Prior to aspose.total purchase - questions about aspose.words

[wkwoczek]

I have some questions about Aspose.Words.

Our current mechanism of replacing tags inside tables is presented below:
1. Copy whole source table
2. Replace common tags for whole table
3. Copy second row for each data source records
4. Replace tag for every data source record

I try to get similar functionality from Aspose, but I have some problems.

1. Can I add a row to the existing table? I have a table in Word
document and want to add a set of rows to it. I cannot find any way to do it
I have writen:

public class AsposeWordgood,
{
protected Document document;
protected DocumentBuilder documentBuilder;

public AsposeWord()
{
//evaluation licence
string licenseFile = "\\Aspose.Word.lic";
if (File.Exists(licenseFile))
{
//This shows how to license Aspose.Word, if you don't
specify a license,
//Aspose.Word works in evaluation mode.
License license = new License();
license.SetLicense(licenseFile);
}
}

private void replaceTabelarTags() {
//this tag is inside the Word table
string tag = "#CASE_PRODUCT_GROUP_NAME#";
Regex regex = new Regex(tag);


document.Range.Replace(regex, new
ReplaceEvaluator(replaceTabelarTagsCase), false);

}
private ReplaceAction replaceTabelarTagsCase(object sender,
ReplaceEvaluatorArgs e)
{
ReplaceAction ra = ReplaceAction.Replace;

e.Replacement = "Test replace by ASPOSE";
Table table = (Table)
e.MatchNode.ParentNode.ParentNode.ParentNode.ParentNode;

Row asposeRow = new Row(asposeDocument);

Cell asposeCell0 = new Cell(asposeDocument);

asposeCell0.CellFormat.Width = 150;

asposeRow.Cells.Add(asposeCell0);

Cell asposeCell1 = new Cell(asposeDocument);

asposeCell1.CellFormat.Width = 150;

asposeRow.Cells.Add(asposeCell1);

table.Rows.Add(asposeRow);


return ra;
}


2. I also try to copy whole table which contains given tag. The result
document contains only source table
private ReplaceAction replaceTabelarTagsCase(object sender,
ReplaceEvaluatorArgs e)
{
ReplaceAction ra = ReplaceAction.Replace;

e.Replacement = "Test replace by ASPOSE";
Table table = (Table)
e.MatchNode.ParentNode.ParentNode.ParentNode.ParentNode;

document.FirstSection.Body.AppendChild(table);
}

3. Can I copy a whole cell format? I try to copy table with
DocumentBuilder methods: StartTable(), InsertCell(), EndRow(),
EndTable() but the created table has different styles (cell width, row
height, borders and cell text format). I cannot do this by:
documentBuilder.InsertCell();
documentBuilder.CellFormat = sourceTableCell.CellFormat;
because builder.CellFormat is read only.

I set some properties by:
documentBuilder.CellFormat.Width =
sourceTableCell.CellFormat.Width;
documentBuilder.CellFormat.Borders.LineWidth =
sourceTableCell.CellFormat.Borders.LineWidth;
documentBuilder.CellFormat.Borders.LineStyle =
sourceTableCell.CellFormat.Borders.LineStyle;
but I can't examine if I copy all source parameters.

4. I try to change our tags (#TAG_NAME#) with merge fields and use
MailMerge to replace tags with value, but if I use:
documentBuilder.InsertField("MERGEFIELD " + tagName + " \\*
MERGEFORMAT", "");
the merge field is not shown in result Word document. I only insert the
merge field and not use a MailMerge() method.
Should the merge field be displayed in result document? I don't know if
the merge field is added to Word document but invisible or the merge
field is not added.

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[alexey.noskov]

Hi<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Thanks for your interest in Aspose.Words. I think that you can achieve this using aspose.Words.

1. You can add new row to existing table. I think that you should clone last row and add this row to table. For example you can use the following code.

//Open document

Document doc = new Document(@"Test101\in.doc");

//Get table from document

Table myTable = doc.FirstSection.Body.Tables[0];

//Add new row

myTable.Rows.Add(myTable.LastRow.Clone(true));

//Save document

doc.Save(@"Test101\out.doc");

2. Here you should use Clone function too. See the following code.

//Open document

Document doc = new Document(@"Test101\in.doc");

//Get table from document

Table myTable = doc.FirstSection.Body.Tables[0];

//Copy table

doc.FirstSection.Body.AppendChild(myTable.Clone(true));

//Save document

doc.Save(@"Test101\out.doc");

3. Just clone the source cell.

4. This occurs because you didn’t specify field value. Try using the following code.

builder.InsertField("MERGEFIELD myField", "«myField»");

Please ask if you would like to know anything else. I will be happy to help you.

Best regards.

[araszek]

Hi

Thanks for your reply - was very useful.

Could you clarify points 2 & 3 for me?

2. Can I insert the ‘cloned’ table at any other place than the end of document? I want to insert table directly above or below the source table.

3. Could you give me a code example? I create the table with documentBuilder.StartTable() and documentBuilder.EndTable(). Which method could I use to insert ‘cloned’ row or cell?

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<o:p>Best Regards</o:p>

<o:p>Krzysztof Araszkiewicz</o:p>

<o:p>Software Developer
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<o:p>Chrome CRM, Gdynia
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[alexey.noskov]

Hi<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Thanks for your request.

2. Here is code example that shows how you can insert the cloned table at any location in the document.

Document doc = new Document(@"Test033\in.doc");

//Get table from document

Table myTable = doc.FirstSection.Body.Tables[0];

//Insert cloned table directly below the source table

myTable.ParentNode.InsertAfter(myTable.Clone(true), myTable);

//Insert cloned table directly above the source table

myTable.ParentNode.InsertBefore(myTable.Clone(true), myTable);

//Also you can use DocumentBuilde.MoveTo___ methods to move cursor to any location in the document

//For example the following snippet insert cloned table at the begining of document

DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

builder.MoveToDocumentStart();

builder.CurrentParagraph.ParentNode.InsertBefore(myTable.Clone(true), builder.CurrentParagraph);

//Save output document

doc.Save(@"Test033\out.doc");

3. Please see the following code snippet.

//Start new table

Table myNewTable = builder.StartTable();

//Insert cloned row into the table

myNewTable.Rows.Add(myTable.Rows[0].Clone(true));

//End table

builder.EndTable();

I hope this could help you.

Best regards.

[araszek]

Hi

I suppose that I have all needed information about Aspose.Words to improve my work.

Thank you for your answers.

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<o:p>Best Regards</o:p>

<o:p>Krzysztof Araszkiewicz</o:p>

<o:p>Software Developer
</o:p>

<o:p>Chrome CRM, Gdynia</o:p>