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Java docx4j hide text in docm/docx

I am using 'docx4j' 3.1.0 version with Java 8 and I have a requirement to hide text while writing it into doc file. How do I go about this?

Solution

  • After going through the wml structure of the doc file, I found out that doc has style field called Vanish which, I found from the docx4j source code, which is a method under the run properties object see the example below.

    runProperties.setVanish(booleanDefaultTrue);

    Full example for creating a hidden text with run is below.

    public static R createHiddenTextRun(String data) {
        R run=factory.createR();
        RPr runProperties = new RPr();
        BooleanDefaultTrue booleanDefaultTrue = new BooleanDefaultTrue();
        runProperties.setVanish(booleanDefaultTrue);
        run.setRPr(runProperties);
        run.getContent().add(data);
        return run;
    }

    Above I'm creating Run with Run properties which will hide the text we passed.