MatchNode

ReplacingArgs.MatchNode property

Gets the node that contains the beginning of the match.

public Node MatchNode { get; }

Examples

Shows how to insert an entire document’s contents as a replacement of a match in a find-and-replace operation.

public void InsertDocumentAtReplace()
{
    Document mainDoc = new Document(MyDir + "Document insertion destination.docx");

    // We can use a "FindReplaceOptions" object to modify the find-and-replace process.
    FindReplaceOptions options = new FindReplaceOptions();
    options.ReplacingCallback = new InsertDocumentAtReplaceHandler();

    mainDoc.Range.Replace(new Regex("\\[MY_DOCUMENT\\]"), "", options);
    mainDoc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "InsertDocument.InsertDocumentAtReplace.docx");

}

private class InsertDocumentAtReplaceHandler : IReplacingCallback
{
    ReplaceAction IReplacingCallback.Replacing(ReplacingArgs args)
    {
        Document subDoc = new Document(MyDir + "Document.docx");

        // Insert a document after the paragraph containing the matched text.
        Paragraph para = (Paragraph)args.MatchNode.ParentNode;
        InsertDocument(para, subDoc);

        // Remove the paragraph with the matched text.
        para.Remove();

        return ReplaceAction.Skip;
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Inserts all the nodes of another document after a paragraph or table.
/// </summary>
private static void InsertDocument(Node insertionDestination, Document docToInsert)
{
    if (insertionDestination.NodeType == NodeType.Paragraph || insertionDestination.NodeType == NodeType.Table)
    {
        CompositeNode dstStory = insertionDestination.ParentNode;

        NodeImporter importer =
            new NodeImporter(docToInsert, insertionDestination.Document, ImportFormatMode.KeepSourceFormatting);

        foreach (Section srcSection in docToInsert.Sections.OfType<Section>())
            foreach (Node srcNode in srcSection.Body)
            {
                // Skip the node if it is the last empty paragraph in a section.
                if (srcNode.NodeType == NodeType.Paragraph)
                {
                    Paragraph para = (Paragraph)srcNode;
                    if (para.IsEndOfSection && !para.HasChildNodes)
                        continue;
                }

                Node newNode = importer.ImportNode(srcNode, true);

                dstStory.InsertAfter(newNode, insertionDestination);
                insertionDestination = newNode;
            }
    }
    else
    {
        throw new ArgumentException("The destination node must be either a paragraph or table.");
    }
}

See Also

ReplacingArgs.Match ReplacingArgs.MatchOffset