How to convert tables in Rtf document to Ascii tables in html

ssavatham.imedx · September 12, 2014, 7:49am

Hi,

We have a requirement where end system won’t support tables in html , table should be formatted with spaces . Like Ascii tables.

We need to convert tables from RTF document to Ascii tables in html .

Thanks in advance for your help.

Thanks,
S P K Srinivas.

awais.hafeez · September 15, 2014, 1:17am

Hi,

Thanks for your inquiry. Microsoft Word 2013 has a feature to convert table to text; would you like to have a similar functionality in Aspose.Words to transform tables to text and then save text representation of Table in HTML?

Best regards,

ssavatham.imedx · September 15, 2014, 2:38am

Hi,

Thanks for looking into this. Yes , Please advise how can we accomplish that.

How can we set the attribute style="list-style-type:decimal; to order list while converting RTF to html. Aspose.words is setting type=“1” while converting RTF to html lists.

Our target system won’t support type attribute, it only supports style="list-style-type:decimal; attribute.

Please advise on this as well , Much appreciated.

Thanks,
S P K Srinivas.

awais.hafeez · September 16, 2014, 1:43am

Hi,

Thanks for your inquiry.

We will consider providing an in-built method in Aspose.Words API to be able to convert any table to text format. Your request has been linked to appropriate issue (WORDSNET-10750) in our issue tracking system and you’ll be notified as soon as it is available,

Secondly, there are a few options in HtmlSaveOptions class that you can make use of e.g. HtmlSaveOptions.ExportListLabels property. I hope, this helps.

Also, please attach your expected Html document showing the correct list style here for our reference.

Best regards,

vyacheslav.deryushev · July 12, 2024, 5:34am

@ssavatham.imedx We have added examples that mimics “Convert to Text” MS Word function.

github.com

aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-.NET/blob/6f8f1e9db0aa44b15e6f2e2f972af17530d05ee7/Examples/ApiExamples/ApiExamples/ExTable.cs#L1701


      
              {
                  for (Cell cell = row.FirstCell; cell != null; cell = cell.NextCell)
                  {
                      Console.WriteLine(cell.GetText());
                  }
              }
              //ExEnd
          }
          
          [Test]

          public void ConvertWithParagraphMark()

          {

              Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Nested tables.docx");

              Table table = (Table)doc.GetChild(NodeType.Table, 0, true);

          

              // Replace the table with the new paragraph

              ConvertTable(table);

          

              table.Remove();

          

              doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "output.docx");

github.com

aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-.NET/blob/6f8f1e9db0aa44b15e6f2e2f972af17530d05ee7/Examples/ApiExamples/ApiExamples/ExTable.cs#L1743


      
                      if (cellText == string.Empty)

                          break;

          

                      foreach (Paragraph cellPara in cell.Paragraphs)

                          currentNode = table.ParentNode.InsertAfter(cellPara.Clone(true), currentNode);

                  }

              }

          }

          

          [Test]

          public void ConvertWith()

          {

              Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Nested tables.docx");

              Table table = (Table)doc.GetChild(NodeType.Table, 0, true);

          

              // Convert table to text with specified separator.

              ConvertWith(ControlChar.Tab, table);

              // Remove table after convertion.

              table.Remove();

          

              doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Table.ConvertWith.docx");

aspose.notifier · August 7, 2024, 2:43pm

The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSNET-10750) have been fixed in this Aspose.Words for .NET 24.8 update also available on NuGet.