issue with shape groups when converting/exporting .docx to .html

GemBox.Document
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Hi, I am evaluating GemBox.Document for converting .docx to .html and it seems to be working quite well, except for one thing:
I have multiple .docx files that contain shape groups consisting of multiple images and sometimes text boxes and in the .html export these groups either show up as just one image from the group or not at all.
Is there a way to work around this?
Or are shape groups just not supported? If so, are there plans to support it in the future?

here is my code:

using GemBox.Document;

internal class Program {
    private static void Main(string[] args) {
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached += (sender, e) => e.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial;
        
        // path setup
        string inputPath = "path\\to\\input.docx";
        string outputSubfolder = "path\\to\\output\\test1_subfolder";
        string outputPath = outputSubfolder + "\\output.html";

        // load existing docx document
        var document = DocumentModel.Load(inputPath);

        // remove headers and footers
        foreach (Section section in document.Sections) {
            section.HeadersFooters.Clear();

            // page setup
            var pageSetup = section.PageSetup;
            pageSetup.PageMargins.Top = 0;
            pageSetup.PageMargins.Bottom = 0;
            pageSetup.PageMargins.Left = 0;
            pageSetup.PageMargins.Right = 0;
        }

        // save options
        HtmlSaveOptions saveOptions = new() {
            FilesDirectoryPath = outputSubfolder + "\\resources",
            FilesDirectorySrcPath = "resources"
        };

        // save as html file
        document.Save(outputPath, saveOptions);
    }
}

GemBox.Document 35.0.1817 (via NuGet)
Windows 10, 64-bit

Happy to provide an example docx file, but it should be easily reproducible and I don’t think I can upload here.

I appreciate any input on this, thanks in advance!

2

Hi! We’ll need the input.docx file to investigate this. If you cannot upload it here on the forum, please open a ticket on support.

3

Thank you for the quick response!
The file testDocument.docx can be found here: SwissTransfer - Envoi sécurisé et gratuit de gros fichiers

4

Hi! Sorry for a late response. It’s a vacation period here :slight_smile:. Anyway, we checked your document and can confirm that GemBox.Document doesn’t support exporting group shapes to HTML.

We have an internal ticket for that so I have added your request to boost its priority. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you when it’s going to be implemented but we’ll notify you once it does.