using (Stream output = File.OpenWrite(outputFilePath))
    {
        provider.Export(document, output);
    }

    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = outputFilePath, UseShellExecute = true });
}

For more examples and details on working with content controls and other features of RadWordsProcessing, refer to the SDK examples.

See Also

• RadWordsProcessing Overview
• Working with Tables in RadWordsProcessing
• Content Controls in RadWordsProcessing