com.aspose.words
Class FormField

java.lang.Object
  extended by Node
      extended by Inline
          extended by SpecialChar
              extended by com.aspose.words.FormField
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.Cloneable

public class FormField 
extends SpecialChar

Represents a single form field.

Microsoft Word provides the following form fields: checkbox, text input and dropdown (combobox).

FormField is an inline-node and can only be a child of Paragraph.

FormField is represented in a document by a special character and positioned as a character within a line of text.

A complete form field in a Word document is a complex structure represented by several nodes: field start, field code such as FORMTEXT, form field data, field separator, field result, field end and a bookmark. To programmatically create form fields in a Word document use DocumentBuilder.insertCheckBox(java.lang.String,boolean,int), DocumentBuilder.insertTextInput(java.lang.String,int,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,int) and DocumentBuilder.insertComboBox(java.lang.String,java.lang.String[],int) which make sure all of the form field nodes are created in a correct order and in a suitable state.

Example:

Shows how to work with form field name, type, and result.
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a combo box form field
FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);

// Verify some of our form field's attributes
Assert.assertEquals("MyComboBox", comboBox.getName());
Assert.assertEquals(FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN, comboBox.getType());
Assert.assertEquals("One", comboBox.getResult());

Property Getters/Setters Summary
booleangetCalculateOnExit()
voidsetCalculateOnExit(boolean value)
           True if references to the specified form field are automatically updated whenever the field is exited.
doublegetCheckBoxSize()
voidsetCheckBoxSize(double value)
           Gets or sets the size of the checkbox in points. Has effect only when IsCheckBoxExactSize is true.
booleangetChecked()
voidsetChecked(boolean value)
           Gets or sets the checked status of the check box form field. Default value for this property is false.
booleangetDefault()
voidsetDefault(boolean value)
           Gets or sets the default value of the check box form field. Default value for this property is false.
DocumentBasegetDocument()→ inherited from Node
           Gets the document to which this node belongs.
DropDownItemCollectiongetDropDownItems()
           Provides access to the items of a dropdown form field.
intgetDropDownSelectedIndex()
voidsetDropDownSelectedIndex(int value)
           Gets or sets the index specifying the currently selected item in a dropdown form field.
booleangetEnabled()
voidsetEnabled(boolean value)
           True if a form field is enabled.
java.lang.StringgetEntryMacro()
voidsetEntryMacro(java.lang.String value)
           Returns or sets an entry macro name for the form field.
java.lang.StringgetExitMacro()
voidsetExitMacro(java.lang.String value)
           Returns or sets an exit macro name for the form field.
FontgetFont()→ inherited from Inline
           Provides access to the font formatting of this object.
java.lang.StringgetHelpText()
voidsetHelpText(java.lang.String value)
           Returns or sets the text that's displayed in a message box when the form field has the focus and the user presses F1.
booleanisCheckBoxExactSize()
voidisCheckBoxExactSize(boolean value)
           Gets or sets the boolean value that indicates whether the size of the textbox is automatic or specified explicitly.
booleanisComposite()→ inherited from Node
           Returns true if this node can contain other nodes.
booleanisDeleteRevision()→ inherited from Inline
           Returns true if this object was deleted in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.
booleanisFormatRevision()→ inherited from Inline
           Returns true if formatting of the object was changed in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.
booleanisInsertRevision()→ inherited from Inline
           Returns true if this object was inserted in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.
booleanisMoveFromRevision()→ inherited from Inline
           Returns true if this object was moved (deleted) in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.
booleanisMoveToRevision()→ inherited from Inline
           Returns true if this object was moved (inserted) in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.
intgetMaxLength()
voidsetMaxLength(int value)
           Maximum length for the text field. Zero when the length is not limited.
java.lang.StringgetName()
voidsetName(java.lang.String value)
           Gets or sets the form field name.
NodegetNextSibling()→ inherited from Node
           Gets the node immediately following this node.
intgetNodeType()
           Returns NodeType.FormField. The value of the property is NodeType integer constant.
booleangetOwnHelp()
voidsetOwnHelp(boolean value)
           Specifies the source of the text that's displayed in a message box when a form field has the focus and the user presses F1.
booleangetOwnStatus()
voidsetOwnStatus(boolean value)
           Specifies the source of the text that's displayed in the status bar when a form field has the focus.
CompositeNodegetParentNode()→ inherited from Node
           Gets the immediate parent of this node.
ParagraphgetParentParagraph()→ inherited from Inline
           Retrieves the parent Paragraph of this node.
NodegetPreviousSibling()→ inherited from Node
           Gets the node immediately preceding this node.
RangegetRange()→ inherited from Node
           Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.
java.lang.StringgetResult()
voidsetResult(java.lang.String value)
           Gets or sets a string that represents the result of this form field.
java.lang.StringgetStatusText()
voidsetStatusText(java.lang.String value)
           Returns or sets the text that's displayed in the status bar when a form field has the focus.
java.lang.StringgetTextInputDefault()
voidsetTextInputDefault(java.lang.String value)
           Gets or sets the default string or a calculation expression of a text form field.
java.lang.StringgetTextInputFormat()
voidsetTextInputFormat(java.lang.String value)
           Returns or sets the text formatting for a text form field.
intgetTextInputType()
voidsetTextInputType(int value)
           Gets or sets the type of a text form field. The value of the property is TextFormFieldType integer constant.
intgetType()
           Returns the form field type. The value of the property is FieldType integer constant.
 
Method Summary
booleanaccept(DocumentVisitor visitor)
           Accepts a visitor.
NodedeepClone(boolean isCloneChildren)→ inherited from Node
          
CompositeNodegetAncestor(int ancestorType)→ inherited from Node
           Gets the first ancestor of the specified NodeType.
CompositeNodegetAncestor(java.lang.Class ancestorType)→ inherited from Node
           Gets the first ancestor of the specified object type.
java.lang.StringgetText()→ inherited from SpecialChar
           Gets the special character that this node represents.
NodenextPreOrder(Node rootNode)→ inherited from Node
           Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
NodepreviousPreOrder(Node rootNode)→ inherited from Node
           Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
voidremove()→ inherited from Node
           Removes itself from the parent.
voidremoveField()
           Removes the complete form field, not just the form field special character.
voidsetTextInputValue(java.lang.Object newValue)
           Applies the text format specified in TextInputFormat and stores the value in Result.
java.lang.StringtoString(SaveOptions saveOptions)→ inherited from Node
           Exports the content of the node into a string using the specified save options.
java.lang.StringtoString(int saveFormat)→ inherited from Node
           Exports the content of the node into a string in the specified format.
 

