How to use MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions if I want to insert a �check box� in front of each record?

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How to use MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions if I want to insert a ‘check box’ in front of each record?
For example:
<<TableStart:StudentCourse>> [Check Box] <<CourseName>> <<TableEnd:StudentCourse>>
CourseName will come from the dataset StudentCourse, but how can I insert a check box before the record is merged?
Thanks for your help.

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That looks like a perfect job for MergeField event:

public void MergeWithCheckBoxInsertion()
{

    Document doc = new Document(MyPath + "MailMerge.MergeField - InsertCheckBox.doc");
    // Create DataTable and fill it with data.
    // In real life this DataTable should be filled from database.
    DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("StudentCourse");
    string coursename = "CourseName";
    dataTable.Columns.Add(coursename);
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
    {
        DataRow datarow = dataTable.NewRow();
        dataTable.Rows.Add(datarow);
        datarow[0] = coursename + i;
    }
    // Add a hadler for the MergeField event.
    checkBoxCount = 0;
    doc.MailMerge.MergeField += new MergeFieldEventHandler(HandleMergeWithCheckBox);
    // Execute mail merge with regions.
    doc.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(dataTable);
    // Save resulting document with a new name.
    string outFileName = MyPath + "MailMerge.MergeField - InsertCheckBox Out.doc";
    doc.Save(outFileName);
}
// Counter for CheckBox name generation
private int checkBoxCount;
/// 
/// This procedure is called for each merge field in the document
/// when Document.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions is called.
/// 
private void HandleMergeWithCheckBox(object sender, MergeFieldEventArgs e)
{

    if (e.DocumentFieldName == "CourseName")
    {
        // Insert the checkbox for this merge field, using DocumentBuilder.
        DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(e.Document);
        builder.MoveToMergeField(e.FieldName);
        builder.InsertCheckBox(e.DocumentFieldName + checkBoxCount, false, 0);
        builder.Write((string)e.FieldValue);
        checkBoxCount++;
    }
}
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Excellent and thanks for the quick response!
I will test this out and I think we will go ahead and place the order very soon if this work out.