SDK for advanced document processing

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Powerful text, spreadsheet, presentation and PDF generating tool.

ONLYOFFICE Document Builder is one of the most complete tools that enables your application to modify or build documents in DOCX, XLSX, PPTX or PDF without actually running Microsoft Office.

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Dual license model

ONLYOFFICE Document Builder comes with a dual-license model. This means that as long as you respect the GNU AGPL v.3 license, you can use the ONLYOFFICE open source solution available on GitHub. To guard your intellectual property and receive professional support, a commercial license is required.

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What makes ONLYOFFICE Document Builder unique?

With ONLYOFFICE Document Builder you have a simple script created for each document, be it a new file or an existing one that you want to open and modify. No need to compile an application each time the changes are required, like in any other builders. Start generating your documents on-the-fly!

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ONLYOFFICE Document Builder features

ONLYOFFICE Document Builder supports all popular document file formats: open DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, ODS, CSV, PPT, PPSX, PPS, ODP, PPTX and save them to DOCX, ODT, XLSX, PPTX or PDF

Advanced document processing

Spreadsheet creation and reporting

Smooth presentation creation

Fillable form building

Easy PDF generating

Advanced document processing

Insert formatted text, paragraphs, images, tables and charts, shapes, headers, and footers, create a bulleted or numbered list, etc. Populate a table using data from a database.

builder.CreateFile("docx");
var oDocument = Api.GetDocument();
var oParagraph, oRun, oDrawing, oTextPr;
oParagraph = oDocument.GetElement(0);
oDrawing = Api.CreateImage("https://www.onlyoffice.com/images/landing/document-builder/document.jpg", 1556 * 3600, 1044 * 3600);
oParagraph.AddDrawing(oDrawing);
oTextPr = oDocument.GetDefaultTextPr();
oTextPr.SetFontSize(24);
oTextPr.SetColor(64,64,64);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(36);
oRun.SetColor(0,112,192);
oRun.SetBold(true);
oRun.AddText("Advanced document processing,");
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(24);
oRun.SetColor(0,176,240);
oRun.SetBold(true);
oRun.AddText("Insert formatted text");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.AddText(",  paragraphs, ");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(24);
oRun.SetColor(8,140,68);
oRun.SetBold(true);
oRun.SetUnderline(true);
oRun.AddText("images");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.AddText(", tables and ");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(24);
oRun.SetColor(255,106,0);
oRun.SetBold(true);
oRun.SetItalic(true);
oRun.AddText("charts, ");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetHighlight(255,255,0);
oRun.AddText("shapes");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.AddText(", ");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetItalic(true);
oRun.SetVertAlign("superscript");
oRun.SetFontSize(40);
oRun.AddText("headers");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.AddText(", and ");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetItalic(true);
oRun.SetVertAlign("subscript");
oRun.SetFontSize(40);
oRun.AddText("footers");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.AddText(", create a bulleted or numbered list, etc. Populate a table using data from a database.");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(18);
oRun.AddText("Best regards,");
oRun.AddLineBreak();
oRun.AddText("ONLYOFFICE Document Builder Team");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
for(var i=0; i<6; i++) {
    oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
    oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
}
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
var oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(217,217,217));
var oStroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
oDrawing = Api.CreateShape("rect", 1568 * 3600, 9000, oFill, oStroke);
oParagraph.AddDrawing(oDrawing);
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(230,156,164));
oStroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
oDrawing = Api.CreateShape("heart", 69 * 3600, 58 * 3600, oFill, oStroke);
oDrawing.SetWrappingStyle("square");
oDrawing.SetVerAlign("paragraph", "center");
oParagraph.AddDrawing(oDrawing);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(22);
oRun.AddText("   Have a question? Contact sales at ");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(22);
oRun.SetColor(107,159,37);
oRun.SetUnderline(true);
oRun.AddText("sales@onlyoffice.com");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
builder.SaveFile("docx", "sampletext.docx");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document

