Issue with formatting nested and calculated fields

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I am having an issue when formatting number values in nested if and formula fields with format switches in the fields. If a formula field is calculated out of two mergefields and the result is formatted with a format switch (#) the result is not formatted according to the format switch.

In our environment we use document templates for 4 languages. Every template has special formatting in the Merge-, IF- and Formulafields. User is working on machine with culture “de-CH”. The template shall be formatted in culture “en-US”. Meaning numbers should be formatted like “#,##0.00”.

I could achieve this when I would change the current thread to culture “en-US” but this is not a feasible way because at the time of merging we don’t exactly know which language the document has. Therefore I set FieldUpdateCultureSource to FieldCode but it does not work.

I also tried to set FieldOptions to UseInvariantCultureNumberFormat but it did not help either.

Last chance I handled the formatting of number values in IFieldMergingCallback.FieldMerging method.
Like this:

if (args.FieldValue != null && args.FieldValue is DateTime && !args.Field.GetFieldCode().Contains(@"\@"))
{
	args.Text = ((DateTime)args.FieldValue).ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");
}
else if (args.FieldValue != null && args.FieldValue is decimal && args.Field.Format != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.Field.Format.NumericFormat))
{
	args.Text = ((decimal)args.FieldValue).ToString(args.Field.Format.NumericFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}

The problem now is that a Formulafield obviously does not run through IFieldMergingCallback.FieldMerging method. The Formulafield looks like this:
{ = { MERGEFIELD Field1 } - { MERGEFIELD Field2 } \# "#,##0.00" }

If I got Fields directly formatted they work. { MERGEFIELD Field1 \# "#,##0,00" } this works.

I provided you a zip file with a small console application and the Word template. The merged document will be created in the same directory as the template is.

Thank you in advance

Daniel Sieber

Download-Link: https://downloads.buero70.ch/index.php/s/PMXWpTaz8e8QqoA

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I am having an issue when formatting number values in nested if and formula fields with format switches in the fields. If a formula field is calculated out of two mergefields and the result is formatted with a format switch (#) the result is not formatted according to the format switch.

In our environment we use document templates for 4 languages. Every template has special formatting in the Merge-, IF- and Formulafields. User is working on machine with culture “de-CH”. The template shall be formatted in culture “en-US”. Meaning numbers should be formatted like “#,##0.00”.

I could achieve this when I would change the current thread to culture “en-US” but this is not a feasible way because at the time of merging we don’t exactly know which language the document has. Therefore I set FieldUpdateCultureSource to FieldCode but it does not work.

I also tried to set FieldOptions to UseInvariantCultureNumberFormat but it did not help either.

Last chance I handled the formatting of number values in IFieldMergingCallback.FieldMerging method.
Like this:

if (args.FieldValue != null && args.FieldValue is DateTime && !args.Field.GetFieldCode().Contains(@"\@"))
{
	args.Text = ((DateTime)args.FieldValue).ToString("dd.MM.yyyy");
}
else if (args.FieldValue != null && args.FieldValue is decimal && args.Field.Format != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(args.Field.Format.NumericFormat))
{
	args.Text = ((decimal)args.FieldValue).ToString(args.Field.Format.NumericFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}

The problem now is that a Formulafield obviously does not run through IFieldMergingCallback.FieldMerging method. The Formulafield looks like this:
{ = { MERGEFIELD Field1 } - { MERGEFIELD Field2 } \# "#,##0.00" }

If I got Fields directly formatted they work. { MERGEFIELD Field1 \# "#,##0,00" } this works.

I provided you a zip file with a small console application and the Word template. The merged document will be created in the same directory as the template is.

Thank you in advance

Daniel Sieber

Download-Link: https://downloads.buero70.ch/index.php/s/PMXWpTaz8e8QqoA

3

@dsiB70 Aspose.Words uses the current’s thread culture to format values of formula fields. I think, in your case, you can take the default document’s locale and use it as the thread’s culture:

Document doc = new Document(@"C:\Temp\in.docx");
// Use the default document culture 
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo(doc.Styles.DefaultFont.LocaleId);

doc.FieldOptions.FieldUpdateCultureSource = FieldUpdateCultureSource.FieldCode;
DataTable dataTable = new DataTable();
dataTable.Columns.Add("Wertfeld100", typeof(decimal));
dataTable.Columns.Add("Wertfeld101", typeof(decimal));
dataTable.Columns.Add("Wertfeld102", typeof(decimal));
dataTable.Columns.Add("Wertfeld104", typeof(decimal));
dataTable.Columns.Add("Wertfeld106", typeof(decimal));
DataRow row = dataTable.NewRow();
row[0] = new decimal(54);
row[1] = new decimal(1249.50);
row[2] = new decimal(4114.80);
row[3] = new decimal(624.75);
row[4] = new decimal(0);
dataTable.Rows.Add(row);

doc.MailMerge.CleanupOptions = MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveUnusedFields | MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveEmptyParagraphs |
				MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveContainingFields | MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveUnusedRegions |
				MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveEmptyTableRows;

doc.MailMerge.Execute(dataTable);
doc.Save(@"C:\Temp\out.docx");

// Restore culture
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;

In this case the result is consistent, even without HandleMailMergeField: out.docx (11.3 KB)

PS: Could you please remove the license file from the shared project, since it can be leaked? In this case the license file will be blacklisted.