Monkeybread Xojo plugin - WordFileMBS class

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WordFileMBS class

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
class	Wordfile	MBS XL Plugin	15.4	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Function: Word file editing.
Example:

dim f as FolderItem = GetFolderItem("test.docx")
dim b as BinaryStream = BinaryStream.Open(f)
dim d as string = b.Read(b.Length)
dim w as WordFileMBS = WordFileMBS.OpenData(d)

if w.ReplaceTag("FirstName", "Peter") then
  if w.ReplaceTag("LastName", "Miller") then
    
    f = GetFolderItem("output.docx")
    if w.WriteFile(f) then
      MsgBox "OK"
    end if
  end if
end if

Notes:
This is a class for reading word files and replacing text to customize document files.
Works for xml and docx files. Does not support old doc file format.

Please report document files where plugin corrupted file or failed to replace text.
This is an abstract class. You can't create an instance, but you can get one from various plugin functions.

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7 properties
- property Caseless as Boolean
- property CloseMarker as String
- property OpenMarker as String
- property Text as String
- property XML as String
- property MediaFile(name as string) as String
- property XML(part as String) as String
17 methods
- method addMediaFile(name as string, content as string)
- method Append(other as WordFileMBS, AddPageBreak as boolean = false) as Boolean
- method AppendTableRow(tag as string) as Integer
- method Constructor
- method Contains(findText as string) as boolean
- method DuplicateTableRow(tag as string) as Integer
- method FieldNames as String()
- method GetFieldText(fieldName as string, byref text as String) as boolean
- method HasTag(tag as string) as boolean
- method MediaFiles as String()
- method Parts as String()
- method RemoveTableRow(tag as string) as Integer
- method ReplaceTag(tag as string, text as string = "", All as boolean = false) as boolean
- method SetFieldText(fieldName as string, text as String) as boolean
- method SetMarkers(openMarker as String, closeMarker as String) as boolean
- method Substitute(findText as string, replaceText as string = "", All as boolean = false) as boolean
- method WriteFile(path as folderItem) as boolean
3 shared methods
- shared method OpenData(Data as MemoryBlock) as WordFileMBS
- shared method OpenData(Data as String) as WordFileMBS
- shared method OpenXML(XML as String) as WordFileMBS

This class has no sub classes.

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