How to find and replace a single row with multiple rows in a Word document

Syncfusion Essential DocIO is a .NET Word library used to create, read, edit, and convert Word documents programmatically without Microsoft Word or interop dependencies. Using this library, you can find and replace a single row with multiple rows in a Word document using C#.

Follow the steps below:

• Get the table by its title, which you want to modify.
• Fill the cells of the second row with placeholder values from a predefined list.
• Create new rows by cloning the second row and populating them with dynamic cell data.
• Insert the new rows after the second row.

Steps to find and replace a single row with multiple rows in a Word document:

1. Create a new .NET Core console application project.
2. Install the Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org.
   
   

3. Include the following namespaces in Program.cs file
   C#

using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using Syncfusion.DocIO; 

4. Use the following code example to find and replace a single row with multiple rows in a Word document.
   C#

using (FileStream inputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
   // Open the input Word document
   using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(inputFileStream, FormatType.Docx))
   {
       // Find a table by the Title property.
       WTable table = document.FindItemByProperty(EntityType.Table, "Title", "DataTable") as WTable;
       // Check if the table was found.
       if (table != null)
       {
           // Get the second row of the table.
           WTableRow secondRow = table.Rows[1];
           // Insert data into the cells of the second row.
           InsertDataToCells(secondRow);
           // Add dynamic rows starting at index 2, based on the second row.
           AddDynamicRows(table, 2, secondRow);
       }
       using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath("Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
       {
           // Save the modified document to the output file stream.
           document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
       }
   }
}

5. Use the following helper method to insert data into the cells of a specified table row.
   C#

/// <summary>
/// Insert data into the cells of a specified table row.
/// </summary>
void InsertDataToCells(WTableRow row)
{
   // List of placeholder data to insert into the cells.
   List<string> data = new List<string> { "<<Data1>>", "<<Data2>>", "<<Data3>>", "<<Data4>>" };
   int count = 0;
   // Iterate through each cell in the specified row.
   foreach (WTableCell cell in row.Cells)
   {
       // Assign data to the particular cell.
       cell.Paragraphs[0].Text = data[count];
       count++;
   }
}

6. Use the following helper method to add dynamic rows to a specified table at a certain index.
   C#

/// <summary>
/// Add dynamic rows to a specified table at a certain index.
/// </summary>
void AddDynamicRows(WTable table, int index, WTableRow row)
{
   // Create a list of dynamic row details.
   IEnumerable<dynamic> rowsDetails = CreateDynamicRows();
   // Iterate through each dynamic row detail.
   foreach (dynamic rowDetails in rowsDetails)
   {
       // Retrieve cell content for the new row.
       List<string> cellDetails = GetListOfCellValue(rowDetails);
       // Clone the second row to create a new row.
       WTableRow newRow = row.Clone();
       // Iterate through the cells of the cloned row.
       for (int i = 0; i < newRow.Cells.Count; i++)
       {
           // Get the cell at specific from the cloned row.
           WTableCell wTableCell = newRow.Cells[i];
           // Modify the paragraph text of the cell with the corresponding cell detail.
           wTableCell.Paragraphs[0].Text = cellDetails[i];
       }
       // Insert the newly created row at the specified index.
       table.Rows.Insert(index, newRow);
       // Increment the index for the next dynamic row.
       index++;
   }
}

7. Use the following helper method to create dynamic rows with sample cell data.
   C#

/// <summary>
/// Create dynamic rows with sample cell data.
/// </summary>
IEnumerable<dynamic> CreateDynamicRows()
{
   // Create a list of dynamic row details.
   List<dynamic> rowDetails = new List<dynamic>();
   // Add dynamic cells to the row details list.
   rowDetails.Add(CreateDynamicCells("<<Data5>>", "<<Data6>>", "<<Data7>>", "<<Data8>>"));
   rowDetails.Add(CreateDynamicCells("<<Data9>>", "<<Data10>>", "<<Data11>>", "<<Data12>>"));
   rowDetails.Add(CreateDynamicCells("<<Data13>>", "<<Data14>>", "<<Data15>>", "<<Data16>>"));
   rowDetails.Add(CreateDynamicCells("<<Data17>>", "<<Data18>>", "<<Data19>>", "<<Data20>>"));
   // Return the list of dynamic row details.
   return rowDetails; 
}

8. Use the following helper method to create dynamic cell data.
   C#

/// <summary>
/// Create dynamic cell data.
/// </summary>
dynamic CreateDynamicCells(string cell1, string cell2, string cell3, string cell4)
{
   // Create a new ExpandoObject for dynamic properties.
   dynamic dynamicOrder = new ExpandoObject();
   // Assign values to the dynamic object properties.
   dynamicOrder.Cell1 = cell1;
   dynamicOrder.Cell2 = cell2;
   dynamicOrder.Cell3 = cell3;
   dynamicOrder.Cell4 = cell4;
   // Return the dynamic object.
   return dynamicOrder;
}

9. Use the following helper method to get the list of cell values.
   C#

/// <summary>
/// Get the list of cell values.
/// </summary>
List<string> GetListOfCellValue(dynamic rowDetails)
{
   List<string> cellDetails = new List<string>();
   // Add each dynamic cell value to the list.
   cellDetails.Add(rowDetails.Cell1);
   cellDetails.Add(rowDetails.Cell2);
   cellDetails.Add(rowDetails.Cell3);
   cellDetails.Add(rowDetails.Cell4);
   // Return the list of cell details.
   return cellDetails;
}

You can download a complete working sample to find and replace a single row with multiple rows in a Word document from the GitHub.

By executing the program, you will get the Word document as follows.

Conclusion

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