Retrieving the text from textbox shapes

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Hi there

I have a .docx file that contains a textbox, which in turn, contains some text. I’m wondering what the best method would be to retrieve this text. I’ve tried a few different approaches but so far nothing seems to be working. If you could direct me at some code samples or similar I would be very grateful, thanks!

Eric

2

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please see the following link to learn how to extract text:
https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/how-to-extract-selected-content-between-nodes-in-a-document/
Please let me know in case of any issues. I will be glad to help you.
Best regards,

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Hi Andrey

Thanks for your reply. I don’t think I explained myself very well I have attached the document I mentioned before, and if you open it you will see a textbox in the top right hand corner. We are successfully retrieving the text and formatting for all the other content in the file, but I can’t seem to retrieve the content inside the textbox. I’m wondering what property in your DOM exposes any text contained inside a text box.
If you could let me know or have any code samples for retrieving content inside text boxes I would be very grateful, thanks!

Eric

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Hi Eric,

Thank you for additional information. In Aspose.Words object model TextBox is represented as Shape. You can use the following code to retrieve text from a TextBox:

Document doc = new Document("Customer+Advisory.docx");
// Get all shapes in the document.
NodeCollection shapesColl = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true, false);
// Loop through all shapes.
foreach(Shape shape in shapesColl)
{
    Console.WriteLine(shape.ToTxt());
}

Best regards,

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Hi Andrey

Thanks for your reply! That works very well ,thanks
What is the easiest way to change the text inside a textbox then?

Thanks

Eric

6

Hi Eric,

Thanks for your request. In this case, please try using the following code:

Document doc = new Document("Customer+Advisory.docx");
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
// Get all shapes in the document.
NodeCollection shapesColl = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true, false);
// Loop through all shapes.
foreach(Shape shape in shapesColl)
{
    if (shape.ShapeType == ShapeType.TextBox)
    {
        // Remove old text
        shape.RemoveAllChildren();
        // Add new paragraph
        shape.AppendChild(new Paragraph(doc));
        builder.MoveTo(shape.FirstParagraph);
        // Insert Text
        builder.Write("This is text inside textbox");
    }
}
doc.Save("out.docx");

Hope this helps.
Best regards,