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GetText

Returns the inner text of the current document content object.

Syntax

expression.GetText(oProps);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiDocumentContent class.

Parameters

NameRequired/OptionalData typeDefaultDescription
oPropsRequiredobjectThe resulting string display properties.
oProps.NumberingRequiredbooleanDefines if the resulting string will include numbering or not.
oProps.MathRequiredbooleanDefines if the resulting string will include mathematical expressions or not.
oProps.TableCellSeparatorOptionalstring'\t'Defines how the table cell separator will be specified in the resulting string. Any symbol can be used. The default separator is "\t".
oProps.TableRowSeparatorOptionalstring'\r\n'Defines how the table row separator will be specified in the resulting string. Any symbol can be used. The default separator is "\r\n".
oProps.ParaSeparatorOptionalstring'\r\n'Defines how the paragraph separator will be specified in the resulting string. Any symbol can be used. The default separator is "\r\n".
oProps.TabSymbolOptionalstring'\t'Defines how the tab will be specified in the resulting string. Any symbol can be used. The default symbol is "\t".
oProps.NewLineSeparatorOptionalstring'\r'Defines how the line separator will be specified in the resulting string. Any symbol can be used. The default separator is "\r".

Returns

string

Example

This example gets a text from document content element.

// Get the text of the document content as a string.

// Display all content.

const doc = Api.GetDocument();

const blockLvlSdt = Api.CreateBlockLvlSdt();
doc.Push(blockLvlSdt);

const content = blockLvlSdt.GetContent();
content.GetElement(0).AddText("This is a block text content control.");

const para = Api.CreateParagraph();
para.AddText("This text from DocContent element: " + content.GetText());
doc.Push(para);