Hi,
I am generating a word document using a mail merge, and inserting certain input text boxes.
This works fine
I then want to load the completed document and read what values were entered into the field, however typing in removes the field, is there any way to have the fields stay in place when data is entered into them?
Hi
Thanks for your inquiry. Could you please provide me code that you use to insert formfields during mail merge and attach sample template and output document for testing? I will investigate the problem and provide you more information.
Best regards.
Hi Alexey,
The problem seems to be better in docx, however, once I change everything to docx, the word file it generates is corrupt
Imports Aspose.Words
Imports Aspose.Words.Reporting
Imports System.Data
Imports Aspose.Words.Fields
Imports System.IO
Partial Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Private mBuilder As DocumentBuilder
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim l As New Aspose.Words.License
l.SetLicense("C:\Aspose.Custom.lic")
Dim doc As Document = New Document("c:\test.docx")
AddHandler doc.MailMerge.MergeField, AddressOf HandleMergeField
Dim baseDT As New DataTable
mBuilder = New DocumentBuilder(doc)
'Dim documentFormFields As FormFieldCollection = doc.Range.FormFields
'Dim formField1 As FormField = documentFormFields(3)
baseDT.Columns.Add("ID")
baseDT.Columns.Add("ID2")
baseDT.Columns.Add("ID3")
baseDT.Rows.Add(New Object() {1, 1, 1})
baseDT.Rows.Add(New Object() {2, 2, 2})
baseDT.Rows.Add(New Object() {3, 3, 3})
baseDT.TableName = "Base"
doc.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(baseDT)
doc.Save("Minutes.docx", SaveFormat.Docx, Aspose.Words.SaveType.OpenInBrowser, Response)
End Sub
Private Sub HandleMergeField(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As MergeFieldEventArgs)
' We decided that we want all boolean values to be output as check box form fields.
'If TypeOf e.FieldValue Is Boolean Then
' ' Move the "cursor" to the current merge field.
' mBuilder.MoveToMergeField(e.FieldName)
' ' It is nice to give names to check boxes. Lets generate a name such as MyField21 or so.
' Dim checkBoxName As String = String.Format("{0}{1}", e.FieldName, e.RecordIndex)
' ' Insert a check box.
' mBuilder.InsertCheckBox(checkBoxName, CBool(e.FieldValue), 0)
' ' Nothing else to do for this field.
' Return
'End If
' Another example, we want the Subject field to come out as text input form field.
Select Case e.FieldName
Case "ID"
mBuilder.MoveToMergeField(e.FieldName)
mBuilder.InsertTextInput(e.FieldValue & "-" & "1", TextFormFieldType.RegularText, "", " ", 0)
Case "ID2"
mBuilder.MoveToMergeField(e.FieldName)
mBuilder.InsertTextInput(e.FieldValue & "-" & "2", TextFormFieldType.DateText, "", " ", 0)
Case "ID3"
mBuilder.MoveToMergeField(e.FieldName)
mBuilder.InsertComboBox(e.FieldValue & "-" & "3", New String() {"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0)
End Select
If e.FieldName = "ID" Then
End If
End Sub
End Class
I found that adding a response.end fixed the problem opening the docs, however the fields still display like in a doc file.
To see the difference, see the attached files
Default.docx was generated, and dot1.docx was created in Word directly
Hi
Thank you for additional information. Text Field looks as expected. This is “Text Field (Form Control)” in MS Word. You can try to insert this control using MS Word 2007 then you will get the same result. (You can find this component in “Commands Not in the Ribbon”)
Best regards.
if you look at dot1.docx, it has a text field that when you click on it it enters edit mode, whereas the minutes.docx removes the field
also the drop down on minutes.docx doesn’t work where the one on dot1.docx does
Dot1 I created by adding text and date and dropdown fields in word, where minutes.docx was generated
I want to achieve the same effect as in dot1.docx
Hi
Thanks for your request. Unfortunately there is no way to insert this kind of fields into the document using Aspose.Words. But if you need enter data only into the form fields you can try to protect document as shown in the following example.
// Create new document and DocumentBuilder
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
// Insert few form fields
builder.Write("First Name: ");
builder.InsertTextInput("firstName", TextFormFieldType.RegularText, string.Empty, " ", 0);
builder.Writeln();
builder.Write("Last Name: ");
builder.InsertTextInput("lastName", TextFormFieldType.RegularText, string.Empty, " ", 0);
// Protect document
doc.Protect(ProtectionType.AllowOnlyFormFields);
// Save document
doc.Save(@"Test093\out.doc");
I hope this could help you.
Best regards.