Property Getters/Setters Detail

getCalculateOnExit/setCalculateOnExit

public boolean getCalculateOnExit() / public void setCalculateOnExit(boolean value)
True if references to the specified form field are automatically updated whenever the field is exited.

Setting CalculateOnExit only affects the behavior of the form field when the document is opened in Microsoft Word. Aspose.Words never updates references to the form field.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getCheckBoxSize/setCheckBoxSize

public double getCheckBoxSize() / public void setCheckBoxSize(double value)
Gets or sets the size of the checkbox in points. Has effect only when IsCheckBoxExactSize is true.

Applicable for a check box form field only.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}
See Also:
IsCheckBoxExactSize

getChecked/setChecked

public boolean getChecked() / public void setChecked(boolean value)
Gets or sets the checked status of the check box form field. Default value for this property is false.

Applicable for a check box form field only.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getDefault/setDefault

public boolean getDefault() / public void setDefault(boolean value)
Gets or sets the default value of the check box form field. Default value for this property is false.

Applicable for a check box form field only.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getDocument

→ inherited from Node
public DocumentBase getDocument()
Gets the document to which this node belongs.

The node always belongs to a document even if it has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree.

Example:

Shows how to create a node and set its owning document.
// Open a file from disk
Document doc = new Document();

// Creating a new node of any type requires a document passed into the constructor
Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);

// The new paragraph node does not yet have a parent
System.out.println("Paragraph has no parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() == null));

// But the paragraph node knows its document
System.out.println("Both nodes' documents are the same: " + (para.getDocument() == doc));

// The fact that a node always belongs to a document allows us to access and modify 
// properties that reference the document-wide data such as styles or lists
para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");

// Now add the paragraph to the main text of the first section
doc.getFirstSection().getBody().appendChild(para);

// The paragraph node is now a child of the Body node
System.out.println("Paragraph has a parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() != null));

getDropDownItems

public DropDownItemCollection getDropDownItems()
Provides access to the items of a dropdown form field.

Microsoft Word allows maximum 25 items in a dropdown form field.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getDropDownSelectedIndex/setDropDownSelectedIndex

public int getDropDownSelectedIndex() / public void setDropDownSelectedIndex(int value)
Gets or sets the index specifying the currently selected item in a dropdown form field.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getEnabled/setEnabled

public boolean getEnabled() / public void setEnabled(boolean value)
True if a form field is enabled.

If a form field is enabled, its contents can be changed as the form is filled in.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getEntryMacro/setEntryMacro

public java.lang.String getEntryMacro() / public void setEntryMacro(java.lang.String value)
Returns or sets an entry macro name for the form field.

The entry macro runs when the form field gets the focus in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 32 characters.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getExitMacro/setExitMacro

public java.lang.String getExitMacro() / public void setExitMacro(java.lang.String value)
Returns or sets an exit macro name for the form field.

The exit macro runs when the form field loses the focus in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 32 characters.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getFont

→ inherited from Inline
public Font getFont()
Provides access to the font formatting of this object.

Example:

Shows how to construct an Aspose Words document node by node.
Document doc = new Document();

// A newly created blank document still comes one section, one body and one paragraph
// Calling this method will remove all those nodes to completely empty the document
doc.removeAllChildren();

// This document now has no composite nodes that content can be added to
// If we wish to edit it, we will need to repopulate its node collection,
// which we will start to do with by creating a new Section node
Section section = new Section(doc);

// Append the section to the document
doc.appendChild(section);

// Lets set some properties for the section
section.getPageSetup().setSectionStart(SectionStart.NEW_PAGE);
section.getPageSetup().setPaperSize(PaperSize.LETTER);

// The section that we created is empty, lets populate it. The section needs at least the Body node
Body body = new Body(doc);
section.appendChild(body);

// The body needs to have at least one paragraph
// Note that the paragraph has not yet been added to the document, 
// but we have to specify the parent document
// The parent document is needed so the paragraph can correctly work
// with styles and other document-wide information
Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);
body.appendChild(para);

// We can set some formatting for the paragraph
para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");
para.getParagraphFormat().setAlignment(ParagraphAlignment.CENTER);

// So far we have one empty paragraph in the document
// The document is valid and can be saved, but lets add some text before saving
// Create a new run of text and add it to our paragraph
Run run = new Run(doc);
run.setText("Hello World!");
run.getFont().setColor(Color.RED);
para.appendChild(run);

Assert.assertEquals("Hello World!" + ControlChar.SECTION_BREAK_CHAR, doc.getText());

doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Section.CreateFromScratch.docx");

getHelpText/setHelpText

public java.lang.String getHelpText() / public void setHelpText(java.lang.String value)
Returns or sets the text that's displayed in a message box when the form field has the focus and the user presses F1.

If the OwnHelp property is set to True, HelpText specifies the text string value. If OwnHelp is set to False, HelpText specifies the name of an AutoText entry that contains help text for the form field.

Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 255 characters.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

isCheckBoxExactSize/isCheckBoxExactSize

public boolean isCheckBoxExactSize() / public void isCheckBoxExactSize(boolean value)
Gets or sets the boolean value that indicates whether the size of the textbox is automatic or specified explicitly.

Applicable for a check box form field only.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}
See Also:
CheckBoxSize

isComposite

→ inherited from Node
public boolean isComposite()
Returns true if this node can contain other nodes. This method returns false as Node cannot have child nodes.

Example:

Shows how to efficiently visit all direct and indirect children of a composite node.
public void recurseAllNodes() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

    // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite
    Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());

    // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node
    traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
}

/// <summary>
/// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
/// </summary>
@Test(enabled = false)
public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
    // Loop through immediate children of a node
    for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));

        // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node
        if (childNode.isComposite()) {
            System.out.println();
            traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
        } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
            System.out.println(" - \"{childNode.GetText().Trim()}\"");
        } else {
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

isDeleteRevision

→ inherited from Inline
public boolean isDeleteRevision()
Returns true if this object was deleted in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.

