/// <summary>
/// This is an example of marking text for deletion by changing the selected text's attributes
/// to include strikeout and surrounding the selected text with brackets.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="endSpace"></param>
public static void MarkTextforDeletion(WP_Window wp, bool endSpace = false)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
string deleteText = wp.PS.envSelectedText();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(deleteText))
{
wp.PS.BookmarkCreate("selectedText", 1); // WordPerfect._BookmarkCreate_Selected_enum.Yes_BookmarkCreate_Selected);
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("selectedText");
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOn(13);
wp.PS.PosBlockTop();
wp.PS.SelectOff();
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOff(13);
wp.PS.KeyType("[");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("selectedText");
wp.PS.PosBlockBottom();
wp.PS.SelectMode(0); //(WordPerfect._SelectMode_State_enum.Off_SelectMode_State);
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOff(13);
wp.PS.KeyType("]");
if (endSpace)
{
wp.PS.KeyType(" ");
}
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("selectedText");
}
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// This is an example of marking text for deletion by changing the selected text's attributes
/// to include strikeout and surrounding the selected text with brackets.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="endSpace"></param>
public static void MarkTextforDeletion(WP_Window wp, bool endSpace = false)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
string deleteText = wp.PS.envSelectedText();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(deleteText))
{
wp.PS.BookmarkCreate("selectedText",WordPerfect._BookmarkCreate_Selected_enum.Yes_BookmarkCreate_Selected); // 1
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("selectedText"); // this selects the entire bookmark
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOn(13); // turn on strikeout
wp.PS.PosBlockTop(); // move insertion point to top of bookmark
wp.PS.SelectOff();
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOff(13);
wp.PS.KeyType("["); // insert opening bracket (no strikeout)
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("selectedText"); //re-select bookmark
wp.PS.PosBlockBottom(); // move insertion point to end of bookmark
wp.PS.SelectMode(WordPerfect._SelectMode_State_enum.Off_SelectMode_State); // same result as SelectOff()
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOff(13);
wp.PS.KeyType("]");
if (endSpace) // if endspace is true then type space after closing bracket
{
wp.PS.KeyType(" ");
}
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("selectedText"); // delete bookmark
}
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// This underlines selected text or if no text is selected, turns on underlining at the insertion point
/// Yes, it's essentially the same function as Ctrl-U, but is used in combination with other method calls.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
public static void UnderlineText(WP_Window wp)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
string insertText = wp.PS.envSelectedText();
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOn(14); // this is one of the missing enumerations of WP in .NET, so just use the integer equivalent
wp.PS.SelectOff();
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// returns a string containing the selected text in WP
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string getSelectedText(WP_Window wp)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
string selectedtext = wp.PS.envSelectedText();
wp.releaseScript();
return selectedtext;
}
/// <summary>
/// Populates any document that uses the named Company and Customer properties
/// in the document template.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="companyList"></param>
/// <param name="customerList"></param>
/// <param name="url"></param>
public static void insertGenericMergeDocument(WP_Window wp, List<Company> companyList,
List<Customer> customerList, string url)
{
List<string> documentBookmarkNames = getBookmarkNames(url); // get the names of the bookmarks in the document
wp.initPerfectScript();
foreach (Customer customer in customerList) // generate a letter for each customer
{
Company company = companyList.FirstOrDefault(p => p.product.ToString() == customer.product); // get the company name to send the letter
wp.PS.FileOpen(url);
// find each bookmark and replace it with pertinent text
foreach (string bookmark in documentBookmarkNames)
{
string[] bookmarkParts = bookmark.Split('.'); // split name into parts on the "."
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock(bookmark);
string entity = bookmarkParts[0];
entity = char.ToUpper(entity[0]) + entity.Substring(1); // first caps entity to try to match "Company" or "Customer"
// this is because of the way I created the bookark names in document.
if (entity.Equals(typeof(Company).Name.ToString()))
{
wp.PS.KeyType(company[bookmarkParts[1]].ToString());
}
else if (entity.Equals(typeof(Customer).Name.ToString()))
{
wp.PS.KeyType(customer[bookmarkParts[1]].ToString());
}
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete(bookmark);
}
}
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// Opens a sample template letter that has several named bookmarks and then
/// creates "merged" documents from sample lists of companies sending the letter
/// and customers receiving it.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="companyList"></param>
/// <param name="customerList"></param>
public static void InsertMergeLetters(WP_Window wp, List<Company> companyList,
List<Customer> customerList)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
wp.PS.FileOpen("SampleMergeLetter.wpt"); //open the template letter (for pedagogical purposes; no need to open it twice in the real world);
wp.PS.PosDocTop();
wp.PS.KeyType("This is an example of how you can use bookmarks to create a \"Merge\" letter using modern .NET tools. ");
foreach (Customer customer in customerList) // main loop to create a letter for each customer
{
// select company by examining customer product
Company company = companyList.FirstOrDefault(p => p.product.ToString() == customer.product);
wp.PS.FileOpen("SampleMergeLetter.wpt");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("CompanyMasthead"); // First, find the "CompanyMasthead" bookmark and then select it
wp.PS.KeyType(""); //not sure why this is needed in order to turn on an attribute
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOn(12); // bold
//get the correct data from the current company object. This has the effect of replacing the selected text.
