Problem when importing a document to replace a bookmark

[ntx]

Hello,

I want to replace a bookmark by the entire content of a document.

I use this code finded on this forum, it’s coded in C# at the base but i have simply converted it to Java without logic modification :
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Node node = documentBuilder.getCurrentNode();
Section insertedSection = null;
int index = 0;
if (node.getAncestor(Cell.class) != null || node.getAncestor(Shape.class) != null) {
// Insertion point is tracked to Cell or Shape level:
// - insert appended document on node by node basis.
index = node.getParentNode().getChildNodes().indexOf(node);
for (int j = 0; j < nestedDocument.getSections().getCount(); j++) {
Section section = nestedDocument.getSections().get(j);
for (Node sourceNode : section.getBody().getChildNodes()) {
// Only Paragraph or Table nodes can be inserted
// into Cell or Shape
if ((sourceNode instanceof Paragraph) || (sourceNode instanceof Table)) {
// Do not insert node if it is a last empty
// paragarph in the section.
if ((sourceNode instanceof Paragraph)
&& sourceNode == section.getBody().getLastChild())
break;
Node insertedNode = document.importNode(sourceNode, true,
ImportFormatMode.KEEP_SOURCE_FORMATTING);
node.getParentNode().getChildNodes().insert(index++, insertedNode);
}
}
}
} else {
// Insertion point is tracked to Section.Body level:
// - insert appended document on section by section
// basis.
Section dstSection = null;
Body body = (Body) node.getAncestor(Body.class);
if (body.getLastChild() != node) {
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(document);
builder.moveTo(node);
builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
dstSection = builder.getCurrentParagraph().getParentSection();
} else {
dstSection = (Section) node.getAncestor(Section.class);
}
index = document.getSections().indexOf(dstSection);
int index0 = index;
for (int k = 0; k < nestedDocument.getSections().getCount(); k++) {
Section section = nestedDocument.getSections().get(k);
insertedSection = (Section) document.importNode(section, true,
ImportFormatMode.KEEP_SOURCE_FORMATTING);
// Uncomment this line if you want to get rid of
// headers/footers in the inserted section
insertedSection.clearHeadersFooters();
document.getSections().insert(index++, insertedSection);
}
document.getSections().get(index0).getPageSetup().setSectionStart(SectionStart.CONTINUOUS);
}
// Delete the bookmark

document.getRange().getBookmarks().get(bookmarkReplacementSetting.getName()).remove();
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In the above code :

• nestedDocument is the Document object that i want to import
• document is the current document that will receive the content of the nestedDocument variable
• bookmarkReplacementSetting.getName() return the name of the bookmark to replace

When is check in debug mode the sections of the nestedDocument variable are imported in the document variable BUT when i save the target document to a file and i open it i didn’t see the imported content and the bookmark it still present…

Note : When i display the content of document.getText() the content of the document is present.

Thanks in advance.

Dominique Righetto

[alexey.noskov]

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

Thanks for your inquiry. I tested your code on my side and it seems that all works fine. Could you please attach your documents for testing?

Also I think that the following method could be useful for you. See the following thread:

Just change the following line

builder.moveToMergeField(mergeFieldName);

to

builder.moveToBookmark(bookmarkName);

and this code will work for you.

Best regards.

[ntx]

Hello,

First thanks for the quickly response.

I have tested the method but i have the same problem.

In attach you will find 2 samples A & C, my test is to replace the bookmark TYPE_ENVOI in the sample file A with the content of the sample file C.

I use the v2.42 of Aspose.Words for Java with a JDK 1.5.x

It seem also that the method throw a Exception when the source document to import contains Table because it try to cast a Table objet to a Paragraph and the method only manage Paragraph

Thanks in advance.

Dominique Righetto

[alexey.noskov]

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

Thanks you for additional information. You can’t see the inserted document because the document was inserted into the field. (press Alt+F9 to see its content). To workaround this you can use the following code for moving cursor to the field end.

//Move cursor to the bookmark

documentBuilder.moveToBookmark("TYPE_ENVOI");

//Move cursor to the end of field

while (documentBuilder.getCurrentNode().getNodeType() != NodeType.FIELD_END)

{

documentBuilder.moveTo(documentBuilder.getCurrentNode().getNextSibling());

}

documentBuilder.moveTo(documentBuilder.getCurrentNode().getNextSibling());

And the following code for removing field from the document.

