BuildingBlockGallery

BuildingBlockGallery enumeration

Specifies the predefined gallery into which a building block is classified.

public enum BuildingBlockGallery

Values

NameValueDescription
All0Specifies that this glossary document entry shall be associated with all possible gallery classification values.
AutoText1
Bibliography2
CoverPage3
CustomAutoText4
CustomBibliography5
CustomCoverPage6
CustomEquations7
CustomFooters8
CustomHeaders9
Custom110
Custom211
Custom312
Custom413
Custom514
CustomPageNumber15
CustomPageNumberAtBottom16
CustomPageNumberAtMargin17
CustomPageNumberAtTop18
CustomQuickParts19
CustomTableOfContents20
CustomTables21
CustomTextBox22
CustomWatermarks23
NoGallery24
QuickParts25
Equations26
Footers27
Headers28
PageNumber29
PageNumberAtBottom30
PageNumberAtMargin31
PageNumberAtTop32
StructuredDocumentTagPlaceholderText33
TableOfContents34
Tables35
TextBox36
Watermarks37
Default0Same as All.

Remarks

Corresponds to the ST_DocPartGallery type in OOXML.

Examples

Shows ways of accessing building blocks in a glossary document.

public void GlossaryDocument()
{
    Document doc = new Document();
    GlossaryDocument glossaryDoc = new GlossaryDocument();

    BuildingBlock child1 = new BuildingBlock(glossaryDoc) { Name = "Block 1" };
    glossaryDoc.AppendChild(child1);
    BuildingBlock child2 = new BuildingBlock(glossaryDoc) { Name = "Block 2" };
    glossaryDoc.AppendChild(child2);
    BuildingBlock child3 = new BuildingBlock(glossaryDoc) { Name = "Block 3" };
    glossaryDoc.AppendChild(child3);
    BuildingBlock child4 = new BuildingBlock(glossaryDoc) { Name = "Block 4" };
    glossaryDoc.AppendChild(child4);
    BuildingBlock child5 = new BuildingBlock(glossaryDoc) { Name = "Block 5" };
    glossaryDoc.AppendChild(child5);

    Assert.AreEqual(5, glossaryDoc.BuildingBlocks.Count);

    doc.GlossaryDocument = glossaryDoc;

    // There are various ways of accessing building blocks.
    // 1 -  Get the first/last building blocks in the collection:
    Assert.AreEqual("Block 1", glossaryDoc.FirstBuildingBlock.Name);
    Assert.AreEqual("Block 5", glossaryDoc.LastBuildingBlock.Name);

    // 2 -  Get a building block by index:
    Assert.AreEqual("Block 2", glossaryDoc.BuildingBlocks[1].Name);
    Assert.AreEqual("Block 3", glossaryDoc.BuildingBlocks.ToArray()[2].Name);

    // 3 -  Get the first building block that matches a gallery, name and category:
    Assert.AreEqual("Block 4", 
        glossaryDoc.GetBuildingBlock(BuildingBlockGallery.All, "(Empty Category)", "Block 4").Name);

    // We will do that using a custom visitor,
    // which will give every BuildingBlock in the GlossaryDocument a unique GUID
    GlossaryDocVisitor visitor = new GlossaryDocVisitor();
    glossaryDoc.Accept(visitor);
    Console.WriteLine(visitor.GetText());

    // In Microsoft Word, we can access the building blocks via "Insert" -> "Quick Parts" -> "Building Blocks Organizer".
    doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "BuildingBlocks.GlossaryDocument.dotx"); 
}

/// <summary>
/// Gives each building block in a visited glossary document a unique GUID.
/// Stores the GUID-building block pairs in a dictionary.
/// </summary>
public class GlossaryDocVisitor : DocumentVisitor
{
    public GlossaryDocVisitor()
    {
        mBlocksByGuid = new Dictionary<Guid, BuildingBlock>();
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    public string GetText()
    {
        return mBuilder.ToString();
    }

    public Dictionary<Guid, BuildingBlock> GetDictionary()
    {
        return mBlocksByGuid;
    }

    public override VisitorAction VisitGlossaryDocumentStart(GlossaryDocument glossary)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine("Glossary document found!");
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    public override VisitorAction VisitGlossaryDocumentEnd(GlossaryDocument glossary)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine("Reached end of glossary!");
        mBuilder.AppendLine("BuildingBlocks found: " + mBlocksByGuid.Count);
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    public override VisitorAction VisitBuildingBlockStart(BuildingBlock block)
    {
        block.Guid = Guid.NewGuid();
        mBlocksByGuid.Add(block.Guid, block);
        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    public override VisitorAction VisitBuildingBlockEnd(BuildingBlock block)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\tVisited block \"" + block.Name + "\"");
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\t Type: " + block.Type);
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\t Gallery: " + block.Gallery);
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\t Behavior: " + block.Behavior);
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\t Description: " + block.Description);

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    private readonly Dictionary<Guid, BuildingBlock> mBlocksByGuid;
    private readonly StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

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