FieldTemplate class
FieldTemplate class
Implements the TEMPLATE field. To learn more, visit the Working with Fields documentation article.
Remarks
Retrieves the file name of the template used by the current document.
Inheritance: FieldTemplate → Field
Constructors
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| FieldTemplate() | 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) |
| include_full_path | Gets or sets whether to include the full file path name. |
| 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) |
| 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 use a TEMPLATE field to display the local file system location of a document’s template.
doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
# We can set a template name using by the fields. This property is used when the "doc.AttachedTemplate" is empty.
# If this property is empty the default template file name "Normal.dotm" is used.
doc.field_options.template_name = ''
field = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_TEMPLATE, update_field=False).as_field_template()
self.assertEqual(' TEMPLATE ', field.get_field_code())
builder.writeln()
field = builder.insert_field(field_type=aw.fields.FieldType.FIELD_TEMPLATE, update_field=False).as_field_template()
field.include_full_path = True
self.assertEqual(' TEMPLATE \\p', field.get_field_code())
doc.update_fields()
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Field.TEMPLATE.docx')
See Also
- module aspose.words.fields
- class Field