'Mustache' mail merge and section breaks

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Hi, when using the ‘Mustache’ mail merge option if the <span style=“font-size:10.0pt;font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:“Times New Roman”;
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA”>{{#foreach}} <span style=“font-size:10.0pt;font-family:“Arial”,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:“Times New Roman”;
mso-ansi-language:EN-AU;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA”>{{/foreach}} section spans a section break the error below is thrown:


{“Mail merge region ‘PL_NOA’ is badly formed. TableStart and TableEnd should be in the same section, same table row or same table cell.”}

Sample code below:

DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(@“c:\temp\PL_NOA_data.xml”);
Aspose.Words.Document doc = new Aspose.Words.Document(@“c:\temp\PL_NOA.docx”);
doc.MailMerge.CleanupOptions=Aspose.Words.MailMerging.MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveUnusedFields|Aspose.Words.MailMerging.MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveEmptyParagraphs|Aspose.Words.MailMerging.MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveUnusedRegions|Aspose.Words.MailMerging.MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveContainingFields;
doc.MailMerge.UseNonMergeFields = true;
doc.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(ds);
doc.Save(@“c:\temp\PL_NOA_output.docx”);

Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?

Have attached the template and XML

Regards,
Bernard
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Hi Bernard,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Please note that TableStart and TableEnd fields must be inside the same
section in the document. Please remove the section break inside {{#foreach}} and {{/foreach}} from your document.

I suggest you please read the rules when marking a region from here:
http://www.aspose.com/docs/display/wordsnet/Mail+Merge+with+Regions+Explained

In your case, I suggest you please replace section break with page break. Please check the attached document. Hope this helps you.

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Thanks for the tip. All good.

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Hi Bernard,

Please feel free to ask if you have any question about Aspose.Words, we will be happy to help you.