Example:

Shows how to view revision-related properties of Inline nodes.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revision runs.docx");

// This document has 6 revisions
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 6);

// The parent node of a revision is the run that the revision concerns, which is an Inline node
Run run = (Run) doc.getRevisions().get(0).getParentNode();

// Get the parent paragraph
Paragraph firstParagraph = run.getParentParagraph();
RunCollection runs = firstParagraph.getRuns();

Assert.assertEquals(runs.getCount(), 6);

// The text in the run at index #2 was typed after revisions were tracked, so it will count as an insert revision
// The font was changed, so it will also be a format revision
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isInsertRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isFormatRevision());

// If one node was moved from one place to another while changes were tracked,
// the node will be placed at the departure location as a "move to revision",
// and a "move from revision" node will be left behind at the origin, in case we want to reject changes
// Highlighting text and dragging it to another place with the mouse and cut-and-pasting (but not copy-pasting) both count as "move revisions"
// The node with the "IsMoveToRevision" flag is the arrival of the move operation, and the node with the "IsMoveFromRevision" flag is the departure point
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(1).isMoveToRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(4).isMoveFromRevision());

// If an Inline node gets deleted while changes are being tracked, it will leave behind a node with the IsDeleteRevision flag set to true until changes are accepted
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(5).isDeleteRevision());

isFormatRevision

→ inherited from Inline
public boolean isFormatRevision()
Returns true if formatting of the object was changed in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.

Example:

Shows how to view revision-related properties of Inline nodes.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revision runs.docx");

// This document has 6 revisions
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 6);

// The parent node of a revision is the run that the revision concerns, which is an Inline node
Run run = (Run) doc.getRevisions().get(0).getParentNode();

// Get the parent paragraph
Paragraph firstParagraph = run.getParentParagraph();
RunCollection runs = firstParagraph.getRuns();

Assert.assertEquals(runs.getCount(), 6);

// The text in the run at index #2 was typed after revisions were tracked, so it will count as an insert revision
// The font was changed, so it will also be a format revision
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isInsertRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isFormatRevision());

// If one node was moved from one place to another while changes were tracked,
// the node will be placed at the departure location as a "move to revision",
// and a "move from revision" node will be left behind at the origin, in case we want to reject changes
// Highlighting text and dragging it to another place with the mouse and cut-and-pasting (but not copy-pasting) both count as "move revisions"
// The node with the "IsMoveToRevision" flag is the arrival of the move operation, and the node with the "IsMoveFromRevision" flag is the departure point
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(1).isMoveToRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(4).isMoveFromRevision());

// If an Inline node gets deleted while changes are being tracked, it will leave behind a node with the IsDeleteRevision flag set to true until changes are accepted
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(5).isDeleteRevision());

isInsertRevision

→ inherited from Inline
public boolean isInsertRevision()
Returns true if this object was inserted in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.

Example:

Shows how to view revision-related properties of Inline nodes.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revision runs.docx");

// This document has 6 revisions
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 6);

// The parent node of a revision is the run that the revision concerns, which is an Inline node
Run run = (Run) doc.getRevisions().get(0).getParentNode();

// Get the parent paragraph
Paragraph firstParagraph = run.getParentParagraph();
RunCollection runs = firstParagraph.getRuns();

Assert.assertEquals(runs.getCount(), 6);

// The text in the run at index #2 was typed after revisions were tracked, so it will count as an insert revision
// The font was changed, so it will also be a format revision
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isInsertRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isFormatRevision());

// If one node was moved from one place to another while changes were tracked,
// the node will be placed at the departure location as a "move to revision",
// and a "move from revision" node will be left behind at the origin, in case we want to reject changes
// Highlighting text and dragging it to another place with the mouse and cut-and-pasting (but not copy-pasting) both count as "move revisions"
// The node with the "IsMoveToRevision" flag is the arrival of the move operation, and the node with the "IsMoveFromRevision" flag is the departure point
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(1).isMoveToRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(4).isMoveFromRevision());

// If an Inline node gets deleted while changes are being tracked, it will leave behind a node with the IsDeleteRevision flag set to true until changes are accepted
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(5).isDeleteRevision());

isMoveFromRevision

→ inherited from Inline
public boolean isMoveFromRevision()
Returns true if this object was moved (deleted) in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.

Example:

Shows how to view revision-related properties of Inline nodes.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revision runs.docx");

// This document has 6 revisions
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 6);

// The parent node of a revision is the run that the revision concerns, which is an Inline node
Run run = (Run) doc.getRevisions().get(0).getParentNode();

// Get the parent paragraph
Paragraph firstParagraph = run.getParentParagraph();
RunCollection runs = firstParagraph.getRuns();

Assert.assertEquals(runs.getCount(), 6);

// The text in the run at index #2 was typed after revisions were tracked, so it will count as an insert revision
// The font was changed, so it will also be a format revision
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isInsertRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isFormatRevision());

// If one node was moved from one place to another while changes were tracked,
// the node will be placed at the departure location as a "move to revision",
// and a "move from revision" node will be left behind at the origin, in case we want to reject changes
// Highlighting text and dragging it to another place with the mouse and cut-and-pasting (but not copy-pasting) both count as "move revisions"
// The node with the "IsMoveToRevision" flag is the arrival of the move operation, and the node with the "IsMoveFromRevision" flag is the departure point
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(1).isMoveToRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(4).isMoveFromRevision());

// If an Inline node gets deleted while changes are being tracked, it will leave behind a node with the IsDeleteRevision flag set to true until changes are accepted
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(5).isDeleteRevision());

isMoveToRevision

→ inherited from Inline
public boolean isMoveToRevision()
Returns true if this object was moved (inserted) in Microsoft Word while change tracking was enabled.

