TxtLeadingSpacesOptions

TxtLeadingSpacesOptions enumeration

Specifies available options for leading space handling during import from Text file.

public enum TxtLeadingSpacesOptions

Values

NameValueDescription
ConvertToIndent0Leading spaces are removed and converted to left indent.
Trim1Leading spaces are trimmed
Preserve2Leading spaces are preserved.

Examples

Shows how to trim whitespace when loading plaintext documents.

string textDoc = "      Line 1 \n" +
                 "    Line 2   \n" +
                 " Line 3       ";

// Create a "TxtLoadOptions" object, which we can pass to a document's constructor
// to modify how we load a plaintext document.
TxtLoadOptions loadOptions = new TxtLoadOptions();

// Set the "LeadingSpacesOptions" property to "TxtLeadingSpacesOptions.Preserve"
// to preserve all whitespace characters at the start of every line.
// Set the "LeadingSpacesOptions" property to "TxtLeadingSpacesOptions.ConvertToIndent"
// to remove all whitespace characters from the start of every line,
// and then apply a left first line indent to the paragraph to simulate the effect of the whitespaces.
// Set the "LeadingSpacesOptions" property to "TxtLeadingSpacesOptions.Trim"
// to remove all whitespace characters from every line's start.
loadOptions.LeadingSpacesOptions = txtLeadingSpacesOptions;

// Set the "TrailingSpacesOptions" property to "TxtTrailingSpacesOptions.Preserve"
// to preserve all whitespace characters at the end of every line. 
// Set the "TrailingSpacesOptions" property to "TxtTrailingSpacesOptions.Trim" to 
// remove all whitespace characters from the end of every line.
loadOptions.TrailingSpacesOptions = txtTrailingSpacesOptions;

Document doc = new Document(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(textDoc)), loadOptions);
ParagraphCollection paragraphs = doc.FirstSection.Body.Paragraphs;

switch (txtLeadingSpacesOptions)
{
    case TxtLeadingSpacesOptions.ConvertToIndent:
        Assert.AreEqual(37.8d, paragraphs[0].ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent);
        Assert.AreEqual(25.2d, paragraphs[1].ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent);
        Assert.AreEqual(6.3d, paragraphs[2].ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent);

        Assert.True(paragraphs[0].GetText().StartsWith("Line 1"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[1].GetText().StartsWith("Line 2"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[2].GetText().StartsWith("Line 3"));
        break;
    case TxtLeadingSpacesOptions.Preserve:
        Assert.True(paragraphs.All(p => ((Paragraph)p).ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent == 0.0d));

        Assert.True(paragraphs[0].GetText().StartsWith("      Line 1"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[1].GetText().StartsWith("    Line 2"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[2].GetText().StartsWith(" Line 3"));
        break;
    case TxtLeadingSpacesOptions.Trim:
        Assert.True(paragraphs.All(p => ((Paragraph)p).ParagraphFormat.FirstLineIndent == 0.0d));

        Assert.True(paragraphs[0].GetText().StartsWith("Line 1"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[1].GetText().StartsWith("Line 2"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[2].GetText().StartsWith("Line 3"));
        break;
}

switch (txtTrailingSpacesOptions)
{
    case TxtTrailingSpacesOptions.Preserve:
        Assert.True(paragraphs[0].GetText().EndsWith("Line 1 \r"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[1].GetText().EndsWith("Line 2   \r"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[2].GetText().EndsWith("Line 3       \f"));
        break;
    case TxtTrailingSpacesOptions.Trim:
        Assert.True(paragraphs[0].GetText().EndsWith("Line 1\r"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[1].GetText().EndsWith("Line 2\r"));
        Assert.True(paragraphs[2].GetText().EndsWith("Line 3\f"));
        break;
}

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