Replace text with formatted text

The example shows you how to replace text with an AttributedText span, which carries its own style. The text before and after the replaced text stays in its original spans and keeps its formatting.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument("c:\\test\\input.odt");

            AttributedText span = new AttributedText();
            span.Style = "Highlight";
            span.Add(new Text("Mary Rose"));

            int count = doc.Replace("John Smith", span);

            Console.WriteLine(count + " occurrences replaced.");

            doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
    }
}

C# example - Replace one occurrence only

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument("c:\\test\\input.odt");

            FindResult result = doc.FindFirst("{total}");

            if (result != null)
            {
                AttributedText span = new AttributedText();
                span.Style = "Bold";
                span.Add(new Text("1,250.00"));

                result.Replace(span);

                doc.Save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

        Dim doc As TextDocument = New TextDocument("c:\test\input.odt")

        Dim span As AttributedText = New AttributedText()
        span.Style = "Highlight"
        span.Add(New Text("Mary Rose"))

        doc.Replace("John Smith", span)

        doc.Save("c:\test\output.odt", True)

    End Sub
End Module

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