Installation

Installation

This page walks through building Aspose.Words FOSS for .NET from source and referencing it in your own .NET project. A NuGet package has not been published yet, so the library must be compiled locally.

Prerequisites

1. Clone and Build from Source

Clone the repository and build the solution in Release configuration:

git clone https://github.com/aspose-words-foss/Aspose.Words-FOSS-for-.NET.git
cd Aspose.Words-FOSS-for-.NET
dotnet build Aspose.Words.sln -c Release

2. Reference the Library from Your Project

Add a project reference to Aspose.Words.csproj from your own application, either through your IDE’s Add Reference dialog or with the dotnet CLI:

dotnet add reference path/to/Aspose.Words-FOSS-for-.NET/Aspose.Words/Aspose.Words.csproj

The library targets .NET Standard 2.0, so it runs on .NET Framework 4.6.2+ and .NET 6/8/10, on Windows, Linux, and macOS, with no native dependencies.

3. Verify the Build

Create a minimal console application and build a document with a chart to confirm the reference resolves and the library runs correctly:

using Aspose.Words;
using Aspose.Words.Drawing.Charts;

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

Shape shape = builder.InsertChart(ChartType.Line, 432, 252);
Chart chart = shape.Chart;

// Delete default generated series.
chart.Series.Clear();

string[] categories = new string[] { "AW Category 1", "AW Category 2", "AW Category 3" };
chart.Series.Add("AW Series 1", categories, new double[] { 4.3, 2.5, 3.5 });

doc.Save("chart.docx");

If chart.docx is created without errors, the build and reference are working correctly.

Next Steps

• Quickstart — A complete working example to get started
• License Information — MIT license details
• Developer Guide — Document creation, editing, and chart APIs
• Features and Functionalities — Full feature reference with examples

See Also

• Aspose.Words for .NET — Enterprise Documentation