IFieldUserPromptRespondent Interface

Represents the respondent to user prompts during field update.

Namespace:  Aspose.Words.Fields
Assembly:  Aspose.Words (in Aspose.Words.dll) Version: 20.3
Syntax
public interface IFieldUserPromptRespondent

The IFieldUserPromptRespondent type exposes the following members.

Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodCode exampleRespond
When implemented, returns a response from the user on prompting. Your implementation should return null to indicate that the user has not responded to the prompt (i.e. the user has pressed the Cancel button in the prompt window).
Remarks
The ASK and FILLIN fields are the examples of fields that prompt the user for some response. Implement this interface and assign it to the UserPromptRespondent property to establish interaction between field update and the user.
Examples
Shows how to create an ASK field and set its properties.
[Test]
public void FieldAsk()
{
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Place a field where the response to our ASK field will be placed
    FieldRef fieldRef = (FieldRef)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldRef, true);
    fieldRef.BookmarkName = "MyAskField";
    builder.Writeln();

    // Insert the ASK field and edit its properties, making sure to reference our REF field
    FieldAsk fieldAsk = (FieldAsk)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldAsk, true);
    fieldAsk.BookmarkName = "MyAskField";
    fieldAsk.PromptText = "Please provide a response for this ASK field";
    fieldAsk.DefaultResponse = "Response from within the field.";
    fieldAsk.PromptOnceOnMailMerge = true;
    builder.Writeln();

    // ASK fields apply the default response to their respective REF fields during a mail merge
    DataTable table = new DataTable("My Table");
    table.Columns.Add("Column 1");
    table.Rows.Add("Row 1");
    table.Rows.Add("Row 2");

    FieldMergeField fieldMergeField = (FieldMergeField)builder.InsertField(FieldType.FieldMergeField, true);
    fieldMergeField.FieldName = "Column 1";

    // We can modify or override the default response in our ASK fields with a custom prompt responder, which will take place during a mail merge
    doc.FieldOptions.UserPromptRespondent = new MyPromptRespondent();
    doc.MailMerge.Execute(table);

    doc.UpdateFields();
    doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "Field.ASK.docx");

    Assert.AreEqual(
        " ASK  MyAskField \"Please provide a response for this ASK field\" \\d \"Response from within the field.\" \\o",
        fieldAsk.GetFieldCode());

    Assert.AreEqual("Please provide a response for this ASK field", fieldAsk.PromptText); // ExSkip
}

/// <summary>
/// IFieldUserPromptRespondent implementation that appends a line to the default response of an ASK field during a mail merge.
/// </summary>
private class MyPromptRespondent : IFieldUserPromptRespondent
{
    public string Respond(string promptText, string defaultResponse)
    {
        return "Response from MyPromptRespondent. " + defaultResponse;
    }
}
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