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How can I read the insertions or deletions in a Document Revision?
How can I read the words the revision is inserting or deleting? Thank you
Robert,
Based on the given details, we understood that you want to read the words that
are inserted or deleted in a revision within a Word document. To achieve this,
we have prepared and attached the sample in the below attachment.
In the attached sample, we identify the inserted and deleted text ranges by
using the Boolean properties IsInsertRevision and IsDeleteRevision. The sample then
reads and prints the text to the console.
Regards,
Dharanya.
Attachment: Readinsertiondeletioninrevision_5aeca7cb.zip
I see the amount of textRanges where IsInsertRevision is true is not equal to the revisions where RevisionType is Insertion.
Given an insertion revision, how can I get the textRanges associated with that specific revision? I need to know this information so I can accept only certain revisions.
Robert, based on the given
details, we understand that you are looking to accept specific revisions based
on the textRanges associated with insertion revisions. We will analyze this and
share the details with you the day after tomorrow.
In the meantime, kindly share more details about your complete requirement.
This will help us ensure we address everything you need.
Regards,
Dharanya.
Given a specific Revision, I want to know all the text ranges associated with it.
By reading those specific text ranges, I need to decide whether to accept or reject the revision.
Thank you!
Thanks for providing the clear details about the requirement. Currently we are analyzing this with high priority, we will update further details on two days.
Robert,
From the provided details, we have found that your end requirement is to identify
the track changes like insertion, deletion of each content and need to take
accept or reject decisions based on that content in the input Word
document. It is like reviewing the entire Word document and accepting or
rejecting the
changes.
For this requirement we suggest you to use our Word
document editor control, where you can be able to load an existing Word
document containing track changes and make the required decisions. For example,
the track changes in the existing Word document will be shown as below,
From the right-side pane you can be able to accept or reject the entire
contents as like in the MS Word document.
In addition to this, you can be able to do track the changes in document editor
control itself.
Doing the above UI related requirement using our non UI Syncfusion DocIO library with back-end logics will results in implementing more sample level logics in your application. So, we are suggesting you to use the Document
editor control.
Online working demo: ASP.NET
Core DocumentEditor Track Changes Example - Syncfusion Demos
UG Documentation : Getting
Started with Syncfusion ASP.NET CORE Document Editor Control
If the above suggestions are not helpful for you, kindly let us know complete work flow of your application (why you are trying to automate the Word document
reviewing process programmatically in C# instead of review like Microsoft
Word). For example: Whether your workflow is to accept or reject (maintain as
predefined method), if insertion applied to particular text in given Word
documents from your customers document?
I need this to happen programmatically in the backend.
Here is an example workflow:
I want to only accept revisions where the text range is an insertion adding the text "HELLO".
So I want to look through each revision, and only accept those that meet this criteria, and deny others.
The reason I need this:
I am generating a filled in template, using docxtemplater, given a ton of data. Lets call this generated template Document A.
The user is able to edit this template. Lets call this user edited template Document B. To see the manual changes by the user, I am comparing Document A and Document B (using document.Compare). This outputs a list of revisions, representing the manual changes the user made.
There are instances where I regenerate this template, for example because the data has been changed; this potentially adds rows to tables and text changes in the document. Let's call this regenerated template Document C.
I now compare Document C and Document B. I want to accept every revision seen in both comparisons, thus applying the manual changes made in Document B to Document C.
Do you need any more context on my workflow. I just need to be able to read the text ranges for a specific revision.
Thank you,
Robert
Robert, thanks for providing the clear details
about the requirement. Currently we are analyzing this with high priority, we
will update further details on two days.
Robert, currently our DocIO
library does not support to get text from track changes revision. We have considered this requirement as a feature request for "Support
to get text from revision of track changes" in our database.
Currently, we do not have any immediate plans to implement this feature. At the
planning stage for every release cycle, we review all the open features. We
will let you know once this feature is implemented.
The status of this feature can be tracked through the feedback link.
Is there any hacky way for me to implement this myself? I need this functionality.
Robert,
Currently, there is no workaround solution to achieve your requirement. As
mentioned in our initial update, you can use the Boolean properties IsInsertRevision and IsDeleteRevision to identify the text ranges for insertions and
deletions. Based on the author’s name or revision type, you can then choose to
accept or reject these revisions.
Please refer to the below links for further details.
Accepting-or-rejecting-track-changes-by-a-particular-reviewer
How-to-enable-track-changes-for-word-document
Regards,
Dharanya.
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