Question

I’m trying to figure out how to iterate through a document and pull all form fields and insert them into a new text file. I’m working through it trying to find examples of the functions I’m going to need and I’m not coming up with a lot of information. Maybe I’m not searching properly though. Here’s what I’ve written so far.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
using System.IO;

namespace purform
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// </summary>
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {

            // create instance of Word 
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass oWordApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass();

            // create instance of Word document 
            Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document oWordDoc = new Document();

            object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
            try
            {
                //declare objects
                object fileName = @"C:\\path\\to\\file.doc";
                object readOnly = false;
                object isVisible = true;

                //open word doc
                oWordDoc = oWordApp.Documents.Open(ref fileName, ref missing, ref readOnly, ref readOnly,
                ref missing, ref missing, ref readOnly, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing,
                ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

                oWordDoc.Activate();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Unable to locate and activate document file");
            }

            object oFormFields = fieldArray[i, 0];
            oWordDoc.FormFields.get_Item(ref oFormFields).Range = 


           System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"\\path\\to\\file.txt", fieldArray[]);



        }
    }
}

How can I get the mergefields?

Answer 1

I have used code like this in the past.
Also note the FormFields are not mergefields

    foreach(Field wdField in workDoc.Fields)
    {
        if (wdField.Type == WdFieldType.wdFieldMergeField)
        {
            wdField.Select();
            string fieldText = wdField.Result.Text;
        }
    }