Hi,
Users sometimes need to clean up a Word document so they can send it to a production system or other publication platform without problematic elements like field codes.
How can i check a Word document (.doc) and replace each field by its values with Aspose.Words? Can you post me a code snippet or a link? It is very important for me. Thank you very much.
I just found this code snipped that is usefull for me, but not is complete because i need replace it (not only remove it).
//Open document<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Document doc = new Document(@"Test007\RemoveFields.doc");
//Get collection of FieldStarts from the document
NodeCollection starts = doc.FirstSection.Body.GetChildNodes(NodeType.FieldStart, true);
NodeCollection ends = doc.FirstSection.Body.GetChildNodes(NodeType.FieldEnd, true);
//Loop through all field starts and remove content between field start and end
foreach (FieldStart start in starts)
{
Node currentnode = start.NextSibling;
//Remove content
while (currentnode.NodeType != NodeType.FieldEnd || currentnode.NodeType != NodeType.FieldStart)
{
currentnode = currentnode.NextSibling;
if (currentnode != null)
currentnode.PreviousSibling.Remove();
else
break;
}
}
//Remove field starts and ends
starts.Clear();
ends.Clear();
//Save result document
doc.Save(@"Test007\out.doc");
How can i insert the fields values while i just removing them?
Thanks
Hi
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Thanks for your inquiry. Yes you can do that. You should remove field code, FieldStart, FieldSeparator and FieldEnd nodes. Please try using the following code:
//Open source document
Document doc = new Document("in.doc");
//unlink fields in the document
UnlinkFields(doc);
//Save outut document
doc.Save("out.doc");
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private void UnlinkFields(Document doc)
{
//Get collection of FieldStart nodes
NodeCollection fieldStarts = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.FieldStart, true);
//Get collection of FieldSeparator nodes
NodeCollection fieldSeparators = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.FieldSeparator, true);
//And get collection of FieldEnd nodes
NodeCollection fieldEnds = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.FieldEnd, true);
//Loop through all FieldStart nodes
foreach (FieldStart start in fieldStarts)
{
//Search for FieldSeparator node. it is needed to remove field code from the document
Node curNode = start;
while (curNode.NodeType != NodeType.FieldSeparator && curNode.NodeType != NodeType.FieldEnd)
{
curNode = curNode.NextPreOrder(doc);
if (curNode == null)
break;
}
//Remove all nodes between Fieldstart and FieldSeparator (of FieldEnd, depending from field type)
if (curNode != null)
{
RemoveSequence(start, curNode);
}
}
//Now we can remove FieldStart, FieldSeparator and FieldEnd nodes
fieldStarts.Clear();
fieldSeparators.Clear();
fieldEnds.Clear();
}
///
/// Remove all nodes between start and end nodes, except start and end nodes
///
/// The start node
/// The end node
public void RemoveSequence(Node start, Node end)
{
Node curNode = start.NextPreOrder(start.Document);
while (curNode != null && !curNode.Equals(end))
{
//Move to next node
Node nextNode = curNode.NextPreOrder(start.Document);
//Check whether current contains end node
if (curNode.IsComposite)
{
if (!(curNode as CompositeNode).GetChildNodes(NodeType.Any, true).Contains(end) &&
!(curNode as CompositeNode).GetChildNodes(NodeType.Any, true).Contains(start))
{
nextNode = curNode.NextSibling;
curNode.Remove();
}
}
else
{
curNode.Remove();
}
curNode = nextNode;
}
}
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Very thanks Andrey!! it works fine!! It is perfect. It is what i was searching.
Thanks very much again!!.
Andrey,
This works for all fields except ‘IF’ fields, where it outputs the entire conditional statement as text.
e.g. Apple = “Apple” “An Apple” " Not an Apple"
Is there a way to remove the field, but retain the evaluated value for IF fields?
Chris.
Hi<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Thanks for your request. MS Word document field looks like the following:
[FieldStart] here is field code [FieldSeparator] here is field value [FieldEnd]
You can also open your document using DocumentExplorer (Aspose.Words demo application) to investigate your document’s structure. DocumentExplorer is included to Aspose.Words installation package. You can find it here:
C:\Program Files\Aspose\Aspose.Words\Demos\CSharp\DocumentExplorer
I think, in your case, you can use DocumentVisitor. Please follow the link to learn more
You can find some code example here:
Best regards,