Example:

Shows how to view revision-related properties of Inline nodes.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revision runs.docx");

// This document has 6 revisions
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 6);

// The parent node of a revision is the run that the revision concerns, which is an Inline node
Run run = (Run) doc.getRevisions().get(0).getParentNode();

// Get the parent paragraph
Paragraph firstParagraph = run.getParentParagraph();
RunCollection runs = firstParagraph.getRuns();

Assert.assertEquals(runs.getCount(), 6);

// The text in the run at index #2 was typed after revisions were tracked, so it will count as an insert revision
// The font was changed, so it will also be a format revision
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isInsertRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isFormatRevision());

// If one node was moved from one place to another while changes were tracked,
// the node will be placed at the departure location as a "move to revision",
// and a "move from revision" node will be left behind at the origin, in case we want to reject changes
// Highlighting text and dragging it to another place with the mouse and cut-and-pasting (but not copy-pasting) both count as "move revisions"
// The node with the "IsMoveToRevision" flag is the arrival of the move operation, and the node with the "IsMoveFromRevision" flag is the departure point
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(1).isMoveToRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(4).isMoveFromRevision());

// If an Inline node gets deleted while changes are being tracked, it will leave behind a node with the IsDeleteRevision flag set to true until changes are accepted
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(5).isDeleteRevision());

getMaxLength/setMaxLength

public int getMaxLength() / public void setMaxLength(int value)
Maximum length for the text field. Zero when the length is not limited.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getName/setName

public java.lang.String getName() / public void setName(java.lang.String value)
Gets or sets the form field name. Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 20 characters.

Example:

Shows how to work with form field name, type, and result.
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a combo box form field
FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);

// Verify some of our form field's attributes
Assert.assertEquals("MyComboBox", comboBox.getName());
Assert.assertEquals(FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN, comboBox.getType());
Assert.assertEquals("One", comboBox.getResult());

getNextSibling

→ inherited from Node
public Node getNextSibling()
Gets the node immediately following this node. If there is no next node, a null is returned.

Example:

Shows how to enumerate immediate child nodes of a composite node using NextSibling.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

// Loop starting from the first child until we reach null
for (Node node = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstChild(); node != null; node = node.getNextSibling()) {
    // Output the types of the nodes that we come across
    System.out.println(Node.nodeTypeToString(node.getNodeType()));
}

Example:

Shows how to efficiently visit all direct and indirect children of a composite node.
public void recurseAllNodes() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

    // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite
    Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());

    // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node
    traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
}

/// <summary>
/// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
/// </summary>
@Test(enabled = false)
public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
    // Loop through immediate children of a node
    for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));

        // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node
        if (childNode.isComposite()) {
            System.out.println();
            traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
        } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
            System.out.println(" - \"{childNode.GetText().Trim()}\"");
        } else {
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

getNodeType

public int getNodeType()
Returns NodeType.FormField. The value of the property is NodeType integer constant.

Example:

Shows how to efficiently visit all direct and indirect children of a composite node.
public void recurseAllNodes() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Paragraphs.docx");

    // Any node that can contain child nodes, such as the document itself, is composite
    Assert.assertTrue(doc.isComposite());

    // Invoke the recursive function that will go through and print all the child nodes of a composite node
    traverseAllNodes(doc, 0);
}

/// <summary>
/// Recursively traverses a node tree while printing the type of each node with an indent depending on depth as well as the contents of all inline nodes.
/// </summary>
@Test(enabled = false)
public void traverseAllNodes(CompositeNode parentNode, int depth) {
    // Loop through immediate children of a node
    for (Node childNode = parentNode.getFirstChild(); childNode != null; childNode = childNode.getNextSibling()) {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("{0}{1}", String.format("    ", depth), Node.nodeTypeToString(childNode.getNodeType())));

        // Recurse into the node if it is a composite node
        if (childNode.isComposite()) {
            System.out.println();
            traverseAllNodes((CompositeNode) childNode, depth + 1);
        } else if (childNode instanceof Inline) {
            System.out.println(" - \"{childNode.GetText().Trim()}\"");
        } else {
            System.out.println();
        }
    }
}

getOwnHelp/setOwnHelp

public boolean getOwnHelp() / public void setOwnHelp(boolean value)
Specifies the source of the text that's displayed in a message box when a form field has the focus and the user presses F1.

If True, the text specified by the HelpText property is displayed. If False, the text in the AutoText entry specified by the HelpText property is displayed.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getOwnStatus/setOwnStatus

public boolean getOwnStatus() / public void setOwnStatus(boolean value)
Specifies the source of the text that's displayed in the status bar when a form field has the focus.

If true, the text specified by the StatusText property is displayed. If false, the text of the AutoText entry specified by the StatusText property is displayed.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getParentNode

→ inherited from Node
public CompositeNode getParentNode()
Gets the immediate parent of this node.

If a node has just been created and not yet added to the tree, or if it has been removed from the tree, the parent is null.

Example:

Shows how to access the parent node.
Document doc = new Document();

// Get the document's first paragraph and append a child node to it in the form of a run with text
Paragraph para = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();

// When inserting a new node, the document that the node will belong to must be provided as an argument
Run run = new Run(doc, "Hello world!");
para.appendChild(run);

// The node lineage can be traced back to the document itself
Assert.assertEquals(para, run.getParentNode());
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection().getBody(), para.getParentNode());
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getFirstSection(), doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getParentNode());
Assert.assertEquals(doc, doc.getFirstSection().getParentNode());

Example:

Shows how to create a node and set its owning document.
// Open a file from disk
Document doc = new Document();

// Creating a new node of any type requires a document passed into the constructor
Paragraph para = new Paragraph(doc);

// The new paragraph node does not yet have a parent
System.out.println("Paragraph has no parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() == null));

// But the paragraph node knows its document
System.out.println("Both nodes' documents are the same: " + (para.getDocument() == doc));

// The fact that a node always belongs to a document allows us to access and modify 
// properties that reference the document-wide data such as styles or lists
para.getParagraphFormat().setStyleName("Heading 1");

// Now add the paragraph to the main text of the first section
doc.getFirstSection().getBody().appendChild(para);

// The paragraph node is now a child of the Body node
System.out.println("Paragraph has a parent node: " + (para.getParentNode() != null));

getParentParagraph

→ inherited from Inline
public Paragraph getParentParagraph()
Retrieves the parent Paragraph of this node.

