So what you need to do is end the run (and paragraph, and potentially table, row, and cell) then start inserting the new document, then reopen the table/paragraph/run with the original properties. You still have to be concerned with sections though because "Document B" will likely contain a section at the end which must be excluded, or you need to copy the section from "Document A" to the properties of the last paragraph before "Document B" is inserted, and move "Document B's" section to the last paragraph properties from that document. In this case you will have three sections: first half of "Document A", "Document B", and last half of "Document A". Any of these options must be done using the CT_ interface and XMLBeans as the features do not exist in the XWPF usermodel.
-----Original Message----- From: Cory Newey [mailto:cory.ne...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2016 11:11 AM To: POI Users List <user@poi.apache.org> Subject: Re: Merge Word docx into another Word dox via XWPFDocument - preserving formatting Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, I don't just want to tack one document onto the end of another document. I want to search for a particular word/phrase in the first document and replace that with the entire contents of the second document. That means that if I find the text to be replaced inside of a particular run, I need to preserve all of the contents of the runs before that run, insert all of the contents from the merged-in document at the place where run that contains the text-to-be-replaced resides, and then preserve all of the contents of the runs that come after. Thanks again. ~Cory On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:19 AM, Murphy, Mark <murphym...@metalexmfg.com> wrote: > That depends on what you mean by merge. Are you just trying to append > document B onto the end of Document A, or are you trying to mix them > together in some specific way? > > Appending should be just a matter of reading through the document body > of Document B, and copying the elements to Document A. I wouldn't look > for just paragraphs, but all elements. That way you shouldn't lose anything. > The main thing you will have to watch out for is sections. These > aren't handled well right now (ok, not handled at all). If there is > one section in the document, the section element will be found at the > end of the document, and must remain there. If there are multiple > sections, all but the last section element will be found in the last > paragraph properties element of the section. > > Just remember, the Word interface is still unstable, and subject to > significant changes. And there is still much that has to be > accomplished down in the weeds of the CT_ interfaces. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cory Newey [mailto:cory.ne...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2016 4:30 PM > To: user@poi.apache.org > Subject: Merge Word docx into another Word dox via XWPFDocument - > preserving formatting > > Hello All: > > I've tried to check the FAQ for this question and was unable to find > anything. I'm not sure if this should be a question for the developers' > list; I couldn't really tell from the brief description of the various > lists. Anyway, I figured I'd ask the question here and you guys could > bounce me over to the developers' list if that is the appropriate > place for this question. > > I have written a program that will merge changes (replace certain > words with other words/phrases) into a Word (docx) document using > XWPFDocument. > But now I want to replace words/sections of one Word document with an > entire other Word document. I've tried to update my program so that it > iterates through the paragraphs/runs of the document to be merged in. > It merges the text just fine but it loses all formatting, tables, etc. > I've googled the question and found a few Stack-Overflow posts that > talked about it, but nothing was of any use to me. > > My question is: is it possible to merge one Word document into another > Word document, such that it copies all formatting, tables, etc from > the merged-in document (minus any headers/footers - that would be a > little impossible I think) into the merged-into document - using the > XWPFDocument object? > > Thanks in advance for any help. > ~Cory > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@poi.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@poi.apache.org
