//
// 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
// pbb (paragraph-block-behavior) template formatter
// should start and end in the same cell error.
public class DataTplFixPbbNotInTable
{
// 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);
// Incorrect: a range with a pbb (paragraph-block-behavior) formatter is defined
// outside of a table:
doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("{{#ds.seas}:pbb()}{{ds.seas.name}} {{/ds.seas}}");
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);
// Correct: remove the pbb formatter as it is not needed outside of table:
doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("{{#ds.seas}}{{ds.seas.name}} {{/ds.seas}}");
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 " +
$"was defined not inside a table. A pbb formatter can only be used inside a table cell.",
doc.Styles[BuiltInStyleId.BlockText],
InsertLocation.Start);
}
return doc;
}
}
}