Example:

Shows how to view revision-related properties of Inline nodes.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Revision runs.docx");

// This document has 6 revisions
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getRevisions().getCount(), 6);

// The parent node of a revision is the run that the revision concerns, which is an Inline node
Run run = (Run) doc.getRevisions().get(0).getParentNode();

// Get the parent paragraph
Paragraph firstParagraph = run.getParentParagraph();
RunCollection runs = firstParagraph.getRuns();

Assert.assertEquals(runs.getCount(), 6);

// The text in the run at index #2 was typed after revisions were tracked, so it will count as an insert revision
// The font was changed, so it will also be a format revision
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isInsertRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(2).isFormatRevision());

// If one node was moved from one place to another while changes were tracked,
// the node will be placed at the departure location as a "move to revision",
// and a "move from revision" node will be left behind at the origin, in case we want to reject changes
// Highlighting text and dragging it to another place with the mouse and cut-and-pasting (but not copy-pasting) both count as "move revisions"
// The node with the "IsMoveToRevision" flag is the arrival of the move operation, and the node with the "IsMoveFromRevision" flag is the departure point
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(1).isMoveToRevision());
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(4).isMoveFromRevision());

// If an Inline node gets deleted while changes are being tracked, it will leave behind a node with the IsDeleteRevision flag set to true until changes are accepted
Assert.assertTrue(runs.get(5).isDeleteRevision());

getPreviousSibling

→ inherited from Node
public Node getPreviousSibling()
Gets the node immediately preceding this node. If there is no preceding node, a null is returned.

Example:

Shows how to use of methods of Node and CompositeNode to remove a section before the last section in the document.
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Create a second section by inserting a section break and add text to both sections
builder.writeln("Section 1 text.");
builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
builder.writeln("Section 2 text.");

// Both sections are siblings of each other
Section lastSection = (Section) doc.getLastChild();
Section firstSection = (Section) lastSection.getPreviousSibling();

// Remove a section based on its sibling relationship with another section
if (lastSection.getPreviousSibling() != null)
    doc.removeChild(firstSection);

// The section we removed was the first one, leaving the document with only the second
Assert.assertEquals("Section 2 text.", doc.getText().trim());

getRange

→ inherited from Node
public Range getRange()
Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained in this node.

Example:

Shows how to delete all characters of a range.
// Insert two sections into a blank document
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

builder.write("Section 1. ");
builder.insertBreak(BreakType.SECTION_BREAK_CONTINUOUS);
builder.write("Section 2.");

// Verify the whole text of the document
Assert.assertEquals("Section 1. \fSection 2.", doc.getText().trim());

// Delete the first section from the document
doc.getSections().get(0).getRange().delete();

// Check the first section was deleted by looking at the text of the whole document again
Assert.assertEquals("Section 2.", doc.getText().trim());

getResult/setResult

public java.lang.String getResult() / public void setResult(java.lang.String value)
Gets or sets a string that represents the result of this form field.

For a text form field the result is the text that is in the field.

For a checkbox form field the result can be "1" or "0" to indicate checked or unchecked.

For a dropdown form field the result is the string selected in the dropdown.

Setting Result for a text form field does not apply the text format specified in TextInputFormat. If you want to set a value and apply the format, use the setTextInputValue(java.lang.Object) method.

Example:

Shows how to work with form field name, type, and result.
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a combo box form field
FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);

// Verify some of our form field's attributes
Assert.assertEquals("MyComboBox", comboBox.getName());
Assert.assertEquals(FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN, comboBox.getType());
Assert.assertEquals("One", comboBox.getResult());

getStatusText/setStatusText

public java.lang.String getStatusText() / public void setStatusText(java.lang.String value)
Returns or sets the text that's displayed in the status bar when a form field has the focus.

If the OwnStatus property is set to true, the StatusText property specifies the status bar text. If the OwnStatus property is set to false, the StatusText property specifies the name of an AutoText entry that contains status bar text for the form field.

Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 138 characters.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getTextInputDefault/setTextInputDefault

public java.lang.String getTextInputDefault() / public void setTextInputDefault(java.lang.String value)
Gets or sets the default string or a calculation expression of a text form field.

The meaning of this property depends on the value of the TextInputType property.

When TextInputType is TextFormFieldType.REGULAR or TextFormFieldType.NUMBER, this string specifies the default string for the text form field. This string is the content that Microsoft Word will display in the document when the form field is empty.

When TextInputType is TextFormFieldType.CALCULATED, then this string holds the expression to be calculated. The expression needs to be a formula valid according to Microsoft Word formula field requirements. When you set a new expression using this property, Aspose.Words calculates the formula result automatically and inserts it into the form field.

Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 255 characters.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getTextInputFormat/setTextInputFormat

public java.lang.String getTextInputFormat() / public void setTextInputFormat(java.lang.String value)
Returns or sets the text formatting for a text form field.

If the text form field contains regular text, then valid format strings are "", "UPPERCASE", "LOWERCASE", "FIRST CAPITAL" and "TITLE CASE". The strings are case-insensitive.

If the text form field contains a number or a date/time value, then valid format strings are number or date and time format strings.

Microsoft Word allows strings with at most 64 characters.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getTextInputType/setTextInputType

public int getTextInputType() / public void setTextInputType(int value)
Gets or sets the type of a text form field. The value of the property is TextFormFieldType integer constant.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

getType

public int getType()
Returns the form field type. The value of the property is FieldType integer constant.

Example:

Shows how to work with form field name, type, and result.
Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Use a DocumentBuilder to insert a combo box form field
FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);

// Verify some of our form field's attributes
Assert.assertEquals("MyComboBox", comboBox.getName());
Assert.assertEquals(FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN, comboBox.getType());
Assert.assertEquals("One", comboBox.getResult());

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(DocumentVisitor visitor)
              throws java.lang.Exception
Accepts a visitor.

Calls DocumentVisitor.VisitFormField.

For more info see the Visitor design pattern.

