"Hello, world!" with form fields

[6cef]

I need the simplest possible example using form fields to create a document from a template.

I've looked at a number of examples and none of them seem to do exactly what I need.

I will have complete control of the template and the fields, so I can modify the template as needed, including knowing and being able to manipulate field names and styles.

Thanks for any help!

Serious replies only.

-Colin

[jason]

Are you asking how to programatically create a document/template with MERGEFIELDs in it, or given such a document, how to fill it?

It sounds like the latter ... is the FieldsMailMerge sample not what you want?

[6cef]

That's correct: FieldsMailMerge is not what I'm looking for.

I'm looking for the code that will properly fill out a Word form field. Not a merge field; not a regex replacement of ${Some field}.

I'm looking for code that, given a dotx file with form fields in it, will be able to create a new document based on that template with the form fields properly filled out.

Example dotx file attached.

[jason]

You are using the wrong terminology.

Your document contains:

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      <w:sdt>
        <w:sdtPr>
          <w:id w:val="-1063023568"/>
          <w:placeholder>
            <w:docPart w:val="DefaultPlaceholder_-1854013440"/>
          </w:placeholder>
          <w:text/>
        </w:sdtPr>
        <w:sdtContent>
          <w:r>
            <w:t>This is a form field.</w:t>
          </w:r>
        </w:sdtContent>
      </w:sdt>
 

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That's a content control, not a form field.

docx4j has strong support for content control data binding. See further https://opendope.org/approach_our.html

[6cef]

Ah!

That's great, thanks for the tip! I'll look this over and see what I can figure out.