Saving Document stream after replacing text destroys file

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Hello,

I am using the document.Range.Replace method to replace Text in a word document. Normally i prefer working with streams, but in this case working with stream destroy the file after replacing text in it.

I made a sample method:

public override void ApplyTextTest()
{
    // First I use a regular file
    string fileName = "C:\Temp\Test";
    Document doc = new Document(fileName + ".docx");
    doc.Range.Replace("##Company.CompanyPart.CompanyDesc##", "replace it", new FindReplaceOptions());
    doc.Range.Replace("##=US.TestFunct.CompanyCode##", "replace it too", new FindReplaceOptions());
    doc.Range.Replace("##=US.TestFunct.Auchschon##", "replace it also", new FindReplaceOptions());
    // i am saving the result into another file (could save it to the original file, which would also work)
    doc.Save(fileName + "_replaced.docx");
    // this works fine

    // now i take the origin file and open it in a stream
    FileStream stream = new FileStream(fileName + ".docx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
    try
    {
        doc = new Document(stream);
        doc.Range.Replace("##Company.CompanyPart.CompanyDesc##", "replace it", new FindReplaceOptions());
        doc.Range.Replace("##=US.TestFunct.CompanyCode##", "replace it too", new FindReplaceOptions());
        doc.Range.Replace("##=US.TestFunct.Auchschon##", "replace it also", new FindReplaceOptions());
        // i am saving the changes to the original stream
        doc.Save(stream, SaveFormat.Docx);
    }
    finally
    {
        stream.Close();
        stream.Dispose();
    }
    // now the file is rendered unusable…
}

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance

Stefan

2

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please use following code example to fix this issue. Hope this helps you.

FileStream stream = new FileStream(MyDir + "input.docx", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
try
{
    Document doc = new Document(stream);
    stream.Close();
    stream.Dispose();
    doc.Range.Replace("##Company.CompanyPart.CompanyDesc##", "replace it", new FindReplaceOptions());
    doc.Range.Replace("##=US.TestFunct.CompanyCode##", "replace it too", new FindReplaceOptions());
    doc.Range.Replace("##=US.TestFunct.Auchschon##", "replace it also", new FindReplaceOptions());
    stream = new FileStream(MyDir + " input.docx ", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
    // i am saving the changes to the original stream
    doc.Save(stream, SaveFormat.Docx);
}
finally
{
    stream.Close();
    stream.Dispose();
}
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Hi Tahir,

thanks for the help. I didn´t think that I would have to user another stream as an output stream. Since I am not the one opening the source stream, I cannot close it.

I now use a “SaveStream” to save the result, set the sourcestream length to 0 and after that copy the savestream over the sourcestream.

That helped, thank for the hint.

Best regards

Stefan

4

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for your feedback. Please feel free to ask if you have any question about Aspose.Words, we will be happy to help you.