Node currentNode = document.getRange().getBookmarks().get("TYPE_ENVOI").getBookmarkStart();

//Search for field strat

while (currentNode.getNodeType() != NodeType.FIELD_START)

{

currentNode = currentNode.getPreviousSibling();

}

//Remove whole field

while (currentNode.getNodeType() != NodeType.FIELD_END)

{

currentNode = currentNode.getNextSibling();

currentNode.getPreviousSibling().remove();

}

currentNode.remove();

I hope this could help you.

Best regards.

[ntx]

Thanks for this answer. It seem also that the method throw a Exception when the source document
to import contains Table because it try to cast a Table objet to a
Paragraph and the method only manage Paragraph

[ntx]

I have updated the method initialy found on this forum with your informations to remove field and now all work fine…

I post below the final method in order to help if someone encounter the same “problem” :

/**
* Method to insert a document at the position of a bookmark
*
* @param bookmarkName Bookmark name
* @param document Target document
* @param nestedDocument Source document
* @throws Exception
/
publicvoid insertDocumentAtBookmarkPosition(String bookmarkName, Document document, Document nestedDocument)
throws Exception {

// Check input parameters
if (StringUtils.isEmpty(bookmarkName) || document == null || nestedDocument == null) {
throw new PWEException(“All parameters cannot be null or empty !”);
}
// Create DocumentBuilder for the target document
DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = new DocumentBuilder(document);

/
* Move to the position after the bookmark, note that a FormField is
* associated wit each bookmark
/
// Move cursor to the bookmark
if (!documentBuilder.moveToBookmark(bookmarkName)) {
throw new PWEException(“Target bookmark '” + bookmarkName + “’ cannot be found in file '”
+ document.getOriginalFileName() + “’”);
}
// Move cursor to the end of field
while (documentBuilder.getCurrentNode().getNodeType() != NodeType.FIELD_END) {
documentBuilder.moveTo(documentBuilder.getCurrentNode().getNextSibling());
}
documentBuilder.moveTo(documentBuilder.getCurrentNode().getNextSibling());
// Get the current node (the position after the bookmark)
Node node = documentBuilder.getCurrentNode();

/
* Import document by importing all nodes of the source document in
* target document
/
int index = 0;
if (node.getAncestor(Cell.class) != null || node.getAncestor(Shape.class) != null) {
// Insertion point is tracked to Cell or Shape level:
// - insert appended document on node by node basis.
index = node.getParentNode().getChildNodes().indexOf(node);
for (int j = 0; j < nestedDocument.getSections().getCount(); j++) {
Section section = nestedDocument.getSections().get(j);
for (Node sourceNode : section.getBody().getChildNodes()) {
// Only Paragraph or Table nodes can be inserted
// into Cell or Shape
if ((sourceNode instanceof Paragraph) || (sourceNode instanceof Table)) {
// Do not insert node if it is a last empty
// paragarph in the section.
if ((sourceNode instanceof Paragraph) && sourceNode == section.getBody().getLastChild())
break;
Node insertedNode = document.importNode(sourceNode, true,
ImportFormatMode.KEEP_SOURCE_FORMATTING);
node.getParentNode().getChildNodes().insert(index++, insertedNode);
}
}
}
} else {
// Insertion point is tracked to Section.Body level:
// - insert appended document on section by section
// basis.
Section dstSection = null;
Body body = (Body) node.getAncestor(Body.class);
if (body.getLastChild() != node) {
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(document);
builder.moveTo(node);
builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
dstSection = builder.getCurrentParagraph().getParentSection();
} else {
dstSection = (Section) node.getAncestor(Section.class);
}
index = document.getSections().indexOf(dstSection);
int index0 = index;
for (int k = 0; k < nestedDocument.getSections().getCount(); k++) {
Section section = nestedDocument.getSections().get(k);
Section insertedSection = (Section) document.importNode(section, true,
ImportFormatMode.KEEP_SOURCE_FORMATTING);
// Uncomment this line if you want to get rid of
// headers/footers in the inserted section
insertedSection.clearHeadersFooters();
document.getSections().insert(index++, insertedSection);
}
document.getSections().get(index0).getPageSetup().setSectionStart(SectionStart.CONTINUOUS);

/ Search to remove the field associated with the bookmark */
Node currentNode = document.getRange().getBookmarks().get(bookmarkName).getBookmarkStart();
// Search for field start
while (currentNode.getNodeType() != NodeType.FIELD_START) {
currentNode = currentNode.getPreviousSibling();
}
// Remove whole field
while (currentNode.getNodeType() != NodeType.FIELD_END) {
currentNode = currentNode.getNextSibling();
currentNode.getPreviousSibling().remove();
}
currentNode.remove();
}
}

For finish i would like to thanks you Alexey for your quick and precious help !!!

Best regards,
Dominique