Replace cell text

The example shows you how to replace the text of a table cell. Replace searches table cells too, so a placeholder inside a table is replaced like any other text. FindElements returns all cells of the document if you want to address one cell directly.

C# example - Replace a placeholder inside a table

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            //table cells are searched like any other content
            doc.Replace("[Quantity]", "12");
            doc.Replace("[Price]", "99.00");

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

C# example - Replace the paragraph of a cell

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word.Tables;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            IList<Cell> cells = doc.FindElements<Cell>();

            Cell firstCell = cells[0];

            foreach (IBlockElement content in firstCell.Content)
            {
                if (content is Paragraph)
                {
                    //the properties of the old paragraph are preserved
                    Paragraph newParagraph = new Paragraph();
                    newParagraph.Add(new Run("New cell text"));

                    doc.Replace((Paragraph)content, newParagraph);
                    break;
                }
            }

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.docx", true);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument("c:\test\input.docx")

        doc.Replace("[Quantity]", "12")
        doc.Replace("[Price]", "99.00")

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.docx", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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