Set placeholder

The following example shows you how to find placeholder field and set new value.

C# example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf;
using Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Fields;

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

            IList<Paragraph> paragraphs = doc.GetParagraphs();

            for (int i = 0; i < paragraphs.Count; i++)
            {
                foreach (IParagraphContent paragraphElement in paragraphs[i].Content)
                {
                    if (paragraphElement is Placeholder)
                    {
                        Placeholder placeholder = (Placeholder)paragraphElement;

                        if (placeholder.Value == "<PhoneNumber>")
                        {
                            placeholder.Value = "<12345678>";
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

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

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Odf.Fields

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

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

        Dim paragraphs As IList(Of Paragraph) = doc.GetParagraphs()

        For i As Integer = 0 To paragraphs.Count - 1

            For Each paragraphElement As IParagraphContent In paragraphs(i).Content
                If TypeOf paragraphElement Is Placeholder Then
                    Dim placeholder As Placeholder = DirectCast(paragraphElement, Placeholder)

                    If placeholder.Value = "<PhoneNumber>" Then
                        placeholder.Value = "<12345678>"
                    End If
                End If
            Next

        Next

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

    End Sub
End Module

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