# Generating Dynamic DOCX Documents with Tables and CheckBoxes using RadWordsProcessing

## Environment

| Version    | Product            | Author                                                                          |
| ---------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 2024.2.426 | RadWordsProcessing | [Desislava Yordanova](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/author/desislava-yordanova) |

## Description

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

![DOCX with CheckBoxes](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/assets/67a6758854cdd368cc9ee95e2152e7a2/docx-with-checkboxes.png)

## Solution

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

1. Create a new [RadFlowDocument](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/model/radflowdocument) and a [RadFlowDocumentEditor](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/editing/radflowdocumenteditor).
2. Use the editor to insert a [table](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/model/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](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/model/content-controls/content-controls) (SDT).
4. Customize the checkbox appearance and checked state.
5. [Export the document](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/formats-and-conversion/word-file-formats/docx/docxformatprovider) 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 content controls and other features of RadWordsProcessing, see the [SDK examples](https://github.com/telerik/document-processing-sdk/blob/master/WordsProcessing/ContentControls/DocumentGenerator.cs).

## See Also

* [RadWordsProcessing Overview](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/overview)
* [Working with Tables in RadWordsProcessing](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/model/table)
* [Content Controls in RadWordsProcessing](https://www.telerik.com/document-processing-libraries/documentation/libraries/radwordsprocessing/model/content-controls/content-controls)