Mail Merge Create MS Word Table

[john.nelson]

Hi - I use mailmerge tags to create word documnts. I need to populate a table with a given result set. So far I can do this by inserting a one row table the tablestart and tableend tags (and inside the table I have tags for that data set.

But I cannot seem to get the table to look right - it has an extra empty row or too much white space.

I know I can create a table using Aspose.slides for java with something like this…

ITable table = (ITable)shape;
IRow tblRow = table.getRows().get_Item(0);

List mitiSteps = risk.getMitigationSet().getMitigationStepsAsArrayList();
Iterator k = mitiSteps.iterator();

int mitiNumber = 0;
while (k.hasNext())
{

    MitigationStep mitigationStep = (MitigationStep)k.next();

    table.getRows().get_Item(mitiNumber).get_Item(0).getTextFrame().setText(mitigationStep.getTitle());
    table.getRows().get_Item(mitiNumber).get_Item(1).getTextFrame().setText(mitigationStep.getResponsiblePerson());
    table.getRows().get_Item(mitiNumber).get_Item(2).getTextFrame().setText(mitigationStep.getStartDate());
    table.getRows().get_Item(mitiNumber).get_Item(3).getTextFrame().setText(mitigationStep.getCompletedDate());
    table.getRows().get_Item(mitiNumber).get_Item(4).getTextFrame().setText(mitigationStep.getDescription());
    table.getRows().get_Item(mitiNumber).get_Item(5).getTextFrame().setText("");

    mitiNumber++;
    if (mitiSteps.size() > mitiNumber)
        // AddClone adds a row in the end of the table
        table.getRows().addClone(tblRow, false);
}

Is there a comparable way for Aspose.Word?

[tahir.manzoor]

Hi John,

Thanks for your inquiry. To ensure a timely and accurate response, please attach the following resources here for testing:

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[john.nelson]

I don’t really have time to create a project like that. I am looking for a simple answer. Is there a way to create a table in ms word programmatically in Aspose? If so, is there some example code for this?

[tahir.manzoor]

Hi John,

Thanks for your inquiry. Please check code examples shared in following documentation links to create table in Word documents.
Inserting a Table using DocumentBuilder
Inserting a Table Directly into the Document Object Model

Please let us know if you have any more queries.