I’m having an issue when it comes to Aspose.Words 10.0 mail merge in conjunction with IF fields in Word.
Let me explain it step by step.
Steps:
- There is a source document (see attachment “aaaa_uk_test_01.doc”) that contains merges field and conditional fields:
In ensured that I have selected all text and hit F9 to update all calculated fields before saving this document.
- The print preview of that source document looks like this:
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Next, doing a mail merge with Aspose.Words and just to be sure call UpdateFields and UpdatePageLayout.
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the generated document (see attachment “aaaa_uk_test_01 (16).doc”) looks like this:
- Strange enough, the print preview of that generated document looks like this (i.e. it is blank):
- Selecting all text and hitting F9 to update all calculated fields, the preview of the document looks correct:
Summary:
For me this looks like an issue in the Aspose.Words mail merge engine. On the other hand, it could be that I’m doing something wrong here.
Question:
Can you tell me how to solve this and have the generated document behave correctly?
Thanks
Uwe