MS Word API: table values not set - javascript

Using the Office JavaScript API, I am trying to fill a selected table using the following code:
Word.run(function (context) {
var table = context.document.getSelection().parentTable;
context.load(table);
return context.sync()
.then(function () {
if (table.isNullObject == true || !table) {
console.log("selection ist not table");
errorHandler("selection is not a table");
} else {
// loop over table
for (var row = 0; row < table.values.length; row++) {
for (var column = 0; column < table.values[row].length; column++) {
console.log(table.values[row][column]);
table.values[row][column] = "Test " + row + " " + column;
}
context.sync().then(function () {
console.log("done");
}).catch(function (e) {
console.log(e);
});
}
}
});
});
The scripts runs fine, the table object exists, the values are logged and the final "done" too. But the table stays as it is - no update of the values. What am I missing?


A few comments about the code you've posted:
Checking for isNullObject on the table object like your code is doing is not effective, because the lines above that will have already thrown an error if the parentTable doesn't exist.
Error handling (catch statement) should be located immediately after the Word.run -- that way it'll catch any error that occurs inside the Word.run.
Instead of loading the entire table object like you are, you should only load the properties that you need (in this case, values and rows/items/cells/items/body).
To set a cell value, use the insertText method on the body of the cell that you want to update.
The following code sample incorporates this feedback, and should successfully update the values in your table.
Word.run(function (context) {
var table = context.document.getSelection().parentTable;
table.load("values, rows/items/cells/items/body");
return context.sync()
.then(function () {
for (var row = 0; row < table.values.length; row++) {
for (var column = 0; column < table.values[row].length; column++) {
console.log(table.values[row][column]);
table.rows.items[row].cells.items[column].body.insertText("Test " + row + " " + column, "Replace");
}
}
return context.sync()
.then (function() {
console.log("Done");
});
});
}).catch(function (e) {
console.log(e);
});


Great question #BernhardWebstudio! To explain why your specific code doesn't work is because the add-in code is invoked in a separate process from the Office Application and it must make 'requests' to actually acquire the data. This is similar to asking for attributes within a REST or OData call. (e.g. $select)
What does this mean for you? Well with a just slight alteration to your code you just need to request what properties of the table you want to load. Since you only care about the values of the table, it would be easy to do this with this type of code. If you notice I also have a commented out line that is table.load("[Property Name]"); to use the Office Apps Object model as proxy objects as well. Kim has pointed out some other really good suggestions as well. Cheers and Happy Coding!
Word.run(function (context) {
let table = context.document.getSelection().parentTable;
//table.load("values");
context.load(table, "values");
//...

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