suppress_non_delimiters property

FieldRef.suppress_non_delimiters property

Gets or sets whether to suppress non-delimiter characters.

@property
def suppress_non_delimiters(self) -> bool:
    ...

@suppress_non_delimiters.setter
def suppress_non_delimiters(self, value: bool):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to insert REF fields to reference bookmarks.

def field_ref():
    doc = aw.Document()
    builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
    builder.start_bookmark('MyBookmark')
    builder.insert_footnote(aw.notes.FootnoteType.FOOTNOTE, 'MyBookmark footnote #1')
    builder.write('Text that will appear in REF field')
    builder.insert_footnote(aw.notes.FootnoteType.FOOTNOTE, 'MyBookmark footnote #2')
    builder.end_bookmark('MyBookmark')
    builder.move_to_document_start()
    # We will apply a custom list format, where the amount of angle brackets indicates the list level we are currently at.
    builder.list_format.apply_number_default()
    builder.list_format.list_level.number_format = '> \x0000'
    # Insert a REF field that will contain the text within our bookmark, act as a hyperlink, and clone the bookmark's footnotes.
    field = insert_field_ref(builder, 'MyBookmark', '', '\n')
    field.include_note_or_comment = True
    field.insert_hyperlink = True
    self.assertEqual(' REF  MyBookmark \\f \\h', field.get_field_code())
    # Insert a REF field, and display whether the referenced bookmark is above or below it.
    field = insert_field_ref(builder, 'MyBookmark', 'The referenced paragraph is ', ' this field.\n')
    field.insert_relative_position = True
    self.assertEqual(' REF  MyBookmark \\p', field.get_field_code())
    # Display the list number of the bookmark as it appears in the document.
    field = insert_field_ref(builder, 'MyBookmark', "The bookmark's paragraph number is ", '\n')
    field.insert_paragraph_number = True
    self.assertEqual(' REF  MyBookmark \\n', field.get_field_code())
    # Display the bookmark's list number, but with non-delimiter characters, such as the angle brackets, omitted.
    field = insert_field_ref(builder, 'MyBookmark', "The bookmark's paragraph number, non-delimiters suppressed, is ", '\n')
    field.insert_paragraph_number = True
    field.suppress_non_delimiters = True
    self.assertEqual(' REF  MyBookmark \\n \\t', field.get_field_code())
    # Move down one list level.
    builder.list_format.list_level_number += 1
    builder.list_format.list_level.number_format = '>> \x0001'
    # Display the list number of the bookmark and the numbers of all the list levels above it.
    field = insert_field_ref(builder, 'MyBookmark', "The bookmark's full context paragraph number is ", '\n')
    field.insert_paragraph_number_in_full_context = True
    self.assertEqual(' REF  MyBookmark \\w', field.get_field_code())
    builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
    # Display the list level numbers between this REF field, and the bookmark that it is referencing.
    field = insert_field_ref(builder, 'MyBookmark', "The bookmark's relative paragraph number is ", '\n')
    field.insert_paragraph_number_in_relative_context = True
    self.assertEqual(' REF  MyBookmark \\r', field.get_field_code())
    # At the end of the document, the bookmark will show up as a list item here.
    builder.writeln('List level above bookmark')
    builder.list_format.list_level_number += 1
    builder.list_format.list_level.number_format = '>>> \x0002'
    doc.update_fields()
    doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Field.field_ref.docx')

def insert_field_ref(builder: aw.DocumentBuilder, bookmark_name: str, text_before: str, text_after: str) -> aw.fields.FieldRef:
    """Get the document builder to insert a REF field, reference a bookmark with it, and add text before and after it."""
    builder.write(text_before)
    field = builder.insert_field(aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_REF, True).as_field_ref()
    field.bookmark_name = bookmark_name
    builder.write(text_after)
    return field

See Also

FieldRef.number_separator property