Examples: BeginInsert method
This agent inserts text at (depending on user specification) the beginning or end of an item, or before or after the nth paragraph.
Dim session As NotesSession
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim dc As NotesDocumentCollection
Dim doc As NotesDocument
Dim body As NotesRichTextItem
Dim rtnav As NotesRichTextNavigator
Dim beginningText As Variant, endText As Variant
Dim beforeText As Variant, afterText As Variant
Sub Initialize
Set session = New NotesSession
Set db = session.CurrentDatabase
Set dc = db.UnprocessedDocuments
If dc.Count = 0 Then
Messagebox "No document selected",, "No doc"
Exit Sub
End If
Set doc = dc.GetFirstDocument
Set body = doc.GetFirstItem("Body")
Set rtnav = body.CreateNavigator
REM Get user command and parse
If body.Text <> "" Then
inp$ = Inputbox$("Beginning, End, Before n, or After n", _
"Where do you want the new text?")
If inp$ = "" Then Exit Sub
inp$ = Lcase(inp$)
If Left(inp$, 9) = "beginning" Then
beginningText = True
Elseif Left(inp$, 3) = "end" Then
endText = True
Elseif Left(inp$, 7) = "before " Then
nthStr$ = Right(inp$, Len(inp$) - 7)
beforeText = True
Elseif Left(inp$, 6) = "after " Then
nthStr$ = Right(inp$, Len(inp$) - 6)
afterText = True
Else
Messagebox inp$,, "Bad option"
Exit Sub
End If
If beforeText Or afterText Then
If Isnumeric(nthStr$) Then
nth% = Cint(nthStr$)
Else
Messagebox nthStr$,, "Not numeric"
Exit Sub
End If
End If
End If
REM Position navigator
REM (not necessary for "end" or empty item)
If beginningText Then
Call rtnav.FindFirstElement(RTELEM_TYPE_TEXTPARAGRAPH)
Elseif beforeText Or afterText Then
If Not rtnav.FindNthElement(RTELEM_TYPE_TEXTPARAGRAPH, _
nth%) Then
Messagebox nth%,, "No paragraph at this position"
Exit Sub
End If
End If
REM Begin insert (not necessary for "end" or empty item)
If afterText Then
Call body.BeginInsert(rtnav, True)
Elseif beginningText Or beforeText Then
Call body.BeginInsert(rtnav)
End If
REM Get text from user and append
it$ = Inputbox$("Enter the new text", "New text")
If it$ = "" Then Exit Sub
If endText Or afterText Then
Call body.AddNewLine(1)
End If
Call body.AppendText(it$)
If beginningText Or beforeText Then
Call body.AddNewLine(1)
End If
REM End insert (not necessary for "end" or empty item)
If beginningText Or beforeText Or afterText Then
Call body.EndInsert
End If
Call doc.Save(True, True)
End Sub