Parameters:
visitor - The visitor that will visit the node.
Returns:
False if the visitor requested the enumeration to stop.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

deepClone

→ inherited from Node
public Node deepClone(boolean isCloneChildren)

Example:

Shows how to clone composite nodes with and without their child nodes.
Document doc = new Document();
Paragraph para = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstParagraph();
para.appendChild(new Run(doc, "Hello world!"));

// Clone the paragraph and the child nodes
Node cloneWithChildren = para.deepClone(true);

Assert.assertTrue(((CompositeNode) cloneWithChildren).hasChildNodes());
Assert.assertEquals("Hello world!", cloneWithChildren.getText().trim());

// Clone the paragraph without its clild nodes
Node cloneWithoutChildren = para.deepClone(false);

Assert.assertFalse(((CompositeNode) cloneWithoutChildren).hasChildNodes());
Assert.assertEquals("", cloneWithoutChildren.getText().trim());

getAncestor

→ inherited from Node
public CompositeNode getAncestor(int ancestorType)
Gets the first ancestor of the specified NodeType.
Parameters:
ancestorType - A NodeType value. The node type of the ancestor to retrieve.
Returns:
The ancestor of the specified type or null if no ancestor of this type was found.

Example:

Shows how to find out if a table contains another table or if the table itself is nested inside another table.
public void calculateDepthOfNestedTables() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Nested tables.docx");
    NodeCollection tables = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true);

    for (int i = 0; i < tables.getCount(); i++) {
        // First lets find if any cells in the table have tables themselves as children
        int count = getChildTableCount((Table) tables.get(i));
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} has {1} tables directly within its cells", i, count));

        // Now let's try the other way around, lets try find if the table is nested inside another table and at what depth
        int tableDepth = getNestedDepthOfTable((Table) tables.get(i));

        if (tableDepth > 0)
            System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is nested inside another table at depth of {1}", i, tableDepth));
        else
            System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is a non nested table (is not a child of another table)", i));
    }
}

/**
 * Calculates what level a table is nested inside other tables.
 *
 * @returns An integer containing the level the table is nested at.
 * 0 = Table is not nested inside any other table
 * 1 = Table is nested within one parent table
 * 2 = Table is nested within two parent tables etc..
 */
private static int getNestedDepthOfTable(final Table table) {
    int depth = 0;

    int type = table.getNodeType();
    // The parent of the table will be a Cell, instead attempt to find a grandparent that is of type Table
    Node parent = table.getAncestor(table.getNodeType());

    while (parent != null) {
        // Every time we find a table a level up we increase the depth counter and then try to find an
        // ancestor of type table from the parent
        depth++;
        parent = parent.getAncestor(Table.class);
    }

    return depth;
}

/**
 * Determines if a table contains any immediate child table within its cells.
 * Does not recursively traverse through those tables to check for further tables.
 *
 * @returns Returns true if at least one child cell contains a table.
 * Returns false if no cells in the table contains a table.
 */
private static int getChildTableCount(final Table table) {
    int tableCount = 0;
    // Iterate through all child rows in the table
    for (Row row : table.getRows()) {
        // Iterate through all child cells in the row
        for (Cell cell : row.getCells()) {
            // Retrieve the collection of child tables of this cell
            TableCollection childTables = cell.getTables();

            // If this cell has a table as a child then return true
            if (childTables.getCount() > 0) tableCount++;
        }
    }

    // No cell contains a table
    return tableCount;
}

getAncestor

→ inherited from Node
public CompositeNode getAncestor(java.lang.Class ancestorType)
Gets the first ancestor of the specified object type.

The ancestor type matches if it is equal to ancestorType or derived from ancestorType.

Parameters:
ancestorType - The object type of the ancestor to retrieve.
Returns:
The ancestor of the specified type or null if no ancestor of this type was found.

Example:

Shows how to find out if a table contains another table or if the table itself is nested inside another table.
public void calculateDepthOfNestedTables() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Nested tables.docx");
    NodeCollection tables = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true);

    for (int i = 0; i < tables.getCount(); i++) {
        // First lets find if any cells in the table have tables themselves as children
        int count = getChildTableCount((Table) tables.get(i));
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} has {1} tables directly within its cells", i, count));

        // Now let's try the other way around, lets try find if the table is nested inside another table and at what depth
        int tableDepth = getNestedDepthOfTable((Table) tables.get(i));

        if (tableDepth > 0)
            System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is nested inside another table at depth of {1}", i, tableDepth));
        else
            System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("Table #{0} is a non nested table (is not a child of another table)", i));
    }
}

/**
 * Calculates what level a table is nested inside other tables.
 *
 * @returns An integer containing the level the table is nested at.
 * 0 = Table is not nested inside any other table
 * 1 = Table is nested within one parent table
 * 2 = Table is nested within two parent tables etc..
 */
private static int getNestedDepthOfTable(final Table table) {
    int depth = 0;

    int type = table.getNodeType();
    // The parent of the table will be a Cell, instead attempt to find a grandparent that is of type Table
    Node parent = table.getAncestor(table.getNodeType());

    while (parent != null) {
        // Every time we find a table a level up we increase the depth counter and then try to find an
        // ancestor of type table from the parent
        depth++;
        parent = parent.getAncestor(Table.class);
    }

    return depth;
}

/**
 * Determines if a table contains any immediate child table within its cells.
 * Does not recursively traverse through those tables to check for further tables.
 *
 * @returns Returns true if at least one child cell contains a table.
 * Returns false if no cells in the table contains a table.
 */
private static int getChildTableCount(final Table table) {
    int tableCount = 0;
    // Iterate through all child rows in the table
    for (Row row : table.getRows()) {
        // Iterate through all child cells in the row
        for (Cell cell : row.getCells()) {
            // Retrieve the collection of child tables of this cell
            TableCollection childTables = cell.getTables();

            // If this cell has a table as a child then return true
            if (childTables.getCount() > 0) tableCount++;
        }
    }

    // No cell contains a table
    return tableCount;
}

getText

→ inherited from SpecialChar
public java.lang.String getText()
Gets the special character that this node represents.
Returns:
The string that contains the character that this node represents.

nextPreOrder

→ inherited from Node
public Node nextPreOrder(Node rootNode)
Gets next node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
Parameters:
rootNode - The top node (limit) of traversal.
Returns:
Next node in pre-order order. Null if reached the rootNode.

