Interface ITextBody

Represents the text body

Inherited Members

IEntity.Clone()

IEntity.Document

IEntity.EntityType

IEntity.IsComposite

IEntity.NextSibling

IEntity.Owner

IEntity.PreviousSibling

Namespace: Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS

Assembly: Syncfusion.DocIO.UWP.dll

Syntax

public interface ITextBody : ICompositeEntity, IEntity

Properties

ChildEntities

Gets the child elements of the WTextBody.

Declaration

EntityCollection ChildEntities { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
EntityCollection	The collection of the child elements.

FormFields

Gets the collection of form fields in the WTextBody. Read-only.

Declaration

FormFieldCollection FormFields { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
FormFieldCollection	The collection that represents the form fields in the text body.

See Also

FormFieldCollection

WFormField

LastParagraph

Gets the last paragraph in the section. Read-only.

Declaration

IWParagraph LastParagraph { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IWParagraph	The IWParagraph object.

Examples

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Load a template Word document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    //Get the textbody of first section
    WTextBody textbody = document.Sections[0].Body;
    //Get the last paragraph
    IWParagraph paragraph = textbody.LastParagraph;
    //Set horizontal alignment
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
    //Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx");
    document.Close();
}

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Load a template Word document
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    'Get the textbody of first section
    Dim textbody As WTextBody = document.Sections(0).Body
    'Get the last paragraph
    Dim paragraph As IWParagraph = textbody.LastParagraph
    'Set horizontal alignment
    paragraph.ParagraphFormat.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right
    'Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx")
    document.Close()
End Sub

Paragraphs

Gets the collection of paragraphs in the WTextBody. Read-only.

Declaration

IWParagraphCollection Paragraphs { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IWParagraphCollection	The collection that represents the paragraphs in the text body.

See Also

IWParagraphCollection

IWParagraph

Tables

Gets the collection of tables in the WTextBody. Read-only.

Declaration

IWTableCollection Tables { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
IWTableCollection	The collection that represents the tables in the text body.

See Also

IWTableCollection

IWTable

Methods

AddBlockContentControl(ContentControlType)

Declaration

IBlockContentControl AddBlockContentControl(ContentControlType controlType)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
ContentControlType	controlType

Returns

Type
IBlockContentControl

Examples

The following example illustrates how to add a block content control to the text body.

//Create new Word document
WordDocument document = new WordDocument();
//Add new section
IWSection section = document.AddSection();
WTextBody textbody = section.Body;
//Add a block content control to the text body
BlockContentControl blockControl = textbody.AddBlockContentControl(ContentControlType.RichText) as BlockContentControl;
//Add text to the control added
blockControl.TextBody.AddParagraph().AppendText("A new block control is added");
//Save and close the document	
document.Save("Sample.docx");
document.Close();

'Create new Word document
Dim document As New WordDocument()
'Add new section
Dim section As IWSection = document.AddSection()
Dim textbody As WTextBody = section.Body
'Add a block content control to the text body
 Dim blockControl As BlockContentControl = TryCast(textbody.AddBlockContentControl(ContentControlType.RichText), BlockContentControl)
 'Add text to the control added
 blockControl.TextBody.AddParagraph().AppendText("A new block control is added")
 'Save and close the document	
 document.Save("Sample.docx")
 document.Close()

AddParagraph()

Adds a new paragraph at the end of section.

Declaration

IWParagraph AddParagraph()

Returns

Type	Description
IWParagraph	The reference to the newly added IWParagraph object.

Examples

The following example illustrates how to add a paragraph to the text body.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Create new Word document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument();
    //Add new section
    IWSection section = document.AddSection();
    WTextBody textbody = section.Body;
    //Add a paragraph to the text body
    WParagraph paragraph = textbody.AddParagraph() as WParagraph;
    //Add text
    paragraph.AppendText("A new paragraph is added");
    //Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx");
    document.Close();
}

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Create new Word document
    Dim document As New WordDocument()
    'Add new section
    Dim section As IWSection = document.AddSection()
    Dim textbody As WTextBody = section.Body
    'Add a paragraph to the text body
    Dim paragraph As WParagraph = TryCast(textbody.AddParagraph(), WParagraph)
    'Add text
    paragraph.AppendText("A new paragraph is added")
    'Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx")
    document.Close()
End Sub

AddTable()

Adds a new table at the end of the section.

