Clear Contents Control

This tutorial demonstrates how to clear the contents of a SDT in a Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET. Clearing the contents of an SDT removes any text or child nodes within the content control.

Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you need to have the following:

• Aspose.Words for .NET library installed.
• Basic knowledge of C# and Words Processing with Word documents.

Step 1: Set up the Document Directory

Start by setting up the path to your document directory. Replace "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY" with the actual path to the directory where your document is located.

string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

Step 2: Load the Document and Get the StructuredDocumentTag

Load the Word document using the Document constructor, passing the path to the document as a parameter. Then, retrieve the desired StructuredDocumentTag from the document. In this example, we assume that the SDT is the first child node in the document.

Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "Structured document tags.docx");
StructuredDocumentTag sdt = (StructuredDocumentTag)doc.GetChild(NodeType.StructuredDocumentTag, 0, true);

Step 3: Clear the Contents of the StructuredDocumentTag

Clear the contents of the SDT using the Clear method. This removes any text or child nodes within the content control.

sdt.Clear();

Step 4: Save the Document

Save the modified document using the Save method. Provide the desired filename with the appropriate file extension. In this example, we save the document as “WorkingWithSdt.ClearContentsControl.doc”.

doc.Save(dataDir + "WorkingWithSdt.ClearContentsControl.doc");

Example source code for Clear Contents Control using Aspose.Words for .NET

	// Path to your document directory 
	string dataDir = "YOUR DOCUMENT DIRECTORY";

	Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "Structured document tags.docx");
	StructuredDocumentTag sdt = (StructuredDocumentTag) doc.GetChild(NodeType.StructuredDocumentTag, 0, true);
	sdt.Clear();
	doc.Save(dataDir + "WorkingWithSdt.ClearContentsControl.doc");

That’s it! You have successfully cleared the contents of a StructuredDocumentTag in your Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET.