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Retrieving the text from textbox shapes

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#1

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,

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

Thanks for your inquiry. Please see the following link to learn how to extract text:

http://www.aspose.com/documentation/.net-components/aspose.words-for-.net-and-java/howto-extract-text-only.html

Please let me know in case of any issues. I will be glad to help you.

Best regards,
#3

Hi Andrey

Thanks for your reply. I don’t think I explained myself very well :slight_smile: 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

#4

Hi Eric,

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

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,

#5

Hi Andrey

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

Thanks

Eric

#6

Hi Eric,

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

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,