What namespace should I declare to use the Extension.GetFieldNames() method in C#?

Question

I was browsing quite a lot of threads recently and came across this one:

Replace MergeFields in a Word 2003 document and keep style

It's an old thread but looks very promising since I got the logic of the code down and am sure I will be able to utilize it. The only problem I am facing is that I can't seem to declare/use this method?

Extensions.GetFieldName()

Any ideas to substitute it though would also be appreciated! :)

Here is the actual code I am trying to use

foreach (Field mergeField in document.Fields)
{
   if (mergeField.Type == WdFieldType.wdFieldMergeField)
   {
      string fieldText = mergeField.Code.Text;
      string fieldName = Extensions.GetFieldName(fieldText);

      if (values.ContainsKey(fieldName))
      {
         mergeField.Select();
         application.Selection.TypeText(values[fieldName]);
      }
   }
}

can you share a code sample? which namespaces are you already referencing? what is the error? — Glenn Ferrie, Nov 02 '12 at 05:18
That's something the OP himself wrote. You will have to write your own — nawfal, Nov 02 '12 at 05:21
Actually there is no error.. It has that red wavy line underneath the Extensions "The name Extensions does not exist in the current context" — John Ernest Guadalupe, Nov 02 '12 at 05:22
Do you have any suggestions on how to get the fieldnames of the mergefields instead? — John Ernest Guadalupe, Nov 02 '12 at 05:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 02 '12 at 05:53

I really dont think Extensions.GetFieldName is a inbuilt method.It could be user defined method and not present under interop.

Usually field names are retrieved like this

Int32 endMerge = fieldText.IndexOf("\\");
Int32 fieldNameLength = fieldText.Length - endMerge;
String fieldName = fieldText.Substring(11, endMerge - 11);

Please go through this link.There is a very clear code on how to retieve the FieldNames.

What namespace should I declare to use the Extension.GetFieldNames() method in C#?

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