Update Smart Art Drawing

This tutorial explains how to update the Smart Art drawing in a Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET. By iterating through the shapes in the document and checking if they have Smart Art, you can update the Smart Art drawing to reflect any changes made to its data.

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

Load the Word document that contains the Smart Art drawing using the Document class constructor.

Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "SmartArt.docx");

Step 3: Update the Smart Art Drawing

Iterate through the shapes in the document using the GetChildNodes method with the NodeType.Shape parameter. Check if each shape has Smart Art using the HasSmartArt property, and if true, call the UpdateSmartArtDrawing method to update the Smart Art drawing.

	foreach (Shape shape in doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true))
		if (shape.HasSmartArt)
			shape.UpdateSmartArtDrawing();

Example source code for Update Smart Art Drawing using Aspose.Words for .NET

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

	Document doc = new Document(dataDir + "SmartArt.docx");
	foreach (Shape shape in doc.GetChildNodes(NodeType.Shape, true))
		if (shape.HasSmartArt)
			shape.UpdateSmartArtDrawing();

That’s it! You have successfully updated the Smart Art drawing in your Word document using Aspose.Words for .NET.