Form Fields not exporting as HTML Inputs

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I am trying to Save a Word Document as HTML using HtmlSaveOptions. I have added Form Fields in the Word Document and have set the appropriate settings in order to export the Form Fields as HTML Inputs:

public string GetHtmlFromDoc(Stream docStream)
    {
        using (MemoryStream htmlStream = new MemoryStream())
        {
            Document document = _wordTools.SetDocumentMargins(new Document(docStream));

            document.JoinRunsWithSameFormatting();

            document.Save(htmlStream, new HtmlSaveOptions()
            {
                SaveFormat = SaveFormat.Html,
                ExportImagesAsBase64 = true,
                ExportFontsAsBase64 = true,
                ExportHeadersFootersMode = ExportHeadersFootersMode.None,
                ExportDropDownFormFieldAsText = false,
                ExportTextInputFormFieldAsText = false,
                HtmlVersion = HtmlVersion.Html5
            });

            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(htmlStream.ToArray());
        }
    }

But for some reason the “DropDown” in word is exported as a “SPAN” tag instead of a “SELECT” tag:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="generator" content="Aspose.Words for .NET 19.4" />
    <title></title>
</head>

<body>
    <div>
        <div style="-aw-sdt-tag:''">
            <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'">This is the Word DropDown with 3 Options</span></p>
        </div>
         <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'; -aw-import:ignore">&#xa0;</span></p>
         <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'; -aw-import:ignore">&#xa0;</span></p>
        <p style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt"><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'">TEst</span></p>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Is this even possible, and if so, how can this be achieved?

Word Document Used to Export as HTML (14.4 KB)

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@RuanVM

The HtmlSaveOptions.ExportDropDownFormFieldAsText is used for FormField ( DropDown ) and you are using content controls (StructuredDocumentTag).

Unfortunately, Aspose.Words does not convert content control ( ComboBox and DropDownList ) to HTML Select tag. However, we logged this feature request as WORDSNET-11542 in our issue tracking system. You will be notified via this forum thread once this feature is available.

We apologize for your inconvenience.

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The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSNET-11542) have been fixed in this Aspose.Words for .NET 21.11 update also available on NuGet.