[SOLVED] Aspose.Words - Range.Parse(regex, value, FindReplaceOptions) method can't find text specified with regex in paragraph but in table cell it does

Aspose.Words - Range.Parse(regex, value, FindReplaceOptions) method can't find text specified with regex in paragraph but in table cell it does

I wrote simple word document with one paragraph and one table (with one cell) under that paragraph. I'm using Aspose 16.7 and Aspose 22.9 (on both versions I have same problem).

When I open that word document using aspose it will look like this:

\r\r\r<<AC:doc_title:value>>\r<<AC:doc_title:value>>\a\a\rTest\r\r\r

Replace method won't work when it tries to find and replace <<AC:doc_title:value>> which is in paragraph but when I put same tag in table cell, replace method will find that tag and replace it with given text. This is my replace method call:

node.Range.Replace(new Regex("<<AC:doc_title:value>>"), "Replaced text", new FindReplaceOptions(FindReplaceDirection.Forward));

I tried to call Parse method with different FindReplaceOptions but that didn't give any results. I also tried Replace method with only two parameters, node.Range.Replace(new Regex("<<AC:doc_title:value>>"), value) and when using this method, I didn't have any problems, it works fine (but problem is that method is Obsolete now).

Thank you for your help.

Solution

Range.Replace(Regex, string) overload is no marked as obsolete. So you can use it: https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words/range/replace/#replace_2

This overload internally calls the overload with FindReplaeOptions, so both should work the same:

public int Replace(Regex pattern, string replacement)
{
    return Replace(pattern, replacement, new FindReplaceOptions());
}

If you still has problems, please post the question in Aspose.Words support forum and attach your input document there for testing.