I have a docx file which contains a footnote. I have a placeholder in the footnote text that needs to be replaced. While extracting the nodes and modifying the textvalue that placeholder went unpassed. For some reason I think it is not picking up the text provided in the footnote.
Can u please guide me as to how u get to replace a placeholder in the footnote.
Approach 1
faster if you haven't yet caused unmarshalling to occur:
FootnotesPart fp = wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart().getFootnotesPart();
fp.variableReplace(mappings);
Approach 2
FootnotesPart fp = wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart().getFootnotesPart();
// unmarshallFromTemplate requires string input
String xml = XmlUtils.marshaltoString(fp.getJaxbElement(), true);
// Do it...
Object obj = XmlUtils.unmarshallFromTemplate(xml, mappings);
// Inject result into docx
fp.setJaxbElement((CTFootnotes) obj);
Since #JasonPlutext's answer did not work for my case I am posting what worked for me
FootnotesPart fp = template.getMainDocumentPart().getFootnotesPart();
List<Object> texts = fp.getJAXBNodesViaXPath("//w:t", true);
for(Object obj : texts) {
Text text = (Text) ((JAXBElement) obj).getValue();
String textValue = text.getValue();
// do variable replacement
text.setValue(textValue);
}
But still I face the issue when exporting this as pdf using Docx4J.toPDF(..);
The output does not pick up the footnote reference.
Related
I prepared this small example to show you my problem (vb.net and Newtonsoft)
I would prefer that the solution be done with Newtonsoft.
Public Class Message
Property Emoji As String
End Class
Public Sub GetJson()
Dim msgObject As New Message With {.Emoji = "\uD83D\uDE00"}
'Option 1
Dim JsonSerializerSettings As New JsonSerializerSettings
JsonSerializerSettings.StringEscapeHandling = StringEscapeHandling.EscapeNonAscii
Dim msgJson_1 As String = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(msgObject, JsonSerializerSettings)
'Option 2
Dim msgJson_2 As String = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(msgObject, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.None)
'Option 3
Dim stringWriter As New StringWriter()
Using writer As New JsonTextWriter(stringWriter)
writer.Formatting = Formatting.None
Dim serializer As New JsonSerializer()
serializer.Serialize(writer, msgObject)
End Using
Dim msgJson_3 As String = stringWriter.ToString()
End Sub
with none of the three options works, it always results in
{
"Emoji": "\\uD83D\\uDE00"
}
The result I need is
{
"Emoji": "\uD83D\uDE00"
}
How do I set Newtonsoft to not take into account the backslash character, as an escaped character?
Another unorthodox way could be:
jsonString = jsonString.replace("\\","\")
I do not really like
Thanks!!!!
\ is an escape char in JSON hence if you try and serialise a \ it gets escaped as \\ then when you deserialise \\ you get \
My guess is you have been given an example asking you to send "Emoji": "\uD83D\uDE00"
In json (and C#) \u#### specifies a unicode character (usually for something not found on a keyboard) as you are using VB.NET instead you should use $"{ChrW(&HD83D)}{ChrW(&HDE00)}"
"jsonString = jsonString.replace("//","/") " will never work, this is more safe way
json = json.Replace("\\\\u","\\u");
or since you don't like old, good classical solutions
json = Regex.Replace(json, #"\\u", #"u");
//or
json = json.Replace(#"\\u", #"\u");
even this will work in your case ( but I will not recommend for another cases since it is not safe)
json = Regex.Unescape(json);
I am using PDF Sharp and have one issue only. I cannot rename form fields. We have a field called 'x' and after an operation is applied to field 'x', it needs to be renamed to field 'y'.
I have seen tons of documentation on how to do this using itextSharp. Unfortunately my firm cannot use them and so I am looking for a solution using PDF Sharp.
Any ideas?
