[C#]
public int Merge(DataTable mergeData, bool append);
[Visual Basic]
Public Function Merge(ByVal mergeData As DataTable, ByVal append As Boolean) As Integer
| Parameter | | Description |
| mergeData | | Specifies a System.Data.DataTable that contains the merge data. |
| append | | Specifies whether the single documents should be merged into one document or split into separate documents. |
If append parameter is false, it returns the currently merged row and -1, if the last data row has been merged. If he append parameter is true, it returns the number of merged rows.
The following example merges a template that contains two merge fields: name and company.
[C#]
DataTable mergeData = new DataTable();
mergeData.Columns.Add("name");
mergeData.Columns.Add("company");
mergeData.Rows.Add(new object[] { "Peter Jackson", "Text Control GmbH" });
mergeData.Rows.Add(new object[] { "Jack Petersen", "The Imaging Source LLC" });
mailMerge1.LoadTemplate("template.doc", TXTextControl.DocumentServer.FileFormat.MSWord);
mailMerge1.Merge(mergeData, true);
TXTextControl.SaveSettings sSettings = new TXTextControl.SaveSettings();
mailMerge1.SaveDocument("results.pdf", TXTextControl.StreamType.AdobePDF, sSettings);
[Visual Basic]
Dim MergeData As New DataTable()
MergeData.Columns.Add("name")
MergeData.Columns.Add("company")
MergeData.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Peter Jackson", "Text Control GmbH"})
MergeData.Rows.Add(New Object() {"Jack Petersen", "The Imaging Source LLC"})
MailMerge1.LoadTemplate("template.doc", TXTextControl.DocumentServer.FileFormat.MSWord)
MailMerge1.Merge(MergeData, True)
Dim SSettings As New TXTextControl.SaveSettings()
MailMerge1.SaveDocument("results.pdf", TXTextControl.StreamType.AdobePDF, SSettings)
