FieldSaveDate class

FieldSaveDate class

Implements the SAVEDATE field. To learn more, visit the Working with Fields documentation article.

Remarks

Retrieves the date and time on which the document was last saved. By default, the Gregorian calendar is used.

Inheritance: FieldSaveDateField

Constructors

NameDescription
FieldSaveDate()The default constructor.

Properties

NameDescription
display_resultGets the text that represents the displayed field result.
(Inherited from Field)
endGets the node that represents the field end.
(Inherited from Field)
formatGets a FieldFormat object that provides typed access to field’s formatting.
(Inherited from Field)
is_dirtyGets or sets whether the current result of the field is no longer correct (stale) due to other modifications made to the document.
(Inherited from Field)
is_lockedGets or sets whether the field is locked (should not recalculate its result).
(Inherited from Field)
locale_idGets or sets the LCID of the field.
(Inherited from Field)
resultGets or sets text that is between the field separator and field end.
(Inherited from Field)
separatorGets the node that represents the field separator. Can be None.
(Inherited from Field)
startGets the node that represents the start of the field.
(Inherited from Field)
typeGets the Microsoft Word field type.
(Inherited from Field)
use_lunar_calendarGets or sets whether to use the Hijri Lunar or Hebrew Lunar calendar.
use_saka_era_calendarGets or sets whether to use the Saka Era calendar.
use_um_al_qura_calendarGets or sets whether to use the Um-al-Qura calendar.

Methods

NameDescription
get_field_code()Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator). Both field code and field result of child fields are included.
(Inherited from Field)
get_field_code(include_child_field_codes)Returns text between field start and field separator (or field end if there is no separator).
(Inherited from Field)
remove()Removes the field from the document. Returns a node right after the field. If the field’s end is the last child of its parent node, returns its parent paragraph. If the field is already removed, returns None.
(Inherited from Field)
unlink()Performs the field unlink.
(Inherited from Field)
update()Performs the field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.
(Inherited from Field)
update(ignore_merge_format)Performs a field update. Throws if the field is being updated already.
(Inherited from Field)

Examples

Shows how to use the SAVEDATE field to display the date/time of the document’s most recent save operation performed using Microsoft Word.

doc = aw.Document(MY_DIR + "Document.docx")
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
builder.move_to_document_end()
builder.writeln(" Date this document was last saved:")

# We can use the SAVEDATE field to display the last save operation's date and time on the document.
# The save operation that these fields refer to is the manual save in an application like Microsoft Word,
# not the document's "save" method.
# Below are three different calendar types according to which the SAVEDATE field can display the date/time.
# 1 -  Islamic Lunar Calendar:
builder.write("According to the Lunar Calendar - ")
field = builder.insert_field(aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_SAVE_DATE, True).as_field_save_date()
field.use_lunar_calendar = True

self.assertEqual(" SAVEDATE  \\h", field.get_field_code())

# 2 -  Umm al-Qura calendar:
builder.write("\nAccording to the Umm al-Qura calendar - ")
field = builder.insert_field(aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_SAVE_DATE, True).as_field_save_date()
field.use_um_al_qura_calendar = True

self.assertEqual(" SAVEDATE  \\u", field.get_field_code())

# 3 -  Indian National calendar:
builder.write("\nAccording to the Indian National calendar - ")
field = builder.insert_field(aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_SAVE_DATE, True).as_field_save_date()
field.use_saka_era_calendar = True

self.assertEqual(" SAVEDATE  \\s", field.get_field_code())

# The SAVEDATE fields draw their date/time values from the "last_saved_time" built-in property.
# The document's Save method will not update this value, but we can still update it manually.
doc.built_in_document_properties.last_saved_time = datetime.now()

doc.update_fields()
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + "Field.field_save_date.docx")

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