Display all bookmarks

The example shows you how to open a document and find and display all bookmarks.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

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

            foreach (IBlockElement blockElement in doc.Body.Content)
            {
                if (blockElement is Paragraph)
                {
                    Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph)blockElement;

                    long bookmarkID = -1;
                    string bookmarkName = null;
                    string bookmarkText = null;

                    for (int i = 0; i < paragraph.Content.Count; i++)
                    {
                        if (paragraph.Content[i] is BookmarkStart)
                        {
                            BookmarkStart bookmarkStart = (BookmarkStart)paragraph.Content[i];

                            bookmarkID = bookmarkStart.ID;
                            bookmarkName = bookmarkStart.Name;
                            bookmarkText = "";
                        }

                        if (paragraph.Content[i] is BookmarkEnd)
                        {
                            BookmarkEnd bookmarkEnd = (BookmarkEnd)paragraph.Content[i];

                            if (bookmarkEnd.ID == bookmarkID)
                            {
                                Console.WriteLine("Bookmark ID = " + bookmarkID);
                                Console.WriteLine("Bookmark Name = " + bookmarkName);
                                Console.WriteLine("Bookmark Text = " + bookmarkText);
                            }
                        }

                        if (paragraph.Content[i] is Run)
                        {
                            Run run = (Run)paragraph.Content[i];

                            for (int j = 0; j < run.Content.Count; j++)
                            {
                                if (run.Content[j] is Text)
                                {
                                    Text text = (Text)run.Content[j];
                                    bookmarkText += text.Value;
                                }
                            }
                        }

                    }
                }
            }

            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

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

        Dim doc As New WordDocument("c:\test\input.docx")

        For Each blockElement As IBlockElement In doc.Body.Content

            If TypeOf blockElement Is Paragraph Then

                Dim paragraph As Paragraph = DirectCast(blockElement, Paragraph)

                Dim bookmarkID As Long = -1
                Dim bookmarkName As String = Nothing
                Dim bookmarkText As String = Nothing

                For i As Integer = 0 To paragraph.Content.Count - 1

                    If TypeOf paragraph.Content(i) Is BookmarkStart Then

                        Dim bookmarkStart As BookmarkStart = DirectCast(paragraph.Content(i), BookmarkStart)

                        bookmarkID = bookmarkStart.ID
                        bookmarkName = bookmarkStart.Name
                        bookmarkText = ""
                    End If

                    If TypeOf paragraph.Content(i) Is BookmarkEnd Then

                        Dim bookmarkEnd As BookmarkEnd = DirectCast(paragraph.Content(i), BookmarkEnd)

                        If bookmarkEnd.ID = bookmarkID Then
                            Console.WriteLine("Bookmark ID = " & bookmarkID)
                            Console.WriteLine("Bookmark Name = " & bookmarkName)
                            Console.WriteLine("Bookmark Text = " & bookmarkText)
                        End If

                    End If

                    If TypeOf paragraph.Content(i) Is Run Then

                        Dim run As Run = DirectCast(paragraph.Content(i), Run)

                        For j As Integer = 0 To run.Content.Count - 1

                            If TypeOf run.Content(j) Is Text Then
                                Dim text As Text = DirectCast(run.Content(j), Text)
                                bookmarkText += text.Value
                            End If
                        Next

                    End If

                Next

            End If
        Next

        Console.Read()

    End Sub
End Module

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