RichEditExtension.MailMerge(String, String, DocumentFormat) Method

Initializes the mail merge process and generates the resulting document containing the merged information.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.Mvc

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.Mvc5.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public static void MailMerge(
    string extensionName,
    string fileName,
    DocumentFormat documentFormat
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub MailMerge(
    extensionName As String,
    fileName As String,
    documentFormat As DocumentFormat
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
extensionName	String	A string value that specifies the RichEdit name.
fileName	String	A name of the file to which the merged document is saved.
documentFormat	DocumentFormat	A DocumentFormat enumeration member specifying the destination format.

Remarks

The MailMerge method merges the current document with records retrieved from the default mail merge data source specified via the RichEdit’s DataSourceID (or DataSource) property and sends the merged document to the specified file.

The correct RichEdit’s state is available on a controller only if the form containing RichEdit is submitted or a request to the server is sent using the RichEdit’s callback.