Example:

Shows how to delete all images from a document using pre-order tree traversal.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 10);

Node curNode = doc;
while (curNode != null) {
    Node nextNode = curNode.nextPreOrder(doc);

    if (curNode.previousPreOrder(doc) != null && nextNode != null) {
        Assert.assertEquals(curNode, nextNode.previousPreOrder(doc));
    }

    if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.SHAPE) {
        Shape shape = (Shape) curNode;

        // Several shape types can have an image including image shapes and OLE objects
        if (shape.hasImage()) {
            shape.remove();
        }
    }

    curNode = nextNode;
}

// The only remaining shape doesn't have an image
Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount());
Assert.assertFalse(((Shape) doc.getChild(NodeType.SHAPE, 0, true)).hasImage());

previousPreOrder

→ inherited from Node
public Node previousPreOrder(Node rootNode)
Gets the previous node according to the pre-order tree traversal algorithm.
Parameters:
rootNode - The top node (limit) of traversal.
Returns:
Previous node in pre-order order. Null if reached the rootNode.

Example:

Shows how to delete all images from a document using pre-order tree traversal.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 10);

Node curNode = doc;
while (curNode != null) {
    Node nextNode = curNode.nextPreOrder(doc);

    if (curNode.previousPreOrder(doc) != null && nextNode != null) {
        Assert.assertEquals(curNode, nextNode.previousPreOrder(doc));
    }

    if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.SHAPE) {
        Shape shape = (Shape) curNode;

        // Several shape types can have an image including image shapes and OLE objects
        if (shape.hasImage()) {
            shape.remove();
        }
    }

    curNode = nextNode;
}

// The only remaining shape doesn't have an image
Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount());
Assert.assertFalse(((Shape) doc.getChild(NodeType.SHAPE, 0, true)).hasImage());

remove

→ inherited from Node
public void remove()
Removes itself from the parent.

Example:

Shows how to delete all images from a document.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Images.docx");
Assert.assertEquals(doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount(), 10);

// Here we get all shapes from the document node, but you can do this for any smaller
// node too, for example delete shapes from a single section or a paragraph
NodeCollection shapes = doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true);

// We cannot delete shape nodes while we enumerate through the collection
// One solution is to add nodes that we want to delete to a temporary array and delete afterwards
ArrayList shapesToDelete = new ArrayList();
for (Shape shape : (Iterable<Shape>) shapes) {
    // Several shape types can have an image including image shapes and OLE objects
    if (shape.hasImage()) {
        shapesToDelete.add(shape);
    }
}

// Now we can delete shapes
for (Shape shape : (Iterable<Shape>) shapesToDelete)
    shape.remove();

// The only remaining shape doesn't have an image
Assert.assertEquals(1, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.SHAPE, true).getCount());
Assert.assertFalse(((Shape) doc.getChild(NodeType.SHAPE, 0, true)).hasImage());

Example:

Shows how to remove all nodes of a specific type from a composite node.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Tables.docx");

Assert.assertEquals(2, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true).getCount());

// Select the first child node in the body
Node curNode = doc.getFirstSection().getBody().getFirstChild();

while (curNode != null) {
    // Save the next sibling node as a variable in case we want to move to it after deleting this node
    Node nextNode = curNode.getNextSibling();

    // A section body can contain Paragraph and Table nodes
    // If the node is a Table, remove it from the parent
    if (curNode.getNodeType() == NodeType.TABLE) {
        curNode.remove();
    }

    // Continue going through child nodes until null (no more siblings) is reached
    curNode = nextNode;
}

Assert.assertEquals(0, doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.TABLE, true).getCount());

removeField

public void removeField()
                throws java.lang.Exception
Removes the complete form field, not just the form field special character. If there is a bookmark associated with the form field, the bookmark is not removed.

Example:

Shows how to delete complete form field.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Form fields.docx");

FormField formField = doc.getRange().getFormFields().get(3);
formField.removeField();

setTextInputValue

public void setTextInputValue(java.lang.Object newValue)
                      throws java.lang.Exception
Applies the text format specified in TextInputFormat and stores the value in Result.
Parameters:
newValue - Can be a string, number or a DateTime object.

Example:

Shows how insert different kinds of form fields into a document and process them with a visitor implementation.
public void formField() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Use a document builder to insert a combo box
    FormField comboBox = builder.insertComboBox("MyComboBox", new String[]{"One", "Two", "Three"}, 0);
    comboBox.setCalculateOnExit(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(3, comboBox.getDropDownItems().getCount());
    Assert.assertEquals(0, comboBox.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
    Assert.assertTrue(comboBox.getEnabled());

    // Use a document builder to insert a check box
    FormField checkBox = builder.insertCheckBox("MyCheckBox", false, 50);
    checkBox.isCheckBoxExactSize(true);
    checkBox.setHelpText("Right click to check this box");
    checkBox.setOwnHelp(true);
    checkBox.setStatusText("Checkbox status text");
    checkBox.setOwnStatus(true);
    Assert.assertEquals(50.0d, checkBox.getCheckBoxSize());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getChecked());
    Assert.assertFalse(checkBox.getDefault());

    builder.writeln();

    // Use a document builder to insert text input form field
    FormField textInput = builder.insertTextInput("MyTextInput", TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, "", "Your text goes here", 50);
    textInput.setEntryMacro("EntryMacro");
    textInput.setExitMacro("ExitMacro");
    textInput.setTextInputDefault("Regular");
    textInput.setTextInputFormat("FIRST CAPITAL");
    textInput.setTextInputValue("This value overrides the one we set during initialization");
    Assert.assertEquals(TextFormFieldType.REGULAR, textInput.getTextInputType());
    Assert.assertEquals(50, textInput.getMaxLength());

    // Get the collection of form fields that has accumulated in our document
    FormFieldCollection formFields = doc.getRange().getFormFields();
    Assert.assertEquals(3, formFields.getCount());

    // Our form fields are represented as fields, with field codes FORMDROPDOWN, FORMCHECKBOX and FORMTEXT respectively,
    // made visible by pressing Alt + F9 in Microsoft Word
    // These fields have no switches and the content of their form fields is fully governed by members of the FormField object
    Assert.assertEquals(3, doc.getRange().getFields().getCount());

