FieldShape class
FieldShape class
Implements the SHAPE field. To learn more, visit the Working with Fields documentation article.
Remarks
Retrieves the specified text.
Inheritance: FieldShape → Field
Constructors
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| FieldShape() | The default constructor. |
Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| display_result | Gets the text that represents the displayed field result. (Inherited from Field) |
| end | Gets the node that represents the field end. (Inherited from Field) |
| format | Gets a FieldFormat object that provides typed access to field’s formatting. (Inherited from Field) |
| is_dirty | Gets 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_locked | Gets or sets whether the field is locked (should not recalculate its result). (Inherited from Field) |
| locale_id | Gets or sets the LCID of the field. (Inherited from Field) |
| result | Gets or sets text that is between the field separator and field end. (Inherited from Field) |
| separator | Gets the node that represents the field separator. Can be None.(Inherited from Field) |
| start | Gets the node that represents the start of the field. (Inherited from Field) |
| text | Gets or sets the text to retrieve. |
| type | Gets the Microsoft Word field type. (Inherited from Field) |
Methods
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 create right-to-left language-compatible lists with BIDIOUTLINE fields.
doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
# The BIDIOUTLINE field numbers paragraphs like the AUTONUM/LISTNUM fields,
# but is only visible when a right-to-left editing language is enabled, such as Hebrew or Arabic.
# The following field will display ".1", the RTL equivalent of list number "1.".
field = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_BIDI_OUTLINE, update_field=True).as_field_bidi_outline()
builder.writeln('שלום')
self.assertEqual(' BIDIOUTLINE ', field.get_field_code())
# Add two more BIDIOUTLINE fields, which will display ".2" and ".3".
builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_BIDI_OUTLINE, update_field=True)
builder.writeln('שלום')
builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_BIDI_OUTLINE, update_field=True)
builder.writeln('שלום')
# Set the horizontal text alignment for every paragraph in the document to RTL.
for para in doc.get_child_nodes(aw.NodeType.PARAGRAPH, True):
para = para.as_paragraph()
para.paragraph_format.bidi = True
# If we enable a right-to-left editing language in Microsoft Word, our fields will display numbers.
# Otherwise, they will display "###".
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Field.BIDIOUTLINE.docx')
Shows how some older Microsoft Word fields such as SHAPE and EMBED are handled during loading.
# Open a document that was created in Microsoft Word 2003.
doc = aw.Document(file_name=MY_DIR + 'Legacy fields.doc')
# If we open the Word document and press Alt+F9, we will see a SHAPE and an EMBED field.
# A SHAPE field is the anchor/canvas for an AutoShape object with the "In line with text" wrapping style enabled.
# An EMBED field has the same function, but for an embedded object,
# such as a spreadsheet from an external Excel document.
# However, these fields will not appear in the document's Fields collection.
self.assertEqual(0, doc.range.fields.count)
# These fields are supported only by old versions of Microsoft Word.
# The document loading process will convert these fields into Shape objects,
# which we can access in the document's node collection.
shapes = doc.get_child_nodes(aw.NodeType.SHAPE, True)
self.assertEqual(3, shapes.count)
# The first Shape node corresponds to the SHAPE field in the input document,
# which is the inline canvas for the AutoShape.
shape = shapes[0].as_shape()
self.assertEqual(aw.drawing.ShapeType.IMAGE, shape.shape_type)
# The second Shape node is the AutoShape itself.
shape = shapes[1].as_shape()
self.assertEqual(aw.drawing.ShapeType.CAN, shape.shape_type)
# The third Shape is what was the EMBED field that contained the external spreadsheet.
shape = shapes[2].as_shape()
self.assertEqual(aw.drawing.ShapeType.OLE_OBJECT, shape.shape_type)
See Also
- module aspose.words.fields
- class Field