Text document API for

Spreadsheet creation and reporting

builder.CreateFile("xlsx");
var oParagraph, oRun;
var cellLabels = ["Net Profit", "PayPal Fee", "Shipping", "Tax", "Cost"];
var cellValues = [50252, 6218, 22093, 8214, 60618];
var oSheet = Api.GetActiveSheet();
oSheet.SetName("Spreadsheet");
oSheet.SetColumnWidth(0, 28);
oSheet.SetColumnWidth(1, 22);
oSheet.SetColumnWidth(2, 20);
oSheet.SetColumnWidth(3, 11);
oSheet.SetRowHeight(0, 42);
for(var i=1; i<13; i++){
    oSheet.SetRowHeight(i, 28);
}
oSheet.GetRange("A1:C1").Merge(true);
oSheet.GetRange("A1:C15").SetFontName("Arial");
var sRange = oSheet.GetRange("A1");
sRange.SetFontColor(Api.CreateColorFromRGB(12,153,112));
sRange.SetFontSize(18);
sRange.SetBold(true);
sRange.SetValue("Spreadsheet creation and reporting");
oSheet.GetRange("A2:L2").Merge(true);
sRange = oSheet.GetRange("A2");
sRange.SetFontSize(12);
sRange.SetValue("Format the selected range of cells as a table. Insert images, different types of charts and various shapes. Generate reports to organize and analyze your data.");
var sRange = oSheet.GetRange("A6");
sRange.SetFontColor(Api.CreateColorFromRGB(0,112,192));
sRange.SetFontSize(15);
sRange.SetBold(true);
sRange.SetValue("       Sales Report");
oSheet.GetRange("A5:D15").SetBorders("InsideHorizontal", "Thin", Api.CreateColorFromRGB(255,255,255));
oSheet.GetRange("A5:D15").SetBorders("InsideVertical", "Thin", Api.CreateColorFromRGB(255,255,255));
oSheet.GetRange("B8:B13").SetNumberFormat("$#,##0.00");
oSheet.GetRange("B8:B13").SetFontColor( Api.CreateColorFromRGB(12,153,112));
oSheet.GetRange("B8:B13").SetBold(true);
for(var i=0; i<cellLabels.length; i++){
    oCellNumber = i + 8;
    oSheet.GetRange("A" + oCellNumber.toString()).SetValue("          " + cellLabels[i]);
    oSheet.GetRange("B" + oCellNumber.toString()).SetValue(cellValues[i]);
}
oSheet.GetRange("B13").SetValue("=SUM(B8:B12)");
oSheet.GetRange("C8:C13").SetNumberFormat("0.00%");
oSheet.GetRange("C8:C13").SetFontColor( Api.CreateColorFromRGB(0,117,162));
oSheet.GetRange("C8:C13").SetBold(true);
for(var i=0; i<cellLabels.length; i++){
    oCellNumber = i + 8;
    oSheet.GetRange("C" + oCellNumber.toString()).SetValue("=B" + oCellNumber.toString() +"/B13");
}
oSheet.GetRange("C13").SetValue("=SUM(C8:C12)");
oSheet.GetRange("B7").SetFontColor( Api.CreateColorFromRGB(128,128,128));
oSheet.GetRange("B7").SetAlignHorizontal("right");
oSheet.GetRange("B7").SetValue("$ USD");
oSheet.GetRange("C7").SetFontColor( Api.CreateColorFromRGB(128,128,128));
oSheet.GetRange("C7").SetAlignHorizontal("right");
oSheet.GetRange("C7").SetValue("% Percent");
oSheet.GetRange("A13").SetFontSize(14);
oSheet.GetRange("A13").SetValue("        Total Sales");
oSheet.GetRange("B13").SetFontSize(14);
oSheet.GetRange("C13").SetFontSize(14);
var oChart = oSheet.AddChart("Spreadsheet!$B$8:$B$12", false, "bar", 2, 1254 * 3600, 987 * 3600, 4, 0, 4, 0);
oChart.SetShowDataLabels(false, false, false);
oChart.SetTitle("$ USD", 16);
var oChart = oSheet.AddChart("Spreadsheet!$C$8:$C$12", false, "doughnut", 2, 1273 * 3600, 987 * 3600, 11, 7 * 36000, 4, 0);
oChart.SetShowDataLabels(false, false, false);
oChart.SetTitle("% Percent", 16);
var oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,255,255));
var oStroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
var oDrawing = oSheet.AddShape("rect", 1550 * 3600, 207 * 3600, oFill, oStroke, 0, 0, 18, 5 * 3600);
var oDocContent = oDrawing.GetDocContent();
var oFill1 = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(12,155,116));
var oStroke1 = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
var oDrawing1 = oSheet.AddShape("heart", 69 * 3600, 58 * 3600, oFill1, oStroke1, 0, 3 * 36000, 19, 1 * 36000);
oDocContent.RemoveAllElements();
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetBold(true);
oRun.SetFontSize(28);
oRun.SetFill(Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(0,0,0)));
oRun.AddText("         Have a question?");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(28);
oRun.SetFill(Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(0,0,0)));
oRun.AddText(" Contact sales at ");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oRun = Api.CreateRun();
oRun.SetFontSize(28);
oRun.SetFill(Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(244,145,0)));
oRun.SetUnderline(true);
oRun.AddText("sales@onlyoffice.com");
oParagraph.AddElement(oRun);
oDocContent.Push(oParagraph);
builder.SaveFile("xlsx", "samplespreadsheet.xlsx");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document