    // Iterate over the collection with an enumerator, accepting a visitor with each form field
    FormFieldVisitor formFieldVisitor = new FormFieldVisitor();

    Iterator<FormField> fieldEnumerator = formFields.iterator();
    while (fieldEnumerator.hasNext())
        fieldEnumerator.next().accept(formFieldVisitor);

    System.out.println(formFieldVisitor.getText());

    doc.updateFields();
    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Field.FormField.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Visitor implementation that prints information about visited form fields. 
/// </summary>
public static class FormFieldVisitor extends DocumentVisitor {
    public FormFieldVisitor() {
        mBuilder = new StringBuilder();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Called when a FormField node is encountered in the document.
    /// </summary>
    public /*override*/ /*VisitorAction*/int visitFormField(FormField formField) {
        appendLine(formField.getType() + ": \"" + formField.getName() + "\"");
        appendLine("\tStatus: " + (formField.getEnabled() ? "Enabled" : "Disabled"));
        appendLine("\tHelp Text:  " + formField.getHelpText());
        appendLine("\tEntry macro name: " + formField.getEntryMacro());
        appendLine("\tExit macro name: " + formField.getExitMacro());

        switch (formField.getType()) {
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_DROP_DOWN:
                appendLine("\tDrop down items count: " + formField.getDropDownItems().getCount() + ", default selected item index: " + formField.getDropDownSelectedIndex());
                appendLine("\tDrop down items: " + String.join(", ", formField.getDropDownItems()));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_CHECK_BOX:
                appendLine("\tCheckbox size: " + formField.getCheckBoxSize());
                appendLine("\t" + "Checkbox is currently: " + (formField.getChecked() ? "checked, " : "unchecked, ") + "by default: " + (formField.getDefault() ? "checked" : "unchecked"));
                break;
            case FieldType.FIELD_FORM_TEXT_INPUT:
                appendLine("\tInput format: " + formField.getTextInputFormat());
                appendLine("\tCurrent contents: " + formField.getResult());
                break;
        }

        // Let the visitor continue visiting other nodes.
        return VisitorAction.CONTINUE;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Adds newline char-terminated text to the current output.
    /// </summary>
    private void appendLine(String text) {
        mBuilder.append(text + '\n');
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets the plain text of the document that was accumulated by the visitor.
    /// </summary>
    public String getText() {
        return mBuilder.toString();
    }

    private StringBuilder mBuilder;
}

toString

→ inherited from Node
public java.lang.String toString(SaveOptions saveOptions)
               throws java.lang.Exception
Exports the content of the node into a string using the specified save options.
Parameters:
saveOptions - Specifies the options that control how the node is saved.
Returns:
The content of the node in the specified format.

Example:

Exports the content of a node to String in HTML format.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Document.docx");

// Extract the last paragraph in the document to convert to HTML
Node node = doc.getLastSection().getBody().getLastParagraph();

// When ToString is called using the html SaveFormat overload then the node is converted directly to html
Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%; font-size:12pt\">" +
        "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
        "</p>", node.toString(SaveFormat.HTML));

// We can also modify the result of this conversion using a SaveOptions object
HtmlSaveOptions saveOptions = new HtmlSaveOptions();
saveOptions.setExportRelativeFontSize(true);

Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%\">" +
        "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
        "</p>", node.toString(saveOptions));

toString

→ inherited from Node
public java.lang.String toString(int saveFormat)
               throws java.lang.Exception
Exports the content of the node into a string in the specified format.
Returns:
The content of the node in the specified format.
Parameters:
saveFormat - A SaveFormat value.

Example:

Shows how to extract the label of each paragraph in a list as a value or a String.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Rendering.docx");
doc.updateListLabels();
int listParaCount = 1;

for (Paragraph paragraph : (Iterable<Paragraph>) doc.getChildNodes(NodeType.PARAGRAPH, true)) {
    // Find if we have the paragraph list. In our document our list uses plain arabic numbers,
    // which start at three and ends at six
    if (paragraph.getListFormat().isListItem()) {
        System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("List item paragraph #{0}", listParaCount));

        // This is the text we get when actually getting when we output this node to text format
        // The list labels are not included in this text output. Trim any paragraph formatting characters
        String paragraphText = paragraph.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT).trim();
        System.out.println("Exported Text: " + paragraphText);

        ListLabel label = paragraph.getListLabel();
        // This gets the position of the paragraph in current level of the list. If we have a list with multiple level then this
        // will tell us what position it is on that particular level
        System.out.println("\tNumerical Id: " + label.getLabelValue());

        // Combine them together to include the list label with the text in the output
        System.out.println("\tList label combined with text: " + label.getLabelString() + " " + paragraphText);

        listParaCount++;
    }
}

Example:

Exports the content of a node to String in HTML format.
Document doc = new Document(getMyDir() + "Document.docx");

// Extract the last paragraph in the document to convert to HTML
Node node = doc.getLastSection().getBody().getLastParagraph();

// When ToString is called using the html SaveFormat overload then the node is converted directly to html
Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%; font-size:12pt\">" +
        "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
        "</p>", node.toString(SaveFormat.HTML));

// We can also modify the result of this conversion using a SaveOptions object
HtmlSaveOptions saveOptions = new HtmlSaveOptions();
saveOptions.setExportRelativeFontSize(true);

Assert.assertEquals("<p style=\"margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:8pt; line-height:108%\">" +
        "<span style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman'\">Hello World!</span>" +
        "</p>", node.toString(saveOptions));

Example:

Shows the difference between calling the GetText and ToString methods on a node.
Document doc = new Document();

// Enter a field into the document
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);
builder.insertField("MERGEFIELD Field");

// GetText will retrieve all field codes and special characters
Assert.assertEquals("\u0013MERGEFIELD Field\u0014«Field»\u0015\f", doc.getText());

// ToString will give us the plaintext version of the document in the save format we put into the parameter
Assert.assertEquals("«Field»\r\n", doc.toString(SaveFormat.TEXT));

See Also:
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