EditableRange

EditableRange class

Represents a single editable range.

To learn more, visit the Aspose.Words Document Object Model (DOM) documentation article.

public class EditableRange

Properties

Name	Description
EditableRangeEnd { get; }	Gets the node that represents the end of the editable range.
EditableRangeStart { get; }	Gets the node that represents the start of the editable range.
EditorGroup { get; set; }	Returns or sets an alias (or editing group) which shall be used to determine if the current user shall be allowed to edit this editable range.
Id { get; }	Gets the editable range identifier.
SingleUser { get; set; }	Returns or sets the single user for editable range.

Methods

Name	Description
Remove()	Removes the editable range from the document. Does not remove content inside the editable range.

Remarks

EditableRange is a “facade” object that encapsulates two nodes EditableRangeStart and EditableRangeEnd in a document tree and allows to work with an editable range as a single object.

Examples

Shows how to work with an editable range.

Document doc = new Document();
doc.Protect(ProtectionType.ReadOnly, "MyPassword");

DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.Writeln("Hello world! Since we have set the document's protection level to read-only," +
                " we cannot edit this paragraph without the password.");

// Editable ranges allow us to leave parts of protected documents open for editing.
EditableRangeStart editableRangeStart = builder.StartEditableRange();
builder.Writeln("This paragraph is inside an editable range, and can be edited.");
EditableRangeEnd editableRangeEnd = builder.EndEditableRange();

// A well-formed editable range has a start node, and end node.
// These nodes have matching IDs and encompass editable nodes.
EditableRange editableRange = editableRangeStart.EditableRange;

Assert.AreEqual(editableRangeStart.Id, editableRange.Id);
Assert.AreEqual(editableRangeEnd.Id, editableRange.Id);

// Different parts of the editable range link to each other.
Assert.AreEqual(editableRangeStart.Id, editableRange.EditableRangeStart.Id);
Assert.AreEqual(editableRangeStart.Id, editableRangeEnd.EditableRangeStart.Id);
Assert.AreEqual(editableRange.Id, editableRangeStart.EditableRange.Id);
Assert.AreEqual(editableRangeEnd.Id, editableRange.EditableRangeEnd.Id);

// We can access the node types of each part like this. The editable range itself is not a node,
// but an entity which consists of a start, an end, and their enclosed contents.
Assert.AreEqual(NodeType.EditableRangeStart, editableRangeStart.NodeType);
Assert.AreEqual(NodeType.EditableRangeEnd, editableRangeEnd.NodeType);

builder.Writeln("This paragraph is outside the editable range, and cannot be edited.");

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "EditableRange.CreateAndRemove.docx");

// Remove an editable range. All the nodes that were inside the range will remain intact.
editableRange.Remove();

Shows how to limit the editing rights of editable ranges to a specific group/user.

public void Visitor()
{
    Document doc = new Document();
    doc.Protect(ProtectionType.ReadOnly, "MyPassword");

    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
    builder.Writeln("Hello world! Since we have set the document's protection level to read-only," +
                    " we cannot edit this paragraph without the password.");

    // When we write-protect documents, editable ranges allow us to pick specific areas that users may edit.
    // There are two mutually exclusive ways to narrow down the list of allowed editors.
    // 1 -  Specify a user:
    EditableRange editableRange = builder.StartEditableRange().EditableRange;
    editableRange.SingleUser = "john.doe@myoffice.com";
    builder.Writeln($"This paragraph is inside the first editable range, can only be edited by {editableRange.SingleUser}.");
    builder.EndEditableRange();

    Assert.AreEqual(EditorType.Unspecified, editableRange.EditorGroup);

    // 2 -  Specify a group that allowed users are associated with:
    editableRange = builder.StartEditableRange().EditableRange;
    editableRange.EditorGroup = EditorType.Administrators;
    builder.Writeln($"This paragraph is inside the first editable range, can only be edited by {editableRange.EditorGroup}.");
    builder.EndEditableRange();

    Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, editableRange.SingleUser);

    builder.Writeln("This paragraph is outside the editable range, and cannot be edited by anybody.");

    // Print details and contents of every editable range in the document.
    EditableRangePrinter editableRangePrinter = new EditableRangePrinter();

    doc.Accept(editableRangePrinter);

    Console.WriteLine(editableRangePrinter.ToText());
}

/// <summary>
/// Collects properties and contents of visited editable ranges in a string.
/// </summary>
public class EditableRangePrinter : DocumentVisitor
{
    public EditableRangePrinter()
    {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

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

    public void Reset()
    {
        mBuilder.Clear();
        mInsideEditableRange = false;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when an EditableRangeStart node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitEditableRangeStart(EditableRangeStart editableRangeStart)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine(" -- Editable range found! -- ");
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\tID:\t\t" + editableRangeStart.Id);
        if (editableRangeStart.EditableRange.SingleUser == string.Empty)
            mBuilder.AppendLine("\tGroup:\t" + editableRangeStart.EditableRange.EditorGroup);
        else
            mBuilder.AppendLine("\tUser:\t" + editableRangeStart.EditableRange.SingleUser);
        mBuilder.AppendLine("\tContents:");

        mInsideEditableRange = true;

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when an EditableRangeEnd node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitEditableRangeEnd(EditableRangeEnd editableRangeEnd)
    {
        mBuilder.AppendLine(" -- End of editable range --\n");

        mInsideEditableRange = false;

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a Run node is encountered in the document. This visitor only records runs that are inside editable ranges.
    /// </summary>
    public override VisitorAction VisitRun(Run run)
    {
        if (mInsideEditableRange) mBuilder.AppendLine("\t\"" + run.Text + "\"");

        return VisitorAction.Continue;
    }

    private bool mInsideEditableRange;
    private readonly StringBuilder mBuilder;
}