Spreadsheet API for

Reverse and rotate rows and columns

Parser

Smooth presentation creation

builder.CreateFile("pptx");
var oPresentation = Api.GetPresentation();
var oSlide = oPresentation.GetSlideByIndex(0);
if(!oSlide){
	oSlide = Api.CreateSlide();
	oPresentation.AddSlide(oSlide);
}
oPresentation.SetSizes(12192000, 6858000);
var oFill = Api.CreateBlipFill("https://www.onlyoffice.com/images/landing/document-builder/presentation1.jpg", "stretch");
oSlide.SetBackground(oFill);
oSlide.RemoveAllObjects();
var oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 1920*3600, 850*3600, Api.CreateNoFill(), Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(1183470, 1647320);
var oContent = oShape.GetDocContent();
var oParagraph = oContent.GetElement(0);
oParagraph.SetSpacingBefore(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingAfter(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingLine(9 * 24, "auto");
var oRun = oParagraph.AddText('Smooth presentation creation');
oRun.SetFill(Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,230,201)));
oRun.SetFontSize(144);
oRun.SetFontFamily('Arial');
oRun.SetBold(true);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oSlide = Api.CreateSlide();
oPresentation.AddSlide(oSlide);
oFill = Api.CreateBlipFill("https://www.onlyoffice.com/images/landing/document-builder/presentation2.jpg", "stretch");
oSlide.SetBackground(oFill);
oSlide.RemoveAllObjects();
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 881*3600, 360*3600, Api.CreateNoFill(), Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(723232, 4744282);
oContent = oShape.GetDocContent();
oParagraph = oContent.GetElement(0);
oParagraph.SetSpacingBefore(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingAfter(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingLine(9 * 24, "auto");
oRun = oParagraph.AddText('Add and manage slides, set their background.');
oRun.SetFill(Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,255,255)));
oRun.SetFontSize(44);
oRun.SetFontFamily('Arial');
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 928*3600, 389*3600, Api.CreateNoFill(), Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(4460660, 4744282);
oContent = oShape.GetDocContent();
oParagraph = oContent.GetElement(0);
oParagraph.SetSpacingBefore(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingAfter(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingLine(9 * 24, "auto");
oRun = oParagraph.AddText('Create shapes, charts, insert images. Format text in shapes and paragraphs.');
oRun.SetFill(Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,255,255)));
oRun.SetFontSize(44);
oRun.SetFontFamily('Arial');
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 810*3600, 417*3600, Api.CreateNoFill(), Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(8432224, 4744282);
oContent = oShape.GetDocContent();
oParagraph = oContent.GetElement(0);
oParagraph.SetSpacingBefore(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingAfter(0, undefined);
oParagraph.SetSpacingLine(9 * 24, "auto");
oRun = oParagraph.AddText('Use the Gradient, Solid or Pattern Fill option.');
oRun.SetFill(Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,255,255)));
oRun.SetFontSize(44);
oRun.SetFontFamily('Arial');
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oGs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,219,178), 0);
oGs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(240,173,173), 100000);
oFill = Api.CreateLinearGradientFill([oGs1, oGs2], 13500000);
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 374*3600, 221*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(1901130, 2765280);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oGs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(161,232,255), 0);
oGs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(135,209,232), 100000);
oFill = Api.CreateLinearGradientFill([oGs1, oGs2], 13500000);
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 374*3600, 221*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(1464940, 2411390);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oGs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(57,151,219), 0);
oGs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(0,112,192), 100000);
oFill = Api.CreateLinearGradientFill([oGs1, oGs2], 13500000);
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 374*3600, 221*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(995830, 2016350);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,255,204));
oShape = Api.CreateShape('mathPlus', 95*3600, 95*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(1497860, 2246790);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,255,204));
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 240*3600, 467*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(6337100, 1901130);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255,181,181));
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 231*3600, 366*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(5802150, 2263250);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(161,232,255));
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 251*3600, 250*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(5275430, 2682980);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oFill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(0,112,192));
oShape = Api.CreateShape('rect', 177*3600, 144*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(4929770, 3061560);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oGs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(242,242,172), 0);
oGs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(240,173,173), 100000);
oFill = Api.CreateLinearGradientFill([oGs1, oGs2], 0);
oShape = Api.CreateShape('blockArc', 706*3600, 706*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(8583890, 2362010);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
oGs1 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(0,112,192), 0);
oGs2 = Api.CreateGradientStop(Api.CreateRGBColor(135,209,232), 100000);
oFill = Api.CreateLinearGradientFill([oGs1, oGs2], 0);
oShape = Api.CreateShape('blockArc', 530*3600, 530*3600, oFill, Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill()));
oShape.SetPosition(8913090, 2680000);
oSlide.AddObject(oShape);
builder.SaveFile("pptx", "samplepresentation.pptx");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document

