What is the difference between these using statements of interop in c#

Asked Nov 18 '16 at 09:58

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I need to generate reports in Word from my c# application. Therefore I am exploring the Interop.Word library. I am now starting to test out how it works and such. But the first thing that I was wondering about was what the difference is between the following two using statments.

The first one is just how I figured I had to include the libraries and I have seen in many examples online:

using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

The other one I have found on the MDSN website, which is the following statement:

using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

Can anyone explain the difference and which one should I use (since they both seem to have the same result).

asked Nov 18 '16 at 09:58

Marthe Veldhuis

the second one uses an alias – Liam Nov 18 '16 at 09:59
the fact it's interop is irrlevant BTW. – Liam Nov 18 '16 at 10:00
oh I see from the example of the mdsn page. I suppose it is to make make the code clearer. Because they use "var wordApp = new Word.Application", instead of "var wordApp = new Application". I did not know it was an alias so I could not have known about the question you referenced, but thanks for the link! – Marthe Veldhuis Nov 18 '16 at 10:09
which is fine. Still a dupe though. Dupes are not really a bad thing so don't worry about it. – Liam Nov 18 '16 at 10:10
alright, thank you for your quick reply. – Marthe Veldhuis Nov 18 '16 at 10:13

What is the difference between these using statements of interop in c#

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