//
// This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.
// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.
//
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Globalization;
using GrapeCity.Documents.Word;
namespace DsWordWeb.Demos
{
// This example shows how to deal with the 'data source with this name already exists' error.
public class DataTplFixSpecifyDataSource
{
// Code demonstrating the problem:
GcWordDocument Problem()
{
using var oceans = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json"));
using var oceans1 = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json"));
var doc = new GcWordDocument();
doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans);
doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds1", oceans1);
// Incorrect: template tag is used without specifying the data source part.
// It is allowed only if the template engine is able to resolve the tags.
// But because in this case there are two data sources that both contain a field called 'name',
// if causes an exception as the tag cannot be resolved:
doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("{{name}}");
doc.DataTemplate.Process(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"));
return doc;
}
// Code demonstrating the fix:
GcWordDocument Fix()
{
using var oceans = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json"));
using var oceans1 = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json"));
var doc = new GcWordDocument();
doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans);
doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds1", oceans1);
// Correct: use fully qualified data tags so there is no ambiguity:
doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("{{ds.name}}");
doc.DataTemplate.Process(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"));
return doc;
}
public GcWordDocument CreateDocx()
{
GcWordDocument doc;
try
{
// This fails:
doc = Problem();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// This works:
doc = Fix();
// Insert a brief explanation of the problem and the fix into the generated document:
doc.Body.Paragraphs.Insert(
$"The error \"{ex.Message}\" occurred because the data template engine could not unambiguously resolve the data tag " +
$"that was not fully qualified. " +
$"The fix is to use fully qualified data tags.",
doc.Styles[BuiltInStyleId.BlockText],
InsertLocation.Start);
}
return doc;
}
}
}