MailMergeSettingsBuilder.DataSource(IEnumerable) Method

Sets a data source for Rich Text Editor’s mail merge functionality.

Namespace: DevExpress.AspNetCore.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.AspNetCore.RichEdit.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.AspNetCore.RichEdit

Declaration

public MailMergeSettingsBuilder DataSource(
    IEnumerable data
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
data	IEnumerable	The MailMerge data source.

Returns

Type	Description
MailMergeSettingsBuilder	An object that can be used to further configure the MailMerge settings.

Remarks

Razor C#

@(Html.DevExpress().RichEdit("richEdit")
    .Open("Documents/MailMergeTemplate.docx")
    .MailMerge(m => m
        .DataSource(SampleData.Companies)
        .ViewMergedData(true)
        .ActiveRecord(0)
    )
)

C#

public class Company {
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Address { get; set; }
    public string City { get; set; }
    public string State { get; set; }
    public int ZipCode { get; set; }
    public string Phone { get; set; }
    public string Fax { get; set; }
    public string Website { get; set; }
}
public class SampleData {
    public static List<Company> Companies = new List<Company> {
        new Company {
            ID = 1,
            Name = "Super Mart of the West",
            Address = "702 SW 8th Street",
            City = "Bentonville",
            State = "Arkansas",
            ZipCode = 72716,
            Phone = "[phone]",
            Fax = "[phone]",
            Website = "http://www.nowebsitesupermart.com"
        },
        new Company {
            ID = 2,
            Name = "Electronics Depot",
            Address = "2455 Paces Ferry Road NW",
            City = "Atlanta",
            State = "Georgia",
            ZipCode = 30339,
            Phone = "[phone]",
            Fax = "[phone]",
            Website = "http://www.nowebsitedepot.com"
        }
    };
}

Run Demo: Rich Text Editor - Mail Merge