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zaaReloaded2/AutoDetect.cs

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+/* AutoDetect.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace zaaReloaded2
+{
+    class AutoDetect
+    {
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Attempts to automatically detect laboratory data in the Word
+        /// document.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void AutoDetect()
+        {
+            if (Document == null)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                    "Automatic laboratory detection requires a document.");
+            }
+
+            // If the 'Labor' bookmark exists, go to it.
+            if (Document.Bookmarks.Exists("Labor"))
+            {
+                Document.Bookmarks["Labor"].Range.Collapse(WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseStart);
+            }
+
+            // If the current paragraph looks like a Lauris paragraph, fine.
+            // If it does not look like a Lauris paragraph, move the cursor
+            // up until we find one.
+            string s = Document.ActiveWindow.Selection.Paragraphs[1].Range.Text;
+
+            // If we found a Lauris paragraph by moving up, start extending the
+            // selection upwards until we encounter a paragraph that is not a
+            // Lauris paragraph.
+
+            // If we have previously reached the start of the document without finding
+            // a Lauris paragraph, go back to where we started and move the
+            // cursor down paragraph by paragraph until we find a Lauris
+            // paragraph.
+
+            // If we found a Lauris paragraph by moving down, start extending the
+            // selection downwards until we encounter a paragraph that is not a
+            // Lauris paragraph.
+        }
+    }
+}

zaaReloaded2/zaaReloaded2.csproj

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     can be found.
   -->
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="AutoDetect.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\ControlElementBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\FormatElementBase.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\NextColumn.cs" />