Update Fields in Ruby

Aspose.Words - Update Fields

To update fields of Word Document using Aspose.Words Java for Ruby, simply invoke update_fields() method of UpdateFields module.

Ruby Code

## The path to the documents directory.

data_dir = File.dirname(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))) + '/data/quickstart/'
\# Demonstrates how to insert fields and update them using Aspose.Words.
\# First create a blank document.
doc = Rjb::import('com.aspose.words.Document').new()
\# Use the document builder to insert some content and fields.
builder = Rjb::import('com.aspose.words.DocumentBuilder').new(doc)
\# Insert a table of contents at the beginning of the document.
builder.insertTableOfContents("\\o \"1-3\" \\h \\z \\u")
builder.writeln()
\# Insert some other fields.
builder.write("Page: ")
builder.insertField("PAGE")
builder.write(" of ")
builder.insertField("NUMPAGES")
builder.writeln()
builder.write("Date: ")
builder.insertField("DATE")
\# Start the actual document content on the second page.
break_type = Rjb::import("com.aspose.words.BreakType")
builder.insertBreak(break_type.SECTION_BREAK_NEW_PAGE)
\# Build a document with complex structure by applying different heading styles thus creating TOC entries.
style_identifier = Rjb::import("com.aspose.words.StyleIdentifier")
builder.getParagraphFormat().setStyleIdentifier(style_identifier.HEADING_1)
builder.writeln("Heading 1")
builder.getParagraphFormat().setStyleIdentifier(style_identifier.HEADING_2)
builder.writeln("Heading 1.1")
builder.writeln("Heading 1.2")
builder.getParagraphFormat().setStyleIdentifier(style_identifier.HEADING_1)
builder.writeln("Heading 2")
builder.writeln("Heading 3")
\# Move to the next page.
builder.insertBreak(break_type.PAGE_BREAK)
builder.getParagraphFormat().setStyleIdentifier(style_identifier.HEADING_2)
builder.writeln("Heading 3.1")
builder.getParagraphFormat().setStyleIdentifier(style_identifier.HEADING_3)
builder.writeln("Heading 3.1.1")
builder.writeln("Heading 3.1.2")
builder.writeln("Heading 3.1.3")
builder.getParagraphFormat().setStyleIdentifier(style_identifier.HEADING_2)
builder.writeln("Heading 3.2")
builder.writeln("Heading 3.3")
puts "Updating all fields in the document."
\# Call the method below to update the TOC.
doc.updateFields()
doc.save(data_dir + "Document Field Update Out.docx")

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