This can give you an idea on how to perform the field renaming
var uniqueIndex = Guid.NewGuid();
var fields = pdfDocument.AcroForm.Fields;
var fieldNames = fields.Names;
for (int idx = 0; idx < fieldNames.Length; ++idx)
{
var fieldName = fieldNames[idx];
var field = fields[fieldName];
field.Elements.SetName($"/{fieldName}", $"{fieldName}_{uniqueIndex}");
}
I was able to rename form field via PdfSharp as follow:
public void RenameAcroField(PdfAcroField field, string newFieldName)
{
field.Elements.SetString("/T", newFieldName);
}
Little bit tricky but worked for my case. Hope it will help.
VB.NET version for PDFsharp 1.50.5147
Dim i = 0
While i < pdfDoc.AcroForm.Fields.Count
pdfDoc.AcroForm.Fields(i).Elements.SetString("/T", "formField" & i)
i += 1
End While
I have a PDF document that has several hundred fields. All of the field names have periods in them, such as "page1.line1.something"
I want to remove these periods and replace them with either an underscore or (better) nothing at all
There appears to be a bug in the itextsharp libraries where the renamefield method does not work if the field has a period, so the following does not work (always returns false)
Dim formfields As AcroFields = stamper.AcroFields
Dim renametest As Boolean
renametest = formfields.RenameField("page1.line1.something", "page1_line1_something")
If the field does not have a period in it, it works fine.
Has anyone come across this and is there a workaround?
Is this an AcroForm form or a LiveCycle Designer (xfa) form?
If it's XFA (which is likely given the field names), iText can't help you. It can only get/set field values when working with XFA.
Okay, an AcroForm. Rather than go the route used in your source, I suggest you directly manipulate the existing field dictionaries and the acroForm field list.
I'm a Java native when it comes to iText, so you'll have to do some translation, but here goes:
A) Delete the AcroForm's field array. Leave the calculation order alone if present (/CO). I think.
PdfDictionary acroDict = reader.getCatalog().getAsDictionary(PdfName.ACROFORM);
acroDict.remove(PdfName.FIELDS);
B) Attach all the 'top level' fields to a new FIELDS array.
PdfArray newFldArray = new PdfArray();
acroDict.put(newFldArray, PdfName.FIELDS);
// you could wipe this between pages to speed things up a bit
Set<PdfIndirectReference> radioFieldsAdded = new HashSet<PdfIndirectReference>();
int numPages = reader.getNumberOfPages();
for (int curPg = 1; curPg <= numPages; ++curPg) {
PdfDictionary curPageDict = reader.getPageN(curPg);
PdfArray annotArray = curPageDict.getAsArray(PdfName.ANNOTS);
if (annotArray == null)
continue;
for (int annotIdx = 0; annotIdx < annotArray.size(); ++annotIdx) {
PdfIndirectReference fieldReference = (PdfIndirectReference) annotArray.getAsIndirect(annotIdx);
PdfDictionary field = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.getObject(fieldReference);
// if it's a radio button
if ((PdfFormField.FF_RADIO & field.getAsNumber(PdfName.FF).intValue()) != 0) {
fieldReference = field.get(pdfName.PARENT);
field = field.getAsDict(PdfName.PARENT); // looks up indirect reference for you.
// only add each radio field once.
if (radioFieldsAdded.contains(fieldReference)) {
continue;
} else {
radioFieldsAdded.add(fieldReference);
}
}
field.remove(PdfName.PARENT);
// you'll need to assemble the original field name manually and replace the bits
// you don't like. Parent.T + '.' child.T + '.' + ...
String newFieldName = SomeFunction(field);
field.put(PdfName.T, new PdfString( newFieldName ) );
// add the reference, not the dictionary
newFldArray.add(fieldReference)
}
}
C) Clean up
reader.removeUnusedObjects();
Disadvantage:
More Work.
Advantages:
Maintains all field types, attributes, appearances, and doesn't change the file as a whole all that much. Less CPU & memory.
Your existing code ignores field script, all the field flags (read only, hidden, required, multiline text, etc), lists/combos, radio buttons, and quite a few other odds and ends.
if you use periods in your field name, only the last part can be renamed, e.g. in page1.line1.something only "something" can be renamed. This is because the "page1" and "line1" are treated by adobe as parents to the "something" field
I needed to delete this hierarchy and replace it with a flattened structure
I did this by
creating a pdfdictionary object for each field
reading the annotations I needed for each field into an array
deleting the field hierarchy in my (pdfstamper) document
creating a new set of fields from my array data
I have created some sample code for this if you want to see how I did it.
