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The following example shows you how to create a comment.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument();
                      
            Run commentRun = new Run();
            commentRun.AddText("Comment text.");

            Paragraph commentParagraph = new Paragraph();
            commentParagraph.Add(commentRun);

            Comment comment1 = new Comment(1);
            comment1.Author = "Joe Smith";
            comment1.Date = DateTime.Now;
            comment1.Initials = "JS";
            comment1.Add(commentParagraph);

            CommentRangeStart commentStart = new CommentRangeStart(1);
            CommentRangeEnd commentEnd = new CommentRangeEnd(1);
            CommentReference commentReference = new CommentReference(1);

            Run commentReferenceRun = new Run();
            commentReferenceRun.Add(commentReference);

            Run run1 = new Run();
            run1.AddText("Hello ");

            Run run2 = new Run();
            run2.AddText("Word");

            Run run3 = new Run();
            run3.AddText(".");

            Paragraph paragraph1 = new Paragraph();
            paragraph1.Add(run1);
            paragraph1.Add(commentStart);
            paragraph1.Add(run2);
            paragraph1.Add(commentEnd);
            paragraph1.Add(commentReferenceRun);
            paragraph1.Add(run3);

            doc.Body.Add(paragraph1);
            doc.Comments.Add(comment1);

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument()

        Dim commentRun As Run = New Run
        commentRun.AddText("Comment text.")

        Dim commentParagraph As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        commentParagraph.Add(commentRun)

        Dim comment1 As Comment = New Comment(1)
        comment1.Author = "Joe Smith"
        comment1.Date = DateTime.Now
        comment1.Initials = "JS"
        comment1.Add(commentParagraph)

        Dim commentStart As CommentRangeStart = New CommentRangeStart(1)
        Dim commentEnd As CommentRangeEnd = New CommentRangeEnd(1)
        Dim commentReference As CommentReference = New CommentReference(1)

        Dim commentReferenceRun As Run = New Run
        commentReferenceRun.Add(commentReference)

        Dim run1 As Run = New Run
        run1.AddText("Hello ")

        Dim run2 As Run = New Run
        run2.AddText("Word")

        Dim run3 As Run = New Run
        run3.AddText(".")

        Dim paragraph1 As Paragraph = New Paragraph
        paragraph1.Add(run1)
        paragraph1.Add(commentStart)
        paragraph1.Add(run2)
        paragraph1.Add(commentEnd)
        paragraph1.Add(commentReferenceRun)
        paragraph1.Add(run3)

        doc.Body.Add(paragraph1)
        doc.Comments.Add(comment1)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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