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Hi All,

I'm using docx4j to edit some docx properties and it all works fine except that when i open the document using Word 2007 i have to manualy update de fields.

Is there any way to prevent this behaviour?

Thanks in advance
Hugo Pais

hugopais wrote:when i open the document using Word 2007 i have to manualy update de fields.

That's right; Word doesn't do it for you.

I think you have 2 options:

Option 1 - Work out for yourself what needs to go in the fields, and insert the relevant values with docx4j.

I appreciate that depending on what fields you are using, option 1 might be impractical.

Option 2 - Write a little macro which does this automatically. Google "word field update automatically". You can have docx4j inject the macro into your document at the time it is created. I have done this, and it works nicely (I can post the code). Whether this will work for you depends on your users macro security settings in Word Options > Trust Center >
Trust Center Settings > Macro Settings

Thanks for the info i kind of suspect it.... just wishfull thinking....

If you could please post that code i would grately appreciate it.

Many thanks
Hugo Pais

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package org.docx4j.samples;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import org.docx4j.openpackaging.io.SaveToZipFile;
import org.docx4j.openpackaging.packages.WordprocessingMLPackage;
import org.docx4j.openpackaging.parts.WordprocessingML.MainDocumentPart;

public class MacroEnable {
   
   public static JAXBContext context = org.docx4j.jaxb.Context.jc;

   /**
    * @param args
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

      String inputfilepath = "/home/dev/workspace/docx4all/sample-docs/earth.docx";      
      String outputfilepath = "/home/dev/docm.docm";      
            
      // Open a document from the file system
      // 1. Load the Package
      WordprocessingMLPackage wordMLPackage = WordprocessingMLPackage.load(new java.io.File(inputfilepath));
      
      MainDocumentPart wordDocumentPart = wordMLPackage.getMainDocumentPart();
      
      // Get vbaProject.bin, and attach it to wordDocumentPart
      java.io.InputStream is = new java.io.FileInputStream("/home/dev/vbaProject.bin" );            
      org.docx4j.openpackaging.parts.WordprocessingML.VbaProjectBinaryPart vbaProject
         = new org.docx4j.openpackaging.parts.WordprocessingML.VbaProjectBinaryPart();
      vbaProject.setBinaryData(is);
      wordDocumentPart.addTargetPart(vbaProject);
      
      // Get /word/vbaData.xml, and attach it to vbaProject
      org.docx4j.openpackaging.parts.WordprocessingML.VbaDataPart vbaData
         = new org.docx4j.openpackaging.parts.WordprocessingML.VbaDataPart(); 
      java.io.InputStream is2 = new java.io.FileInputStream("/home/dev/vbaData.xml" );
      vbaData.setDocument( is2 );
      
      vbaProject.addTargetPart( vbaData);
         
      // Change the Word document's content type!
      wordDocumentPart.setContentType( new org.docx4j.openpackaging.contenttype.ContentType(
            org.docx4j.openpackaging.contenttype.ContentTypes.WORDPROCESSINGML_DOCUMENT_MACROENABLED ) );
      // .. but that's a dumb setter right now :(
      // it doesn't actually make the change in ContentTypeManager.  So do that:
      org.docx4j.openpackaging.contenttype.ContentTypeManager ctm
         = wordMLPackage.getContentTypeManager();
      org.docx4j.openpackaging.parts.PartName partName
         = wordDocumentPart.getPartName();
      
      ctm.removeContentType( partName  );
      ctm.addOverrideContentType( new java.net.URI("/word/document.xml"),
            org.docx4j.openpackaging.contenttype.ContentTypes.WORDPROCESSINGML_DOCUMENT_MACROENABLED);
   
            
      // Save it      
      SaveToZipFile saver = new SaveToZipFile(wordMLPackage);
      saver.save(outputfilepath);
   }
   

}



To create vbaProject.bin and vbaData.xml , create a document in Word containing your desired macro, and save it. Those 2 parts should be in the resulting .docx (unzip it and save them).

Hi Jason,

I am using word 2010, and i have fields in footer with document property filename.
I dont intend to use Macro, Is it possible to automatically update the fields using some docx4j API.
Will FieldUpdater in docx4j serve this purpose?

That ought to update DOCPROPERTY fields, yes. Did you try it?

Hi Jason,
I did try that but it doesn't seem to work
wonder what's wrong

Regards,
Pooja

We can only guess, unless you provide a sample docx and your code!

Hi Jason,

PFB the code:


File fInputfile = null;
WordprocessingMLPackage wordML = null;
fInputfile = new File("D:\\Input.docx");
File fOutputfile = new File("D:\\Output.docx");

try {
wordML = WordprocessingMLPackage.load(fInputfile);
wordML.save(fOutputfile);
FieldUpdater f1 = new FieldUpdater(wordML);
f1.update(true);

} catch (Docx4JException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

Thanks for your help,
Pooja

In your Input.docx, footer2.xml contains:

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<w:instrText xml:space="preserve"> FILENAME   \* MERGEFORMAT </w:instrText>

but none of the parts contain any DOCPROPERTY fields.

The FILENAME field is different.

Hi Jason,

Thanks I got what u said.
But i am looking at something to be updated dynamically for example everytime a document is generated i gave it a new file name like v1,v2,.. and so on.
Is there some API in docx4j to update fileName property automatically on opening the document?? I know there is a check box in MS Word which says update fields before printing but i want the similar thing to happen on opening the document.
Else i am thinking of using page number docproperty which shows the no of pages in the generated document.

PS: I don't intend to use Macros.

Many Thanks,
Pooja