Populating a DOCX with placeholder text

Description

Replacing placeholder text in a .docx file

Prerequisites

1. Linx Designer 6.4.3 or higher

Usage

1. Download this repo
2. Open the PopulatePlaceholders.solution file in the Linx6 folder
3. Debug the function entitled Main
4. Enter the path to the documents folder of this repo into the parameter entitled DocumentsFolder
5. Start the debugger

Result

1. The file Template.docx in the documents folder will be processed and the text todays_date will be replaced by Linx with the current date
2. A new file will be created in a folder called Results
3. The original file will be moved to a folder entitled Processed

Customisations

1. Add your own placeholder text to the List entitled ListOfChanges in the Main function
2. Place any .docx files you want processed into the DocumentsFolder folder
3. Debug the Main function. All docx files in the DocumentsFolder folder will be processed

Explanation

Main Function

1. Reads the DocumentsFolder and returns a list of all docx files contained therein.
2. Creates the folders needed to store new and processed documents.
3. Loops through the list of files and calls a function called ReplaceDocumentWords for each one.

ReplaceDocumentWords Function

1. Extracts the files contained in each docx archive into a temporary folder.
2. Reads the XML file containing the text of the Word Document.
3. Loops through the key-value pairs contained in the PlaceholderAndValue list, finds all words matching the value in the placeholder property and replaces them with the value from the Value property.
4. Zips the updated files into a new '.docx' file.
5. Saves the new file in the Results folder.
6. Moves the processed file to the Processed folder.

Contributions and questions

For questions please ask the Linx community or use the Slack channel.

License

MIT