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Conditionally hidding elemnts

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#1

I need to show/hide a table in the document.

Of course I can make empty table and use this.
But it is more simple to use the construction like
[IF]
TABLE
[END IF]
Is it possible or not?
#2

Hello

Thanks for your inquiry. Yes of course it is possible. If you need to conditionally show/hide part of content in your document, then you should consider using IF fields. For instance, please see the attached template. If you press Alt+F9 you will see field codes. If condition is true you will see the first text if false the second. Here is a simple code I used for testing:

Document doc = new Document("in.doc");

doc.MailMerge.Execute(new string[] {"test"}, new object[] {"true"});

doc.Save("out.doc");

Hope this approach could help you.

In additional, you can do not use mergefields in IF fields at all. I put a mergefield just to demonstrate how IF fields work.

Please follow the link to learn more about IF fields:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/field-codes-if-field-HP005186163.aspx

Best regards,

#3

I’ve read it.

And this is not that I want. It puts only text depends on condition not the elements.
#4

Hello

Thanks for your inquiry. You can put anything you want inside your IF field (paragraphs, tables etc).

Best regards,

#5

Can you give an example where table or image inside IF?

#6

Hello

Thanks for your inquiry. Please see the attached template.

Best regards,

#7

Ok, I did it. But I have taken a strange result.

In the result I see the data only after clicking alt+F9.
See template and report in attachments.
#8

Hi

Thank you for additional information. Have you called UpdateFields method? Maybe in your case it is enough just call UpdateFields() to evaluate IF field.

http://www.aspose.com/documentation/.net-components/aspose.words-for-.net/how-to-update-fields.html

Best regards,

#9

Thanks. It helps.