.docx generation and line breaks

[Alexandre Gex]

Hi everyone,

I am using DocIO to generate word documents.
The process is the following :
- the user selects a word model (.doc or .docx)
- the program detects some specific strings and replace them by data stored in a database (method Replace of WordDocument class)
- the new document is saved (method Save of wordDocument class)

The process is working perfectly when the program generates a .doc, but when a .docx is generated, there is a problem with line breaks.
Indeed, the file is generated, but i can't open it : i get an error "invalid xml character".

I am using the string "\v" to insert line breaks in documents.
If i replace it by "", "\r", or "\r", i get a openable document, but these strings are not line breaks, so it's not an acceptable solution for me.

So my question is simple : what string do i have to use to insert a line break in a .docx ? I'm sorry if my question seems very basic, but i don't understand why "\v" is causing problems in .docx, and not in .doc...

Thanks in advance for your help.

Alexandre.

[Rajendran]

Hi Alexandre,

Thank you for using Syncfusion products.

For inserting line break in word document please refer the following code snippet:
Code Snippet:
IWParagraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.LineBreak);

Similarly you can insert column break and page break.
paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.ColumnBreak);
paragraph.AppendBreak(BreakType.PageBreak);

Please try this and let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards
Rajendran

[Alexandre Gex]

Hi Rajendran, and thanks for your response.

I saw the code you mention in the Syncfusion documentation.
However, I think i cannot use that because i'm just using the method Replace of WordDocument class.

Typically, in my code, I have something like :

WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("inputDoc", FormatType.Docx);
doc.Replace(new Regex("something", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase), "strReplacement");
doc.Save("outputDoc", FormatType.Docx);

The only thing i'd like to do is to insert a line break in "strReplacement". "str\vReplacement" is working in .doc, but not in .docx...

I hope i've exposed my problem more precisely.

Regards,
Alexandre

[Rajendran]

Hi Alexandre,

Thank you for your update.

We have forwarded this issue to our development team for further analysis.

Could you please report this issue through Direct Trac Developer Support System
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Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Regards
Rajendran