Word prompts to update fields

GemBox.Document
1

Hi.

We are using Gembox to create a document with dynamic content. The document contains a table of content, and page numbers.

We are using this code to update everything before sending the document to our clients :

using var msInput = new MemoryStream(docBytes);
var doc = GemBox.Document.DocumentModel.Load(msInput);

foreach (GemBox.Document.TableOfEntries toc in doc.GetChildElements(true, GemBox.Document.ElementType.TableOfEntries))
{
    toc.Update();
}

doc.GetPaginator(new GemBox.Document.PaginatorOptions() { UpdateFields = true });

using var msOutput = new MemoryStream();
doc.Save(msOutput, new GemBox.Document.DocxSaveOptions());

return msOutput.ToArray();

Everything is updating correctly, but Word is always asking the user :

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Is there a way to keep updating everyting (TOC and page numbers) without asking the user to update the fields in the document?

Thanks!

2

Hi Mathieu,

It seems that one of the fields in the document has an IsDirty flag.
So, try this:

toc.IsDirty = false;

And this:

foreach (var field in document.GetChildElements(true, ElementType.Field).Cast<Field>())
    field.IsDirty = false;

Or maybe this:

foreach (var field in document.GetChildElements(true, ElementType.Field).Cast<Field>())
{
    field.IsDirty = false;
    foreach (var nestedField in field.InstructionInlines.OfType<Field>())
        nestedField.IsDirty = false;
}

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Mario

3

Hi Mario,

You are right, everything seems to work fine with the code you gave me.

Thank you for your quick answer :slight_smile: