Unlink if fields

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1

I am using the DocumentVisitor functionality to remove all fields from my documents(see below). There are some nested fields in my document that are not being unlinked properly. How can I properly unlink nested fields?

The field code in my original document is: {IF {DOCPROPERTY "~V_02"} = "1" "A" "B"}

In my document after applying the RemoveFields class below the field reads: {IF = "1" "A" "B"}

I would like my final document to say just : A or B with the field being unlinked

(I also tried another method to unlink the fields(see code below) which produced the same results.

How would I do this correctly?

public class RemoveFields : DocumentVisitor
{
    private bool _delete = false;
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldStart(Aspose.Words.Fields.FieldStart fieldStart)
    {
        if (fieldStart.FieldType == FieldType.FieldDocProperty || fieldStart.FieldType == FieldType.FieldCreateDate)
        {
            _delete = true;
            fieldStart.Remove();
        }
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldSeparator(Aspose.Words.Fields.FieldSeparator fieldSeparator)
    {
        if (fieldSeparator.FieldType == FieldType.FieldDocProperty || fieldSeparator.FieldType == FieldType.FieldCreateDate)
        {
            _delete = false;
            fieldSeparator.Remove();
        }
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldEnd(Aspose.Words.Fields.FieldEnd fieldEnd)
    {
        if (fieldEnd.FieldType == FieldType.FieldDocProperty || fieldEnd.FieldType == FieldType.FieldCreateDate)
        {
            _delete = false;
            fieldEnd.Remove();
        }
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitRun(Run run)
    {
        if (_delete)
            run.Remove();
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
}

I also tried the following code, which produces the same result:

private static void UnlinkFields(Document doc)
{
    ArrayList propertyStarts = new ArrayList();
    NodeCollection starts = doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.FieldStart, true);
    foreach (FieldStart start in starts)
    {
        if (start.FieldType == FieldType.FieldDocProperty)
        {
            propertyStarts.Add(start);
        }
    }
    foreach (FieldStart start in propertyStarts)
    {
        Node currentNode = start;
        Node fieldSeparator = null;
        while (currentNode.NodeType != NodeType.FieldSeparator && currentNode.NodeType != NodeType.FieldEnd)
        {
            currentNode = currentNode.NextSibling;
            currentNode.PreviousSibling.Remove();
        }
        if (currentNode.NodeType == NodeType.FieldSeparator)
        {
            fieldSeparator = currentNode;
            while (currentNode != null && currentNode.NodeType != NodeType.FieldEnd)
            {
                currentNode = currentNode.NextSibling;
            }
            fieldSeparator.Remove();
        }
        if (currentNode != null)
            currentNode.Remove();
    }
}
2

Hello Melissa,

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

// Open document.
Document doc = new Document("in.doc");
RemoveFields rem = new RemoveFields(FieldType.FieldIf);
doc.Accept(rem);
doc.Save("out.doc");

public class RemoveFields : DocumentVisitor
{
    private int _level;
    private readonly FieldType _removedType;
    private bool Delete
    {
        get
        {
            return _level > 0;
        }
    }
    public RemoveFields(FieldType type)
    {
        _removedType = type;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldStart(FieldStart fieldStart)
    {
        if (fieldStart.FieldType == _removedType)
        {
            _level++;
            fieldStart.Remove();
        }
        else
        {
            if (Delete)
                fieldStart.Remove();
        }
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldSeparator(FieldSeparator fieldSeparator)
    {
        if (fieldSeparator.FieldType == _removedType)
        {
            _level--;
            fieldSeparator.Remove();
        }
        else
        {
            if (Delete)
                fieldSeparator.Remove();
        }
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitFieldEnd(FieldEnd fieldEnd)
    {
        if (fieldEnd.FieldType == _removedType)
        {
            fieldEnd.Remove();
        }
        else
        {
            if (Delete)
                fieldEnd.Remove();
        }
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitRun(Run run)
    {
        if (Delete)
            run.Remove();
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitTableStart(Table table)
    {
        if (Delete)
            table.Remove();
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitParagraphStart(Paragraph paragraph)
    {
        if (Delete)
            paragraph.Remove();
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
    public override VisitorAction VisitSectionEnd(Section section)
    {
        if (Delete)
        {
            Section nextSection = (Section)section.NextSibling;
            if (nextSection != null)
            {
                nextSection.PrependContent(section);
                section.Remove();
            }
        }
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }
}

Best regards,