Disable editing MergeField content.

[Jakub]

Hi,

it is possible to prevent user from chaning merge fields content using RadRichTextBox. I know this changes are saving or affects document, but it looks not good when user can change {MERGEFIELD NAME} to something like {MERREAF52FF AAME} or anything else. Is there any flag for this? Or should I implement my own function? How to check if current caret position is inside merge field?

 

Thanks

[Jakub]

[quote]Jakub said:

I know this changes are saving or affects document[/quote]

Sory, mistake, should be: I know this changes aren't changing merge fields or affects document.

[Tanya]

Hi Jakub,

To prevent the modification of a field, you will need to implement a custom solution that doesn't allow the end users to modify the fields. You can determine whether the current caret position is inside a merge field using the inline the position is at. Here is how that would look like in code:

Inline currentInline = this.radRichTextBox.Document.CaretPosition.GetCurrentInline();
FieldRangeStart fieldStart = currentInline.FieldStart as FieldRangeStart;
if (fieldStart != null && fieldStart.Field is MergeField)
{
    // The caret position is indide a MergeField
}

Such a flag or functionality is not available in the control and in the specification of the Open XML format. Depending on the projects' needs, you could use ReadOnlyRanges. What you should have in mind if you take this approach is that when the protection is applied, will not allow updating the field and these objects are serialized to XAML only.

Hope this is helpful.

Regards,
Tanya
Progress Telerik

[Jakub]

Thank you Tanya! This piece of code is exactly what I need.

Best regards