Document.UpdateFileds removes cell merge

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Hi,

I’m using aspose.Words for .net version 21.8. I’m creating a table with some of the cells merged. in the merged cells, I add fields that need to have Document.UpdateFields performed in order to display correctly (first discovered when the update was performed for a Shape object). I’ve noticed that the Document.UpdateFields() is breaking CellFormat.VerticalMerge. I’ve managed to replicate it with the following code:

        var doc = new Document();
        var builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
        builder.StartTable();
        
        builder.InsertCell();
        builder.Write("col0row0");
        builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.None;
        
        builder.InsertCell();
        builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.First;
        builder.Write("Col1Row0");
        builder.InsertField("PAGE", "aaa");
        builder.Write("\n");
        builder.Document.UpdateFields();


        builder.EndRow();

        builder.InsertCell();
        builder.Write("Col0row1");
        builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.None;

        builder.InsertCell();
        builder.CellFormat.VerticalMerge = CellMerge.Previous;
        builder.Write("Col1row1");

        builder.EndRow();
        builder.EndTable();

        doc.Save(@"output save path goes here");

As you’ll notice, the table in the output document is ignoring the vertical merge, and getting rid of builder.Document.UpdateFields(); causes the cells to print as merged. I still need to use the UpdateDocument() in my production code, as there are other fields in the cell that need updating, so removing it is not a viable solution for me.

Could you advise on how to avoid the cell merge being undone by .UpdateFields() please?

Thanks,
Tomek

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@acturisaspose

Please call Document.UpdateFields method before saving the document to avoid the shared issue.

doc.UpdateFields();
doc.Save(MyDir + "21.8.docx");