Clone Method Gives Unpredictable Results

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This is a strange one. I am using code to add rows to a table. The table begins looking like this:

«tablestart:mytable»«Col1» «Col2» «Col3»«tableend:mytable»

Then I run this code:

For x = 1 to 5
    Table1.rows.add(table1.lastrow.clone(true))
Next

It adds the rows, but then I want to run the ExecuteWithRegions method:

doca.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(dt)

On that line of code I get the error “Found end of mail merge region ‘mytable’ without matching start.” When I look at the document it now looks like this:

«Col1» «Col2» «Col3»«tableend:mytable»
«Col1» «Col2» «Col3»«tableend:mytable»
«Col1» «Col2» «Col3»«tableend:mytable»
«Col1» «Col2» «Col3»«tableend:mytable»
«Col1» «Col2» «Col3»«tableend:mytable»
«Col1» «Col2» «Col3»«tableend:mytable»

The ExecuteWithRegions line of code errors out, so it did not run, because the lastrow.clone method used to add rows creates this table. How do I just add rows that are blank, not having the merge fields in them?

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Hi
Thanks for your request. Try to use the following code to solve this problem.

'Clone last row
Dim row As Row = CType(Table1.LastRow.Clone(True), Row)
'remove all childs of cells in the row
Dim cell As Cell = Nothing
For Each cell In row.Cells
Dim node As Node = Nothing
For Each node In cell.ChildNodes
cell.ChildNodes.Remove(node)
Next
Next
'add rows into the table
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To 5
Table1.Rows.Add(row.Clone(True))
Next
doc.Save("out.doc")

Best regards.