Deleting existing table and adding a new table in DOCX file using C#

Question

Hi,

I have a requirement where I need to open a docx file and search , replace certain tables. These tables appear in the next line after a certain text for eg ~CAIXXXX. Now I need to delete these tables that appear in next line after say ~CAIXXXX and replace it with a new table.

Can someone please help me. The requirement is hard for me and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

GM

Answer 1

Hello, you can use open xml Sdk for this

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/cc850841

HTH

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Answer 2

Hi Sachyn,

Thanks for the help :) .. I was able to open a word doc and insert a table in it using the examples.. I have a small additional question. My requirement is to find tables within a word doc below a specific text say ~CIB, delete the existing table and insert a new table.

Any help on how to scroll within a word doc and delete specific tables and insert new table at that particular location.

Thanks,

Gaurav

Answer 3

Hello Gaurav, following code is sample on how to search and delete the table in Word Document.

 const string fileName = @"document Path";
            var document = WordprocessingDocument.Open(fileName, true);
            var doc = document.MainDocumentPart.Document;
            var table = doc.Body.Elements<Table>();
            foreach (var i in table)
            {
                if (i.InnerText.Contains("~CIB"))
                {
                    i.Remove();
                }
            
            }
            doc.Save();

Note: I didn't test this code but i think it will work.

HTH

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Answer 4

Hi Sachyn,

Thanks to you I am almost there. I tried the code fragmant. However, this seems to delete only the first table that has a ~CIB in it. It is not running through the loop for remaining tables. Any idea why.

Also, I am writing a code to create table right after the i.Remove.However, I am not able to insert the table at the exact same place where the table was deleted. I am using the following code. The current code is adding a new table in the end. Any help on how to put a new table at the same place where original table was delete.

if (i.InnerText.Contains("~CIB"))
                    {
                        i.Remove();
                        Table table1 = new Table();
                        // Create a row.
                        TableRow tr1 = new TableRow();
                        // Create a cell.
                        TableCell tc = new TableCell();
                        tc.Append(new TableCellProperties(
                    new TableCellWidth() { Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Dxa, Width = "2400" }));
                        tc.Append(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("TESTTEXT"))));
                        tr1.Append(tc);
                        table1.Append(tr1);
                        doc.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.Append(table1);
                        
                        
                    }

Thanks,

Gaurav

Answer 5

Hi Sachyn,

I made some modifications to the code and it worked. Thanks for your all your help. I am posting the code for future reference.

using (WordprocessingDocument doc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(@"c:\testfiles\temp.docx",true))
            {
                var document = doc.MainDocumentPart.Document;
                var tab = document.Body.Elements<Table>();

                foreach (var i in tab)
                {
                    if (i.InnerText.Contains("~CIB"))
                    {
                        //i.Remove();
                        Table table1 = new Table();
                        // Create a row.
                        TableRow tr1 = new TableRow();
                        // Create a cell.
                        TableCell tc = new TableCell();
                        tc.Append(new TableCellProperties(new TableCellWidth() 
                        { Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Dxa, Width = "2400" }));
                        tc.Append(new Paragraph(new Run(new Text("TESTTEXT"))));
                        tr1.Append(tc);
                        table1.Append(tr1);
                        //doc.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.Append(table1);
                        //doc.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.InsertBeforeSelf(table1);
                        //doc.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.InsertAfterSelf(table1);
                        //doc.MainDocumentPart.Document.Body.InsertAt<i>(table1);


                        i.InnerXml = table1.InnerXml;
                    }
                }

Thanks,

Gaurav