Error No ToC content control found after manipulating docx

[steveEP]

When I update the TOC before manipulating the document it works correctly. This is my code:

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         WordprocessingMLPackage wordMLPackage = Docx4J.load(new File(myTemplate));

         TocGenerator tocGenerator = new TocGenerator(wordMLPackage);
         tocGenerator.updateToc(false);


The problem is I need to call updateToc at the end of method after I insert data into the document. When calling updateToc (the same way I call it originally) after inserting data I get the error:

No ToC content control found

Here is the docx that is created:

tocTest.docx

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Thanks!

[jason]

As per the error message, your docx does not contain a ToC content control.

A ToC content control (w:sdt), if present, is a container around your ToC.

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       <w:sdt>
            <w:sdtPr>
                <w:id w:val="-1123310647"/>
                <w:docPartObj>
                    <w:docPartGallery w:val="Table of Contents"/>
                    <w:docPartUnique/>
                </w:docPartObj>
            </w:sdtPr>
            <w:sdtContent>
                <w:p w:rsidP="00F04C35" w:rsidR="00F04C35" w:rsidRDefault="00F04C35">
                    <w:pPr>
                        <w:pStyle w:val="TOCHeading"/>
                    </w:pPr>
                    <w:r>
                        <w:t>Contents</w:t>
                    </w:r>
                </w:p>
                <w:p w:rsidP="00F04C35" w:rsidR="00F04C35" w:rsidRDefault="00F04C35">
                    <w:pPr>
                        <w:pStyle w:val="TOC1"/>
                        <w:tabs>
                            <w:tab w:leader="dot" w:pos="9016" w:val="right"/>
                        </w:tabs>
                        <w:rPr>
                            <w:noProof/>
                        </w:rPr>
                    </w:pPr>
                    <w:r>
                        <w:fldChar w:fldCharType="begin"/>
                    </w:r>
                    <w:r>
                        <w:instrText xml:space="preserve"> TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u </w:instrText>
                    </w:r>
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:
            </w:sdtContent>
        </w:sdt>
 

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Could it be that your code is removing this w:sdt (but keeping its contents)?

If you save your docx at various points and manually inspect the contents, you'll be able to pin down where it is getting removed. One place docx4j may be doing that is in OpenDoPE's RemovalHandler. Are you doing OpenDoPE content control data binding?

[steveEP]

Hi Jason, thanks for the advice.

No I am not doing OpenDoPe content data binding.

I've located where it is removing the content control by placing the updateToc() calls throughout the code. It seems the content control is getting removed after I call VariablePrepare as such:

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VariablePrepare.prepare(wordMLPackage);


I need to call VariablePrepare to replace my placeholders with data. What are my options?

Thanks again

[jason]

The problem is https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/blob/ ... e.java#L77

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filterSettings.setRemoveContentControls(true);

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For now the quickest approach would be to copy/rename the class, then remove that line.

Could you please add an issue to our issue tracker on GitHub asking for granular control of these settings / an option to keep the ToC content control?

[jason]

Addressed in 8.1.0: https://github.com/plutext/docx4j/commi ... b7a27bc773