MailMergeSettingsBuilder.DataSource(String) 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(
    string staticJsonUrl
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
staticJsonUrl	String	The URL to json file with data.

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(d => d.StaticJson().Url("/Customers.json"))
        .ViewMergedData(true)
        .ActiveRecord(0)
    )
)

Customers.json

[{
    "ID": 1,
    "CompanyName": "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"
},
{
    "ID": 2,
    "CompanyName": "Electronics Depot",
    "Address": "2455 Paces Ferry Road NW",
    "City": "Atlanta",
    "State": "Georgia",
    "Zipcode": 30339,
    "Phone": "[phone]",
    "Fax": "[phone]",
    "Website": "http://www.nowebsitedepot.com"
}]