Document variables

The following example shows how to declare and use simple variables in a text document.

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.fields.SimpleVariableDeclaration;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.fields.SimpleVariableSetField;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.fields.VariableValueType;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            SimpleVariableDeclaration decl = new SimpleVariableDeclaration();
            decl.setName("myVar");
            decl.setType(VariableValueType.STRING);
            doc.getSimpleVariableDeclarations().add(decl);

            SimpleVariableSetField setField = new SimpleVariableSetField();
            setField.setName("myVar");
            setField.setType(VariableValueType.STRING);
            setField.setFormula("\"Hello from variable\"");

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.add("Setting variable: ");
            p1.add(setField);
            doc.getBody().add(p1);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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