Declaration

IWTable AddTable()

Returns

Type	Description
IWTable	The reference to the newly added IWTable object.

Examples

The following example illustrates how to add a table to the text body.

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Create new Word document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument();
    //Add new section
    IWSection section = document.AddSection();
    WTextBody textbody = section.Body;
    //Add a table to the text body
    IWTable table = textbody.AddTable();
    table.ResetCells(2, 2);
    //Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx");
    document.Close();
}

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Create new Word document
    Dim document As New WordDocument()
    'Add new section
    Dim section As IWSection = document.AddSection()
    Dim textbody As WTextBody = section.Body
    'Add a table to the text body
    Dim table As IWTable = textbody.AddTable()
    table.ResetCells(2, 2)
    'Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx")
    document.Close()
End Sub

EnsureMinimum()

If the text body has no paragraphs, creates and add one paragraph to the text body.

Declaration

void EnsureMinimum()

Examples

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Create new Word document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument();
    //Add new section
    IWSection section = document.AddSection();
    WTextBody textbody = section.Body;
    //Add one paragraph to the section body
    textbody.EnsureMinimum();
    textbody.LastParagraph.AppendText("Last paragraph");
    //Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx");
    document.Close();
}

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Create new Word document
    Dim document As New WordDocument()
    'Add new section
    Dim section As IWSection = document.AddSection()
    Dim textbody As WTextBody = section.Body
    'Add one paragraph to the section body
    textbody.EnsureMinimum()
    textbody.LastParagraph.AppendText("Last paragraph")
    'Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx")
    document.Close()
End Sub

InsertXHTML(String)

Declaration

void InsertXHTML(string html)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	html

Examples

The following example illustrates how to insert a html string to the text body.

    //Load the template document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    //Html string to be inserted
    string htmlstring = "
This text is inserted as HTML string.
";
    //Append Html string as first item of the second paragraph in the document
    document.Sections[0].Body.InsertXHTML(htmlstring);
    //Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx");
    document.Close();

Private Sub button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    'Load the template document
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    'Html string to be inserted
    Dim htmlstring As String = "
This text is inserted as HTML string.
"
    'Append Html string as first item of the second paragraph in the document
    document.Sections(0).Body.InsertXHTML(htmlstring)
    'Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx")
    document.Close()
End Sub

InsertXHTML(String, Int32)

Declaration

void InsertXHTML(string html, int paragraphIndex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	html
System.Int32	paragraphIndex

Examples

The following example illustrates how to insert a html string at the specified paragraph in the text body.

    //Load the template document
    WordDocument document = new WordDocument("Template.docx");
    //Html string to be inserted
    string htmlstring = "
This text is inserted as HTML string.
";
    //Append Html string as first item of the second paragraph in the document
    document.Sections[0].Body.InsertXHTML(htmlstring, 2);
    //Save and close the document	
    document.Save("Sample.docx");
    document.Close();

    'Load the template document
    Dim document As New WordDocument("Template.docx")
    'Html string to be inserted
    Dim htmlstring As String = "
This text is inserted as HTML string.
"
    'Append Html string as first item of the second paragraph in the document
    document.Sections(0).Body.InsertXHTML(htmlstring, 2)
    'Save and close the document
    document.Save("Sample.docx")
    document.Close()

InsertXHTML(String, Int32, Int32)

Declaration

void InsertXHTML(string html, int paragraphIndex, int paragraphItemIndex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	html
System.Int32	paragraphIndex
System.Int32	paragraphItemIndex

Extension Methods

DateTimeExtension.ToDateTime(Object)