EditorGroup

EditableRange.EditorGroup property

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.

public EditorType EditorGroup { get; set; }

Remarks

Single user and editor group cannot be set simultaneously for the specific editable range, if the one is set, the other will be clear.

Examples

Shows how to create nested editable ranges.

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.");

// Create two nested editable ranges.
EditableRangeStart outerEditableRangeStart = builder.StartEditableRange();
builder.Writeln("This paragraph inside the outer editable range and can be edited.");

EditableRangeStart innerEditableRangeStart = builder.StartEditableRange();
builder.Writeln("This paragraph inside both the outer and inner editable ranges and can be edited.");

// Currently, the document builder's node insertion cursor is in more than one ongoing editable range.
// When we want to end an editable range in this situation,
// we need to specify which of the ranges we wish to end by passing its EditableRangeStart node.
builder.EndEditableRange(innerEditableRangeStart);

builder.Writeln("This paragraph inside the outer editable range and can be edited.");

builder.EndEditableRange(outerEditableRangeStart);

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

// If a region of text has two overlapping editable ranges with specified groups,
// the combined group of users excluded by both groups are prevented from editing it.
outerEditableRangeStart.EditableRange.EditorGroup = EditorType.Everyone;
innerEditableRangeStart.EditableRange.EditorGroup = EditorType.Contributors;

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

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;
}

See Also

EditableRange.EditableRangeStart EditableRange.Id