RichEditControl.MailMerge(MailMergeOptions, String, DocumentFormat) Method

Merges data to the current document and saves the result to a file in the specified format. Allows you to set mail merge options.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public void MailMerge(
    MailMergeOptions options,
    string fileName,
    DocumentFormat format
)

VB.NET

Public Sub MailMerge(
    options As MailMergeOptions,
    fileName As String,
    format As DocumentFormat
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
options	MailMergeOptions	An object that contains options for the current merge.
fileName	String	A name of the file to which the merged document is saved.
format	DocumentFormat	An enumeration member that indicates the destination format.

Remarks

The MailMerge method merges the current document with records retrieved from the MailMergeOptions.DataSource property specified by the options parameter, and saves the merged document to a file.

The MailMerge method results in the RichEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable event being fired for the RichEditControl object.

Example

The code sample below specifies mail merge options, runs the mail merge, and saves the document to the specified file.

C#

using DevExpress.Office.Services;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native;

//...
RichEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable += RichEditControl_CalculateDocumentVariable;

// Register the URI provider service
IUriStreamService uriStreamService = richEditControl.GetService<IUriStreamService>();
uriStreamService.RegisterProvider(new ImageStreamProvider(xmlDataSet.Tables[0], "Photo"));

MailMergeOptions myMergeOptions =
    richEditControl.Document.CreateMailMergeOptions();
myMergeOptions.DataSource = xmlDataSet.Tables[0];
myMergeOptions.MergeMode = MergeMode.NewSection;

richEditControl.MailMerge(myMergeOptions, "result.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.Office.Services
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.API.Native

'...
richEditControl.CalculateDocumentVariable += RichEditControl_CalculateDocumentVariable

Dim uriStreamService As IUriStreamService = wordProcessor.GetService(Of IUriStreamService)()
uriStreamService.RegisterProvider(New ImageStreamProvider(xmlDataSet.Tables(0), "Photo"))

Dim myMergeOptions As MailMergeOptions = richEditControl.Document.CreateMailMergeOptions()
myMergeOptions.DataSource = xmlDataSet.Tables(0)
myMergeOptions.MergeMode = MergeMode.NewSection

richEditControl.MailMerge(myMergeOptions, "result.docx", DocumentFormat.OpenXml)