DataTplFixPbbNotInCell.cs
C# VB
//// This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.//using System;using System.IO;using System.Globalization;using GrapeCity.Documents.Word;
namespace DsWordWeb.Demos{ // This example shows how to deal with the // pbb (paragraph-block-behavior) template formatter // should start and end in the same cell error. public class DataTplFixPbbNotInCell { // Code demonstrating the problem: GcWordDocument Problem() { using var oceans = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json")); var doc = new GcWordDocument(); doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans); // Define a 2x1 table: var table = doc.Body.Tables.Add(2, 1, doc.Styles[BuiltInStyleId.GridTable1Light]); var cell_00 = table[0, 0]; var cell_01 = table[0, 1]; // Put the start of the pbb range in the cell [0,0]: cell_00.GetRange().Paragraphs.Add("{{#ds.seas}:pbb()}{{ds.seas.name}} "); // Put the end of the pbb range in the cell [1,1]: cell_01.GetRange().Paragraphs.Add("{{/ds.seas}}"); // Incorrect: a pbb range starts in one cell and ends in another: 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")); var doc = new GcWordDocument(); doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans); // Define a 2x1 table: var table = doc.Body.Tables.Add(2, 1, doc.Styles[BuiltInStyleId.GridTable1Light]); var cell_00 = table[0, 0]; // Put the start of the pbb range in the cell [0,0]: cell_00.GetRange().Paragraphs.Add("{{#ds.seas}:pbb()}{{ds.seas.name}} "); // Put the end of the pbb range in the same cell [0,0]: cell_00.GetRange().Paragraphs.Add("{{/ds.seas}}"); // Correct: a pbb range starts and ends in the same table cell: 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 a pbb (paragraph-block-behavior) formatter " + $"started in one table cell and ended in another. A pbb formatter must start and end in the same table cell.", doc.Styles[BuiltInStyleId.BlockText], InsertLocation.Start); } return doc; } }}