Merge pull request #436 from SyncfusionExamples/ES-957455-Apply-shading-to-fields

ES-957455- Add the sample Apply-shading-to-fields

Author: MohanaselvamJothi

Fields/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields/.NET/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields.sln

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+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 16
+VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.31911.196
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Apply-highlight-color-to-fields", "Apply-highlight-color-to-fields\Apply-highlight-color-to-fields.csproj", "{C17B90BC-F559-456B-B189-90B53FF6CDD4}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{C17B90BC-F559-456B-B189-90B53FF6CDD4}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{C17B90BC-F559-456B-B189-90B53FF6CDD4}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{C17B90BC-F559-456B-B189-90B53FF6CDD4}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{C17B90BC-F559-456B-B189-90B53FF6CDD4}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
+		SolutionGuid = {EF357FC6-E9E5-4E3C-B932-43F727BE1DE4}
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal

Fields/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields/.NET/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>Apply_highlight_color_to_fields</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="Output\.gitkeep">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

Fields/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields/.NET/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields/Output/.gitkeep

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+

Fields/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields/.NET/Apply-highlight-color-to-fields/Program.cs

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+using Syncfusion.DocIO;
+using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
+using Syncfusion.Drawing;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Apply_highlight_color_to_fields
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            // Creates a new instance of WordDocument to work with.
+            using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument())
+            {
+                // Add a new section to the Word document.
+                IWSection section = document.AddSection();
+                IWParagraph paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
+
+                // Add text before the field (e.g., "Date Field - ").
+                IWTextRange firstText = paragraph.AppendText("Date Field - ");
+
+                // Adds a new Date field to the paragraph with the specified format.
+                WField field = paragraph.AppendField("Date", FieldType.FieldDate) as WField;
+                // Set the field code to display the date in "MMMM d, yyyy" format.
+                field.FieldCode = @"DATE  \@" + "\"MMMM d, yyyy\"";
+
+                // Reference the field as an entity.
+                IEntity entity = field;
+
+                // Apply shading to the field.
+                ApplyShading(entity);
+
+                // Add another paragraph for the "If" field.
+                paragraph = section.AddParagraph();
+                paragraph.AppendText("If Field - ");
+
+                // Creates a new IF field.
+                field = paragraph.AppendField("If", FieldType.FieldIf) as WIfField;
+                // Specifies the field code for the IF statement with true and false branches.
+                field.FieldCode = "IF \"True\" = \"True\" \"The given statement is Correct\" \"The given statement is Wrong\"";
+                entity = field;
+
+                // Apply shading to the field.
+                ApplyShading(entity);
+
+                // Updates the fields in the document.
+                document.UpdateDocumentFields();
+
+                // Create a file stream to save the document.
+                using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
+                {
+                    // Saves the Word document to the specified file stream in DOCX format.
+                    document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Method to apply shading (highlight) to the content of a field.
+        static void ApplyShading(IEntity entity)
+        {
+            // Loop through the siblings of the current entity (field and its contents) until reaching the FieldEnd.
+            while (entity.NextSibling != null)
+            {
+                // Check if the entity is a text range.
+                if (entity is WTextRange)
+                {
+                    // Set the highlight color to LightGray for the text range.
+                    (entity as WTextRange).CharacterFormat.HighlightColor = Color.LightGray;
+                }
+                // Check if the entity is a field mark and is of FieldEnd type.
+                else if ((entity is WFieldMark) && (entity as WFieldMark).Type == FieldMarkType.FieldEnd)
+                {
+                    // Break out of the loop once the end of the field is reached.
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                // Move to the next sibling entity (next part of the field).
+                entity = entity.NextSibling;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}