I want to save content of a RichTextBox to varbinary (= byte array) in XamlPackage format.
I need technicial advise on how to it.
I actually need to know how to convert between FlowDocument to byte array.
Is it even recommended to store it as varbinary, or this is a bad idea?
Update
Code snippet:
///Load
byte[] document = GetDocumentFromDataBase();
RickTextBox tb = new RickTextBox();
TextRange tr = new TextRange(tb.Document.ContentStart, tb.Document.ContentEnd)
tr.Load(--------------------------) //Load from the byte array.
///Save
int maxAllowed = 1024;
byte[] document;
RichTextBox tb = new RichTextBox();
//User entered text and designs in the rich text
TextRange tr = new TextRange(tb.Document.ContentStart, tb.Document.ContentEnd)
tr.Save(--------------------------) //Save to byte array
if (document.Length > maxAllowed)
{
MessageBox.Show((document.Length - maxAllowed) + " Exceeding limit.");
return;
}
SaveToDataBase();
TextRange
I can't find my full example right now, but you can use XamlReader and XamlWriter to get the document into and out of a string. From there, you can use UnicodeEncoding, AsciiEncoding or whatever encoder you want to get it into and out of bytes.
My shorter example for setting the document from a string...
docReader is my flow document reader
private void SetDetails(string detailsString)
{
if (docReader == null)
return;
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(detailsString))
{
this.docReader.Document = null;
return;
}
using (
StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(detailsString))
{
using (System.Xml.XmlReader reader = System.Xml.XmlReader.Create(stringReader))
{
this.docReader.Document = XamlReader.Load(reader) as FlowDocument;
}
}
}
I have a textArea and a list. When a user double clicks a list item, the label of the selected item should be inserted into the textarea. When a text is selected in the textArea, it should be replaced, otherwise the text just needs to be inserted into the existing text at the caret point.
I've managed to get the text and everything, I just can't manage to insert it at the caret point. Does anyone know how to do this?
It's actually not JavaScript but Adobe Flex 3. Thanks for the help though, it did push me in the right direction. This is the way its done in Flex 3:
var caretStart:int = textArea.selectionBeginIndex;
var caretEnd:int = textArea.selectionEndIndex;
textArea.text = textArea.text.substring(0,caretStart)
+ newText
+ textArea.text.substr(caretEnd);
The accepted answer works great if you do not have existing HTML formatting. In my case, I inserted a new button into the editor that the user could click to put in a key word. I kept losing all HTML formatting until I dug around in the actual class and sided with a TextRange object:
public function keyWord_Click(event:Event) : void
{
var caretStart:int = txtEditor.textArea.selectionBeginIndex;
var caretEnd:int = txtEditor.textArea.selectionEndIndex;
var newText : String = "[[[KEYWORD]]]";
var tf:TextRange = new TextRange(txtEditor,true,caretStart,caretEnd);
tf.text = newText;
}
The nice thing about this approach is, you can also apply conditional formatting to that TextRange object as needed.
You can use txtarea.selectionStart and txtarea.selectionEnd to get Selected text position.
After that, You delete txt and add new selected text.
I don't known much about Javascript, so I wrote it for U.
You can search on google with keywords:
"Javascript Selected Text TextArea"
"Javascript add text at position"
Sample code:
function insertAtCursor(myField, myValue) {
//IE support
if (document.selection) {
myField.focus();
sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = myValue;
}
//MOZILLA/NETSCAPE support
else if (myField.selectionStart || myField.selectionStart == '0') {
var startPos = myField.selectionStart;
var endPos = myField.selectionEnd;
myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, startPos)
+ myValue
+ myField.value.substring(endPos, myField.value.length);
} else {
myField.value += myValue;
}
caretPos = doGetCaretPosition(myField);
alert(caretPos);
setCaretPosition(myField,caretPos-3);
}