AddCopy

ListCollection.AddCopy method

Creates a new list by copying the specified list and adding it to the collection of lists in the document.

public List AddCopy(List srcList)
ParameterTypeDescription
srcListListThe source list to copy from.

Return Value

The newly created list.

Remarks

The source list can be from any document. If the source list belongs to a different document, a copy of the list is created and added to the current document.

If the source list is a reference to or a definition of a list style, the newly created list is not related to the original list style.

Examples

Shows how to create a document with a sample of all the lists from another document.

public void PrintOutAllLists()
{
    Document srcDoc = new Document(MyDir + "Rendering.docx");

    Document dstDoc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(dstDoc);

    foreach (List srcList in srcDoc.Lists)
    {
        List dstList = dstDoc.Lists.AddCopy(srcList);
        AddListSample(builder, dstList);
    }

    dstDoc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Lists.PrintOutAllLists.docx");
}

private static void AddListSample(DocumentBuilder builder, List list)
{
    builder.Writeln("Sample formatting of list with ListId:" + list.ListId);
    builder.ListFormat.List = list;
    for (int i = 0; i < list.ListLevels.Count; i++)
    {
        builder.ListFormat.ListLevelNumber = i;
        builder.Writeln("Level " + i);
    }

    builder.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers();
    builder.Writeln();
}

Shows how to restart numbering in a list by copying a list.

Document doc = new Document();

// A list allows us to organize and decorate sets of paragraphs with prefix symbols and indents.
// We can create nested lists by increasing the indent level. 
// We can begin and end a list by using a document builder's "ListFormat" property. 
// Each paragraph that we add between a list's start and the end will become an item in the list.
// Create a list from a Microsoft Word template, and customize its first list level.
List list1 = doc.Lists.Add(ListTemplate.NumberArabicParenthesis);
list1.ListLevels[0].Font.Color = Color.Red;
list1.ListLevels[0].Alignment = ListLevelAlignment.Right;

// Apply our list to some paragraphs.
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

builder.Writeln("List 1 starts below:");
builder.ListFormat.List = list1;
builder.Writeln("Item 1");
builder.Writeln("Item 2");
builder.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers();

// We can add a copy of an existing list to the document's list collection
// to create a similar list without making changes to the original.
List list2 = doc.Lists.AddCopy(list1);
list2.ListLevels[0].Font.Color = Color.Blue;
list2.ListLevels[0].StartAt = 10;

// Apply the second list to new paragraphs.
builder.Writeln("List 2 starts below:");
builder.ListFormat.List = list2;
builder.Writeln("Item 1");
builder.Writeln("Item 2");
builder.ListFormat.RemoveNumbers();

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Lists.RestartNumberingUsingListCopy.docx");

See Also

ListCollection.Add ListCollection.GetEnumerator