Presentation API for

Fillable form building

builder.CreateFile("docx");
var oDocument = Api.GetDocument();
var oParagraph = oDocument.GetElement(0);
var oTextForm = Api.CreateTextForm({"key": "Text form", "tip": "Enter your text here", "required": true, "placeholder": "Text form", "comb": true, "maxCharacters": 56, "cellWidth": 5, "multiLine": false, "autoFit": false});
oParagraph.AddElement(oTextForm);
var oTextPr = oTextForm.GetTextPr();
oTextPr.SetFontSize(24);
oTextPr.SetBold(true);
oTextForm.SetBorderColor(255, 0, 0);
oTextForm.SetText("Create a text form and change its properties as you want");
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oParagraph.AddText("Create checkboxes to select multiple options: ");
var oCheckBoxForm1 = Api.CreateCheckBoxForm({"tip": "You can select multiple options", "required": true, "radio": false});
var oCheckBoxForm2 = oCheckBoxForm1.Copy();
var oCheckBoxForm3 = oCheckBoxForm1.Copy();
oParagraph.AddElement(oCheckBoxForm1);
oParagraph.AddElement(oCheckBoxForm2);
oParagraph.AddElement(oCheckBoxForm3);
oCheckBoxForm1.SetChecked(true);
oCheckBoxForm3.SetChecked(true);
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oParagraph.AddText("Create radio buttons to select only one option in the radio button group: ");
var oRadioButtonForm1 = Api.CreateCheckBoxForm({"tip": "You can select only one option", "required": true, "radio": true});
oRadioButtonForm1.SetRadioGroup("Radio buttons");
var oRadioButtonForm2 = oRadioButtonForm1.Copy();
var oRadioButtonForm3 = oRadioButtonForm1.Copy();
oParagraph.AddElement(oRadioButtonForm1);
oParagraph.AddElement(oRadioButtonForm2);
oParagraph.AddElement(oRadioButtonForm3);
oRadioButtonForm1.SetChecked(true);
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
oParagraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
oParagraph.AddText("Create a combo box to select the specified item from the combo box list: ");
var oComboBoxForm = Api.CreateComboBoxForm({"key": "Combo box form", "tip": "Choose an item", "required": true, "editable": true, "autoFit": false});
oParagraph.AddElement(oComboBoxForm);
oComboBoxForm.SetListValues(["Item 1", "Item 2", "Item 3"]);
oComboBoxForm.SelectListValue("Item 1");
oComboBoxForm.SetBackgroundColor(255, 255, 0);
oDocument.Push(oParagraph);
builder.SaveFile("pdf", "sampleform.pdf");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document

Easy PDF generating

builder.OpenFile("sampletext.docx", "");
var oDocument = Api.GetDocument();
var oParagraph = oDocument.GetElement(2);
oParagraph.AddText(" Save the resulting document in the pdf format.");
builder.SaveFile("pdf", "sampleformats.pdf");
builder.CloseFile();

Resulting document

The technology behind ONLYOFFICE Document Builder

ONLYOFFICE Document Builder provides a JavaScript API, well-documented and really easy to use. Choose the appropriate methods and classes from our library or pick the commonly used JavaScript methods to change certain element formatting properties.

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