Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Component: WordFile

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Component: WordFile

Modify Word files.

Load a word file, replace tags with real values and save file.

Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
5.4 / 11.4	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

Item	Details
WordFile.Append Appends one word file text to other.	All 7.5
WordFile.AppendTableRow Duplicates a table row containing a placeholder.	All 7.1
WordFile.Contains Checks if some text exists in the document.	All 11.4
WordFile.DuplicateTableRow Duplicates a table row containing a placeholder.	All 7.1
WordFile.FieldNames Queries field names in the file.	All 7.5
WordFile.GetCaseless Queries caseless state.	All 7.4
WordFile.GetFieldText Queries field value.	All 7.5
WordFile.GetMediaFile Queries media file in word file.	All 6.3
WordFile.GetXML Queries xml content of the word file.	All 6.2
WordFile.HasTag Checks if a tag exists.	All 5.4
WordFile.MediaFiles Queries list of media files in the word file.	All 6.3
WordFile.OpenContainer Opens a word file from container.	All 5.4
WordFile.OpenFile Opens a word file from file.	All 5.4
WordFile.OpenText Opens a word xml file from text.	All 5.4
WordFile.Parts Queries names of the parts of the document.	All 6.2
WordFile.Release Frees the memory used for the word file.	All 5.4
WordFile.ReleaseAll Releases all word file objects.	All 10.5
WordFile.RemoveTableRow Removes a table row containing a placeholder.	All 7.0
WordFile.ReplaceTag Replaces a placeholder with text.	All 5.4
WordFile.SetCaseless Sets caseless state.	All 7.4
WordFile.SetFieldText Sets field value.	All 7.5
WordFile.SetMarkers Sets the markers to look for before/after a tag.	All 6.3
WordFile.SetMediaFile Sets a media file image.	All 6.3
WordFile.SetXML Sets the xml for this word file.	All 6.2
WordFile.Substitute Replaces some text in the document with new text.	All 11.4
WordFile.Texts Extracts text of word file.	All 5.4
WordFile.WriteContainer Writes a file to container.	All 11.4
WordFile.WriteFile Writes a file to disk.	All 5.4

28 functions shown.

Release notes

Version 11.4
- Added WordFile.Contains and WordFile.Substitute functions.
- Added WordFile.WriteContainer function.
- Fixed a case where removing a table row with WordFile.RemoveTableRow function would not be saved.
Version 11.0
- Fixed a memory leak in WordFile functions.
- Fixed problem with WordFile functions and some Word documents with older encodings.
Version 10.5
- Added AVExport.ReleaseAll, AVRecorder.ReleaseAll, CoreML.ReleaseAll, DNSLookup.ReleaseAll, Dictionary.ReleaseAll, FM.SQL.ReleaseAll, JS.ReleaseAll, JavaScript.ReleaseAll, LDAP.ReleaseAll, PDFKit.ReleaseAll, PKCS12.ReleaseAll, PKCS7.ReleaseAll, PKey.ReleaseAll, SSH.ReleaseAll, WinSendMail.ReleaseAll, WindowsML.ReleaseAll, WordFile.ReleaseAll, and X509.ReleaseAll.
Version 9.5
- Improved WordFile.GetXML function to work with rels parts in the Word file.
Version 9.4
- Fixed a bug in WordFile.ReplaceTag where it would not update the modified XML correctly for replace in header section.
Version 9.2
- Added AddPageBreak parameter for WordFile.Append.
- Changed WordFile functions to also handle OpenDocument text files.
- Changed WordFile functions to not reformat XML unless changed.
- Changed WordFile.ReplaceTag to look for tags in document properties.
- Fixed bug with WordFile.SetMarkers.
Version 9.1
- Added WordFile.AddMediaFile function.
Version 7.5
- Added WordFile.Append.
- Added WordFile.FieldNames, WordFile.GetFieldText and WordFile.SetFieldText.
Version 7.4
- Added WordFile.GetCaseless and WordFile.SetCaseless for case (in)sensitivity.
- Changed WordFile.ReplaceTag to be case insensitive for ASCII characters.

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