DocX – Add nested lists to Microsoft Word document programmatically

Following code provides basic example on how to add Nested Lists to Microsoft Word programmatically.

private static void AddList()
{
    Console.WriteLine("\tAddList()");

    using (var document = DocX.Create(@"docs\Lists.docx"))
    {
        var numberedList = document.AddList("First List Item.", 0, ListItemType.Numbered);
                //Add a numbered list starting at 2
        document.AddListItem(numberedList, "Second List Item.");
        document.AddListItem(numberedList, "Third list item.");
        document.AddListItem(numberedList, "First sub list item", 1);

        document.AddListItem(numberedList, "Nested item.", 2);
        document.AddListItem(numberedList, "Fourth nested item.");

        var bulletedList = document.AddList("First Bulleted Item.", 0, ListItemType.Bulleted);
        document.AddListItem(bulletedList, "Second bullet item");
        document.AddListItem(bulletedList, "Sub bullet item", 1);
        document.AddListItem(bulletedList, "Second sub bullet item", 2);
        document.AddListItem(bulletedList, "Third bullet item");

        document.InsertList(numberedList);
        document.InsertList(bulletedList);
        document.Save();
        Console.WriteLine("\tCreated: docs\\Lists.docx");
    }
}

Above example is part of DocX Examples and can be found in DocX source package under Examples \ Program.cs. This example uses RelativeDirectory.cs class. It's required for the code sample to work and are included in the sources of DocX.

Keep that in mind when working with the code to either download the DocX package or change the code appropriately. Below you can find Relative Directory class just in case you have no access to sources.

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace Examples
{
    class RelativeDirectory
    {
        // Author D. Bolton see https://cplus.about.com (c) 2010
        private DirectoryInfo _dirInfo;

        public string Dir
        {
            get
            {
                return _dirInfo.Name;
            }
        }

        public string Path
        {
            get { return _dirInfo.FullName; }
            set
            {
                try
                {
                    DirectoryInfo newDir = new DirectoryInfo(value);
                    _dirInfo = newDir;
                }
                catch
                {
                    // silent
                }
            }
        }
        public RelativeDirectory()
        {
            _dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
        }

        public RelativeDirectory(string absoluteDir)
        {
            _dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(absoluteDir);
        }

        public Boolean Up(int numLevels)
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < numLevels; i++)
            {
                DirectoryInfo tempDir = _dirInfo.Parent;
                if (tempDir != null)
                    _dirInfo = tempDir;
                else
                    return false;
            }
            return true;
        }

        public Boolean Up()
        {
            return Up(1);
        }

        public Boolean Down(string match)
        {
            DirectoryInfo[] dirs = _dirInfo.GetDirectories(match + '*');
            _dirInfo = dirs[0];
            return true;
        }

    }

}