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XMLMapping.SetMappingByNode Method

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Word Developer Reference

Allows creating or changing the XML data mapping on a content control. Returns True if Microsoft Office Word maps the content control to a custom XML node in the document’s custom XML data store.

Syntax

expression.SetMappingByNode(Node)

expression   An expression that returns an XMLMapping object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Node Required CustomXMLNode Specifies the XML node to which to map the current content control.

Return Value
Boolean

Remarks

If the XML mapping already exists, then Word replaces the existing XML mapping, and the contents of the new mapped XML node replaces the text of the content control. See also the SetMapping method.

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Creating a mapping for a rich-text content control causes a run-time error.

Example

The following example sets the built-in document property for the document author, inserts a new content control into the active document, and then sets the XML mapping for the control to the built-in document property.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim objcc As ContentControl
Dim objNode As CustomXMLNode
Dim objMap As XMLMapping
Dim blnMap As Boolean

ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Author").Value = "David Jaffe"


Set objcc = ActiveDocument.ContentControls.Add _
(wdContentControlDate, ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range)


Set objNode = ActiveDocument.CustomXMLParts.SelectByNamespace _
("http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/metadata/core-properties") _
(1).DocumentElement.ChildNodes(1)


Set objMap = objcc.XMLMapping
blnMap = objMap.SetMappingByNode(objNode)

The following example creates a custom XML part, and then creates two content controls and maps each content control to a specific node within the custom XML.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Dim objRange As Range
Dim objCustomPart As CustomXMLPart
Dim objCustomControl As ContentControl
Dim objCustomNode As CustomXMLNode

Set objCustomPart = ActiveDocument.CustomXMLParts.Add
objCustomPart.LoadXML ("<books><book><author>Matt Hink</author>" & _
"<title>Migration Paths of the Red Breasted Robin</title><genre>non-fiction</genre>" & _
"<price>29.95</price><pub_date>2007-02-01</pub_date><abstract>" & _
"You see them in the spring outside your windows.  You hear their lovely " & _
"songs wafting in the warm spring air.  Now follow the path of the red breasted robin " & _
"as it migrates to warmer climes in the fall, and then back to your back yard " & _
"in the spring.</abstract></book></books>")


ActiveDocument.Range.InsertParagraphBefore
Set objRange = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Range
Set objCustomNode = objCustomPart.SelectSingleNode _
("/books/book/title")
Set objCustomControl = ActiveDocument.ContentControls _
.Add(wdContentControlText, objRange)
objCustomControl.XMLMapping.SetMappingByNode objCustomNode


objRange.InsertParagraphAfter
Set objRange = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(2).Range
Set objCustomNode = objCustomPart.SelectSingleNode _
("/books/book/abstract")
Set objCustomControl = ActiveDocument.ContentControls _
.Add(wdContentControlText, objRange)
objCustomControl.XMLMapping.SetMappingByNode objCustomNode

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