insertField issue in Office 2003 cannot load data

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Dear Support:
i am using builder.insertField to put field code: LINK Excel.Sheet.8 into word, but doesn’t work.
code

string fieldCode = "LINK Excel.Sheet.8 \"C:\\\\temp\\\\Book1.xls\" \"Sheet1!R1C1:R1C3\" \\a \\p";
builder.InsertField(fieldCode, "");

anything wrong? thanks for your help

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Hi
Thanks for your inquiry. I tried the following simple code and all works fine.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
string fieldCode = "LINK Excel.Sheet.8 C:\\\\Temp\\\\test.xls";
builder.InsertField(fieldCode, "");
doc.Save(@"Test020\out.doc");

You just should update fields in the document (Ctrl+A and then F9). Aspose.Words does not update LINK fields.
Best regards.

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your are the best!,

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thanks btw, do you know how to setup word to update automatically, thanks

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Hi
Thanks for your inquiry. As workaround you can use a macro to automatically update fields. See the following link for more information.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/the-filename-field-does-not-automatically-update-when-you-open-a-document-in-word-de2bfb95-d990-1ced-a618-5ac0a2ec1be4
I hope this could help.
Best regards.

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thanks for your replay, i found that if i do copy and paste in word, the field will automatically update, but if use Aspose i need to do Ctrl A and F9 then the field get updated, i am not sure if word doesn’t recognize insertField in the beginning … if Aspose can do exectly like word does will be great.
thanks

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Hi
Unfortunately Aspose.Words can’t update fields automatically. At the moment Aspose.Words can update the results of DOCPROPERTY and DOCVARIABLE fields only. For more information see FAQ.
Best regards.