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Renaming Merge Fields Matching Problem (and possible solution)

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#1

Following the guide on:
https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/working-with-fields/
I was having an issue with some word documents and not being able to match the field names for replacement. I added some debug code and found the following:
Debug Code:

response.write("Name: " & mergeField.Name & "")

Result:
Name: «Name»
Fix:

replace(replace(CStr(mergeField.Name),"«",""),"»","")

Is there a reason that the mergefields have «» in their names? Is this consistant? Will my fix be good enough, or do you forsee some issues with it?

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#2

Hi
Thanks for your request. I can’t reproduce this issue on my side. I used the following code for testing.

// Specify your document name here.
Document doc = new Document(Server.MapPath("in.doc"));
// Select all field start nodes so we can find the merge fields.
NodeList fieldStarts = doc.SelectNodes("//FieldStart");
foreach (FieldStart fieldStart in fieldStarts)
{
    if (fieldStart.FieldType == FieldType.FieldMergeField)
    {
        MergeField mergeField = new MergeField(fieldStart);
        Response.Write("Name: " + mergeField.Name + "");
    }
}

Could you please attach your document for testing? I wil investigate this problem and try to help you.
Best regards.

#3

Here is the file.

#4

Hi
Thanks for additional information. But it seems the attached document does not contain merge fields at all. Please check your document.
Best regards.

#5

Sorry,
Try this one.

#6

Hi
Thanks for additional information. I still can’t reproduce this issue on my side. I used MergeField class from here.
https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/working-with-fields/
Maybe you translated something incorrectly to VB. I tried to translate this class to VB myself. Please try using the attached code.
Best regards.