Newline in a Custom Document Property removed on refresh in Word

Aspose.Words Product Family
1

Hi


I have a problem which occurs when I have a Custom Document Property that contains a new line. Aspose generates a document that on first sight looks correct but after refreshing the document it looks incorrect. Here is a code snippet which illustrates this problem:

var document = new Document();
var builder = new DocumentBuilder(document);

document.CustomDocumentProperties.Add(“TestProperty”, “Value with\r\nnew line”);
builder.InsertField(@“DOCPROPERTY TestProperty * MERGEFORMAT”);

document.Save(“C:\devNull\testDocProperty.docx”);

After opening the generated file and refreshing the whole document (CTRL+A, F9), the new line is replaced with a character that Word can not display. I’ve attached the generated Aspose document.

Interestingly enough, doing the same using Document Variables works without any problems:

var document = new Document();
var builder = new DocumentBuilder(document);

document.Variables.Add(“TestProperty”, “Value with\r\nnew line”);
builder.InsertField(@“DOCVARIABLE TestProperty * MERGEFORMAT”);

document.Save(“C:\devNull\testDocVariable.docx”);

Is this a known issue or a bug? Am I not able to use new lines safely in a Custom Document Property?

Thank you for your help,
Philipp
2

Hi Philipp,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please note that Aspose.Words mimics the same behavior as MS Word does. The new lines can not be used in a Custom Document Property. You are facing the expected behavior of DOCPROPERTY and TestProperty.

3

Hi Tahir


Thank you for your reply. I have tried to add a value with a newline to a Custom Document Property via a Word Macro and that works without any problems, including after refreshing the document. This seems inconsistent with how Aspose.Words handles values with a newline.

My macro looks like this:

Sub AddCustomDocumentPropertyTest()
ActiveDocument.CustomDocumentProperties.Add _
Name:=“TestProperty”, _
LinkToContent:=False, _
Type:=msoPropertyTypeString, _
Value:=“Value with” & vbCr & _
"new line"
End Sub


Please see the attached test file, which contains the macro. The document is zipped because I am not allowed to upload a .docm file.

Many thanks,
Philipp
4

Hi Philipp,

Thanks for sharing the detail.

I have tested the scenario and have managed to reproduce the same issue at my side. For the sake of correction, I have logged this problem in our issue tracking system as WORDSNET-10414. I have linked this forum thread to the same issue and you will be notified via this forum thread once this issue is resolved.

We apologize for your inconvenience.

5

The issues you have found earlier (filed as WORDSNET-10414) have been fixed in this .NET update and this Java update.

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6

Hello


This issue is unfortunately still open in Aspose.Words 15.4

Regards,
7

Hi Philipp,

Thanks for your inquiry. I have tested the scenario using latest version of Aspose.Words for .NET 15.4.0 and have not found the shared issue. I have attached the output document with this post for your kind reference.