Support for raw XML insertion about docxtemplater HOT 8 CLOSED

Since {{ starts with {, docxtemplater will try to parse it and fail, since you can't have { inside a {.

You could use completely different delimiters, for example :

[[Token1]] and {{@wmlTokenToRepalce}}, and replace with custom delimiters with [[ and then with {{

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Both your issues are handled by the "word-run" module : https://docxtemplater.com/modules/word-run/
This is a paid module, but with it, you can have "raw runs", eg instead of replacing a whole paragraph, when you use the given tag, it replaces only the current run.

So this means that :

1. If you use bullet points, those will be kept
2. You can have rawtags inside a paragraph with text surrounding it.

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Hey,

this is a good proposal, letting the user insert his own XML without any limits (as opposed to the possibility of just modify the style by your own).

I prefer to use an expliciy syntax for rawXmlData, as for example {@myXmlData}, because it could lead to unexpected results.

When the template looks like this:

<w:r>
    <w:t>Your complex text i</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
    <w:t>s {@rawXmlText}.</w:t>
</w:r>

They should be these steps:

• First read the rawXmlText variable

  <w:r>
   <w:rPr>
      <w:highlight w:val="red"/>
   </w:rPr>
   <w:t>Some highlighted text</w:t>
  </w:r>
  

• Determine what's the root element of the xml: in this case it is rootElement='w:r'

• find the first parent element in the xml of the docx that is rootElement , in this case:

block=

<w:r>
    <w:t>s {@rawXmlText}.</w:t>
</w:r>

• If they is static test surrounding {@rawXmlTest}, duplicate the block for the left part and the right part, if it is not empty

<w:r>
    <w:t>s </w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
    <w:t>{@rawXmlText}</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
    <w:t>.</w:t>
</w:r>

• Replace the inner dynamic block by the User XML:

<w:r>
    <w:t>s </w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
    <w:rPr>
       <w:highlight w:val="red"/>
    </w:rPr>
    <w:t>Some highlighted text</w:t>
</w:r>
<w:r>
    <w:t>.</w:t>
</w:r>

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Actually, the step I have described:

• Determine what's the root element of the xml: in this case it is rootElement='w:r'

should't be automatic.

because if the User XML is for example a table, it doesn't me that you want to replace a parent that is a table.

So I think I will replace by default the nearest 'w:r' value, and you could pass as a first argument:

{@w:table table1} which element you want to change. (in this case element="w:table")

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I have done a first version of this for now. (since v0.5.0)

You just enter {@tag} and it replaces the tag by xml.

Demo Here: http://javascript-ninja.fr/docxgenjs/examples/demo.html#rawxml

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Hi,

Can this work if we mix and match the tokens?

Say for example: I have the below content in the Word Doc.

This is a sample Word doc. {{Token1}} is the user who is testing this doc.

The real formatted content is in this wml token {@wmlTokentoReplace}

I will be replacing the raw XML token {@wmlTokentoReplace} content first and then the custom delimiter token {{Token1}} which will be replaced by static content.

Please advice. I tried this but I see Template Word Document Error
Unopened tag: The tag beginning with "{{Token1" is unopened
Unopened tag: The tag beginning with "}" is unopened.
Code:
doc.loadZip(zip); // replace the tokens with real data in the document doc.setData(result); /*result contains the key value pair for the token {{@wmlTokentoReplace}} like wmlTokentoReplace: "<w:r> <w:t>s </w:t> </w:r> <w:r> <w:rPr> <w:highlight w:val="red"/> </w:rPr> <w:t>Some highlighted text</w:t> </w:r> <w:r> <w:t>.</w:t> </w:r>" */ console.log(doc); doc.render();

Stuck on this for a while now. Appreciate any suggestions here.

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Hi @edi9999 , Thank you for your prompt reply.

I was able to achieve the above objective by first replacing all {{ to [[, then extract all @TokenToReplaceWml and then replace back all [[ to {{.

1. But now I am seeing another issue. If I have something like below in my document.

• {@replaceWmlToken1}
• {@replaceWmlToken2}

And my WML Content looks like this for both the above tokens:

<w:p w:rsidR="00337E81" w:rsidRDefault="008A0D84"> <w:bookmarkStart w:id="0" w:name="_GoBack"/> <w:r> <w:t xml:space="preserve">This </w:t> </w:r> <w:r w:rsidRPr="008A0D84"> <w:rPr> <w:b/> </w:rPr> <w:t>is formatted text</w:t> </w:r> <w:r> <w:t xml:space="preserve"> for the Contract </w:t> </w:r> </w:p> <w:p w:rsidR="008A0D84" w:rsidRDefault="008A0D84"> <w:r> <w:t xml:space="preserve">The colored font should Appear fine. </w:t> </w:r> </w:p> <w:p w:rsidR="008A0D84" w:rsidRPr="008A0D84" w:rsidRDefault="008A0D84"> <w:pPr> <w:rPr> <w:color w:val="00B0F0"/> </w:rPr> </w:pPr> <w:r w:rsidRPr="008A0D84"> <w:rPr> <w:color w:val="00B0F0"/> </w:rPr> <w:t>Bullet points also works fine :</w:t> </w:r> </w:p> <w:p w:rsidR="008A0D84" w:rsidRDefault="008A0D84" w:rsidP="008A0D84"> <w:pPr> <w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/> <w:numPr> <w:ilvl w:val="0"/> <w:numId w:val="2"/> </w:numPr> </w:pPr> <w:r> <w:t>Bullet1</w:t> </w:r> </w:p> <w:p w:rsidR="008A0D84" w:rsidRDefault="008A0D84" w:rsidP="008A0D84"> <w:pPr> <w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/> <w:numPr> <w:ilvl w:val="0"/> <w:numId w:val="2"/> </w:numPr> </w:pPr> <w:r> <w:t>Bullet2</w:t> </w:r> </w:p> <w:p w:rsidR="008A0D84" w:rsidRDefault="008A0D84" w:rsidP="008A0D84"> <w:pPr> <w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/> <w:numPr> <w:ilvl w:val="0"/> <w:numId w:val="2"/> </w:numPr> </w:pPr> <w:r> <w:t>Bullet3</w:t> </w:r> </w:p>

then the resulting word document looses the bullet point while replacing rawxml tokens. Is there any way around this so the bullet points are retained after the rawxml token are replaced by it wml?

2. Also. Is there any way to achieve this - Some Header: {@rawwmlToken}? I know you mentioned in your documentation that there rawxml tags needs to be in seprate paragraph but was wondering if there is a workaround.

Appperiate any help on this.

Thank you!

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Thank you! I will definitely check with my team.

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