MoveToBookmark returns false for a bookmark in the document

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Unable to get MoveToBookmark to work for an existing document. The function always returns false.

Here is my test code:

Document doc = new Document(@"C:\temp\Marvin.docx");

DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder();
var myBookmark = doc.Range.Bookmarks["Signature"];
bool status1 = builder.MoveToBookmark(myBookmark.Name);
Assert.That(status1 == true, "MoveToBookmark Signature failed");
builder.Writeln("this is some Signature text");
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@jeffmangasarian,
Could you please ZIP and attach your input document ? We will investigate the issue and provide you information on it.

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Here is document.Marvin.zip (22.7 KB)

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@jeffmangasarian The problem occurs because in your code you do not pass Document object into the DocumentBuilder constructor. Your code should looks like this:

Document doc = new Document(@"C:\temp\Marvin.docx");

DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc ); // Pass the Document into the constructor.
var myBookmark = doc.Range.Bookmarks["Signature"];
bool status1 = builder.MoveToBookmark(myBookmark.Name);
Assert.That(status1 == true, "MoveToBookmark Signature failed");
builder.Writeln("this is some Signature text");

When you use DocumentBuilder constructor without parameters it creates an empty document internally. So in your case the builder was not associated with your document.

5

Thank you. Yes that works.