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} Corporation\n{1}", company.name, company.address.ToString()));
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOff(12); // turn off bold
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("CompanyMasthead"); // getting rid of extraneous codes--optional
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Date");
//use native DateTime class with specified format (out of hundreds of options and unlimited custom formats)
wp.PS.KeyType(DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM d, yyyy"));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Date");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Name");
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} {1}", customer.firstName, customer.lastName));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Date");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Address");
wp.PS.KeyType(customer.address.ToString());
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Address");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Salutation");
// extract the correct salutation from the dictionary "salutation" in the CreateDataSets class based on the gender of the customer.
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} {1}", CreateDataSets.salutation[customer.gender], customer.lastName));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Salutation");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Company");
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} Corporation", company.name));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Company");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Product");
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} {1}", company.name, company.product.ToString()));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Product");
// calculate when the last customer purchase was
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
int daysSincePurchase = (now - customer.dateOfPurchase).Days;
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("TimeSpan");
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} days", daysSincePurchase.ToString()));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("TimeSpan");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Product1");
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} {1}", company.name, company.product.ToString()));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Product1");
// give different purcahse ultimatum based on daysSincePurchase
DateTime deadline;
if (daysSincePurchase > 365)
{
deadline = now.AddDays(30);
}
else
{
deadline = now.AddDays(60);
}
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("Deadline");
wp.PS.KeyType(deadline.ToString("MMMM d, yyyy"));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("Deadline");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("infestation");
wp.PS.KeyType(company.motivationalTool);
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("infestation");
wp.PS.BookmarkBlock("SenderInfo");
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("{0} Enforcement Team", company.name));
wp.PS.BookmarkDelete("SenderInfo");
}
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// inserts a sentence into the document and then places the cursor at a specified point
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="text"></param>
public static void InsertRandomText(WP_Window wp, string text)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
wp.PS.KeyType(string.Format("Item . {0}.", text));
PlaceCursor(wp, "Item ", false,false, true);
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// create table that fills the page, and set the column widths based on a relative "weighting"
/// passed as a variable
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="text"></param>
/// <param name="weight"></param>
/// <param name="header"></param>
public static void InsertTable(WP_Window wp, List<string[]> text, int[] weight, bool header = false)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
int numRows = text.Count; // set number of rows based on number of entries in the List "text"
int numColumns = text[0].Length; // set number of columns based on the first array in text
int totalWeight = weight.Sum();
int leftMargin = wp.PS.envMarginLeft(); // get left margin. These are returned as WPUs, or 1/1200th inch
int rightMargin = wp.PS.envMarginRight();
int paperWidth = wp.PS.envPaperWidth();
int usableWidth = paperWidth - rightMargin - leftMargin;
wp.PS.KeyType("\n"); // could be optional, depending on where you are in document
wp.PS.TableCreate((short)numColumns, (short)numRows);
foreach (int i in weight) // set column widths according to document width and relative weights passed as parameter
{
wp.PS.TableSelectOn(WordPerfect._TableSelectOn_SelectionMode_enum.Column_TableSelectOn_SelectionMode); // 3
short columnWidth = (short)((double)i / (double)totalWeight * (double)usableWidth);
wp.PS.TableColumnWidth(columnWidth); // WP wants this value to be a short-- you may need to experiment with commands until you get the right data type!
wp.PS.TableColumnJustification(WordPerfect.
_TableColumnJustification_Mode_enum.Center_TableColumnJustification_Mode); // 2
wp.PS.PosColNext();
}
wp.PS.PosTableBegin(); // move insertion point to table beginning
int index = 0;
if (header)
{ // if there is a header, underscore first row in table
foreach (string t in text[0])
{
wp.PS.AttributeAppearanceOn(14);
wp.PS.KeyType(t);
wp.PS.PosColNext();
}
index = 1;
}
wp.PS.PosColFirst();
for (int i = index; i < text.Count; i++) // populate table starting at first empty row
{
foreach (string t in text[i])
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(t))
{
wp.PS.KeyType(t.Trim());
}
wp.PS.PosColNext();
}
}
wp.PS.PosLineDown();
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// calls NumToText.ConvertToCurrency to convert number to text, including decimal options
/// Then inserts that text into WP document
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="number"></param>
public static void ConvertNumberToCurrency(WP_Window wp, Decimal number)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
string text = NumToText.ConvertToCurrency(number);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
wp.PS.KeyType(text);
}
wp.releaseScript();
}
/// <summary>
/// calls NumToText.ConvertToText to convert number to text, including decimal options
/// Then inserts that text into WP document
/// </summary>
/// <param name="wp"></param>
/// <param name="number"></param>
/// <param name="ignoreDecimal"></param>
/// <param name="decimalLength"></param>
/// <param name="decimalFraction"></param>
public static void ConvertNumberToText(WP_Window wp, Decimal number,
bool ignoreDecimal = true, int decimalLength = 2, bool decimalFraction = true)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
string text = NumToText.ConvertToText(number, ignoreDecimal, decimalLength, decimalFraction);
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
wp.PS.KeyType(text);
}
wp.releaseScript();
}
public static void insertHelloWorld(WP_Window wp)
{
wp.initPerfectScript();
wp.PS.KeyType("Hello WordPerfect World!\n");
wp.releaseScript();
}