Cloning
GemBox.Document is a .NET component which enables developers to read, write, convert and print document files (DOCX, DOC, PDF, HTML, XPS, RTF and TXT) from .NET applications in a simple and efficient way. GemBox.Document Free is free of charge while GemBox.Document Professional is a commercial version licensed per developer.
Document element instances in GemBox.Document can be only at one single location in a document at a time. To insert a document element into some other part of the same document, it must be cloned and the clone should be inserted.
Following example demonstrates how to clone document elements, first by cloning a section and its content, and then by individually cloning section content elements – blocks.
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See the full code below, use RUN EXAMPLE to execute.
1using System;
2using System.IO;
3using System.Linq;
4using System.Text;
5using GemBox.Document;
6
7class Sample
8{
9 [STAThread]
10 static void Main(string[] args)
11 {
12 // If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
13 ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
14
15 DocumentModel document = DocumentModel.Load("Reading.docx");
16
17 // Clone section
18 document.Sections.Add(document.Sections[0].Clone(true));
19
20 // Clone paragraphs
21 foreach (Block item in document.Sections[0].Blocks)
22 document.Sections.Last().Blocks.Add(item.Clone(true));
23
24 document.Save("Cloning.docx");
25 }
26}
1Imports System
2Imports System.IO
3Imports System.Linq
4Imports System.Text
5Imports GemBox.Document
6
7Module Samples
8
9 Sub Main()
10
11 ' If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
12 ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
13
14 Dim document As DocumentModel = DocumentModel.Load("Reading.docx")
15
16 ' Clone section
17 document.Sections.Add(document.Sections(0).Clone(True))
18
19 ' Clone paragraphs
20 For Each item As Block In document.Sections(0).Blocks
21 document.Sections.Last().Blocks.Add(item.Clone(True))
22 Next
23
24 document.Save("Cloning.docx")
25
26 End Sub
27
28End Module
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