How do I maintain paragraph numbers into a new word document

[Adam Faulkner via DotNetMonster.com]

I had a problem before extracting pages from an existing word document and
then inserting the content into a new word document.

The following code below works with Microsoft Word 2000

Function ParseWordDoc(ByVal Filename As String) As String
Dim sNewFileName As String
Dim WordApp As Word.Application = New Word.Application
Dim BaseDoc As Word.Document
Dim DestDoc As Word.Document
Try
Dim intNumberOfPages As Integer
Dim intNumberOfChars As String
Dim intPage As Integer

'Word Constants
Const wdGoToPage = 1
Const wdStory = 6
Const wdExtend = 1
Const wdCharacter = 1

'Show WordApp
WordApp.ShowMe()

'Load Base Document
BaseDoc = WordApp.Documents.Open(Filename)
BaseDoc.Repaginate()

'Loop through pages
intNumberOfPages = BaseDoc.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Number of
Pages").Value
intNumberOfChars = BaseDoc.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Number of
Characters").Value

BaseDoc.ShowRevisions = False

If intNumberOfPages > 1 Then
For intPage = 1 To intNumberOfPages
If intPage = intNumberOfPages Then
WordApp.Selection.EndKey(wdStory)
Else
WordApp.Selection.GoTo(What:=Word.WdGoToItem.
wdGoToPage, _
Which:=Word.WdGoToDirection.wdGoToAbsolute, _
Count:=2)
Application.DoEvents()

WordApp.Selection.MoveLeft(Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:
=1)
End If

Application.DoEvents()

WordApp.Selection.HomeKey(wdStory, wdExtend)
Application.DoEvents()

WordApp.Selection.Copy()
Application.DoEvents()

'Create New Document
DestDoc = WordApp.Documents.Add
DestDoc.Activate()

' set margins
If BaseDoc.PageSetup.TopMargin <= 1584 Then
DestDoc.PageSetup.TopMargin = BaseDoc.PageSetup.
TopMargin
End If
If BaseDoc.PageSetup.BottomMargin <= 1584 Then
DestDoc.PageSetup.BottomMargin = BaseDoc.PageSetup.
BottomMargin
End If
If BaseDoc.PageSetup.LeftMargin <= 1584 Then
DestDoc.PageSetup.LeftMargin = BaseDoc.PageSetup.
LeftMargin
End If
If BaseDoc.PageSetup.RightMargin <= 1584 Then
DestDoc.PageSetup.RightMargin = BaseDoc.PageSetup.
RightMargin
End If
If Not BaseDoc.PageSetup.Orientation = Word.WdOrientation.
wdOrientLandscape And Not BaseDoc.PageSetup.Orientation = Word.WdOrientation.
wdOrientPortrait Then
DestDoc.PageSetup.Orientation = WordApp.Selection.
Orientation
Else
DestDoc.PageSetup.Orientation = BaseDoc.PageSetup.
Orientation
End If
DestDoc.PageSetup.PaperSize = Word.WdPaperSize.wdPaperA4
DestDoc.PageSetup.PageHeight = BaseDoc.PageSetup.
PageHeight
DestDoc.PageSetup.PageWidth = BaseDoc.PageSetup.PageWidth
DestDoc.ShowRevisions = False

' paste selecton
WordApp.Selection.Paste()
sNewFileName = Filename
sNewFileName = sNewFileName.Replace(".doc", "_Page" &
intPage.ToString & ".doc")
DestDoc.SaveAs(sNewFileName)
DestDoc.Close()
DestDoc = Nothing

WordApp.Selection.GoTo(wdGoToPage, 2)
Application.DoEvents()

WordApp.Selection.HomeKey(wdStory, wdExtend)
Application.DoEvents()

WordApp.Selection.Delete()
Application.DoEvents()
Next
BaseDoc.Close(False)
BaseDoc = Nothing
Else
BaseDoc.Close(False)
BaseDoc = Nothing
Return "OK"
End If

Return "OK"
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
Finally
WordApp.Quit()
WordApp = Nothing
End Try
End Function

However, there is a problem if I have a word document with numbered
paragraphs.

On Page 1 of the document has paragraphs numbered from 1 to 2.9
On Page 2 of the document has paragraphs numbered from 2.10 to 2.16

After running the page extraction sample, the Page 2 document now has
numbered paragraphs from 1 to 1.7 because Word is changing the paragraph
numbering to start from 1 rather than maintain the initial value from where
the numbered paragraphs were copied from.

Is there a method within Word Interop for VB.NET to override the value of the
paragraph number in a new document to take the initial value of what it is
copied from a previous document.

Regards
Adam Faulkner
Croner Software

 

[Marcel]

Adam,

As you can set the paragraph in Word with VBA you can set it in VB.NET. The
numbering is context sensetive. It lives in the original document. If you
extract the text you have to set the "context" in which the paragraph
numbering can exist. You can set the start number for each level. Look how
it is done in a macro within Word and extrapolate it to VB. The Word object
model is the same, it is imported from Word by reference.

Regards,

Marcel