I have a DOCX file as a template and I’m needing to replace a specific tag [Objectives] with a bulleted list.
Thank you for the links to find and replace text but I’m also needing the ability to replace the text with a bulleted list. Here’s a quick example:
- Item #1
- Item #2
- Item #3
Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "in.docx");
Regex regex = new Regex("\\[MySpecialList\\]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
doc.Range.Replace(regex, new ReplaceEvaluatorFindandReplacewithList(), true);
doc.Save(MyDir + "out.docx");
private class ReplaceEvaluatorFindandReplacewithList : IReplacingCallback
{
///
/// This method is called by the Aspose.Words find and replace engine for each match.
/// This method highlights the match string, even if it spans multiple runs.
///
ReplaceAction IReplacingCallback.Replacing(ReplacingArgs e)
{
// This is a Run node that contains either the beginning or the complete match.
Node currentNode = e.MatchNode;
// The first (and may be the only) run can contain text before the match,
// in this case it is necessary to split the run.
if (e.MatchOffset > 0)
currentNode = SplitRun((Run)currentNode, e.MatchOffset);
// This array is used to store all nodes of the match for further highlighting.
ArrayList runs = new ArrayList();
// Find all runs that contain parts of the match string.
int remainingLength = e.Match.Value.Length;
while (
(remainingLength > 0) &&
(currentNode != null) &&
(currentNode.GetText().Length <= remainingLength))
{
runs.Add(currentNode);
remainingLength = remainingLength - currentNode.GetText().Length;
// Select the next Run node.
// Have to loop because there could be other nodes such as BookmarkStart etc.
do
{
currentNode = currentNode.NextSibling;
}
while ((currentNode != null) && (currentNode.NodeType != NodeType.Run));
}
// Split the last run that contains the match if there is any text left.
if ((currentNode != null) && (remainingLength > 0))
{
SplitRun((Run)currentNode, remainingLength);
runs.Add(currentNode);
}
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder((Document)e.MatchNode.Document);
builder.MoveTo((Run)runs[0]);
//Now inserts the UL list.
builder.InsertHtml(
"
+
"
"
"
// Create a list based on one of the Microsoft Word list templates.
Aspose.Words.Lists.List list = e.MatchNode.Document.Lists.Add(ListTemplate.BulletDefault);
// Completely customize one list level.
ListLevel level1 = list.ListLevels[0];
builder.ListFormat.List = list;
builder.Writeln("The quick brown fox...");
builder.Writeln("The quick brown fox...");
builder.Writeln("The quick brown fox...");
builder.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers();
foreach (Run run in runs)
run.Remove();
// Signal to the replace engine to do nothing because we have already done all what we wanted.
return ReplaceAction.Skip;
}
}
///
/// Splits text of the specified run into two runs.
/// Inserts the new run just after the specified run.
///
private static Run SplitRun(Run run, int position)
{
Run afterRun = (Run)run.Clone(true);
afterRun.Text = run.Text.Substring(position);
run.Text = run.Text.Substring(0, position);
run.ParentNode.InsertAfter(afterRun, run);
return afterRun;
}