NEXT in Regions

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1

Hi Roman,

I’ve got a multi row DataTable that I need to show in a three column word table.
The presented layout might look like this:

Row1Value Row2Value Row3Value
Row4Value Row5Value

I tried to use NEXT merge field to force moving to the next record but that didn’t seem
to produce desired effect. I ended up with this layout

Row1Value Row1Value Row1Value
Row2Value Row2Value Row2Value
…

Should NEXT field be honored here? Or what are my options?

Thanks!
Abdim

2

Hi Abdim,

This is an interesting approach and it should work because regions and no regions mail merge is performed by the same piece of code. I will look at this one.

3

Hi Abdim,

I’ve added a unit test for this scenario. It actually works fine. Just check your document to make sure you do have the NEXT fields.

Here is my code:

///


/// Abdim reported that NEXT in mail merge regions was not working. But it actually works.
///
[Test]
public void TestMailMergeRegionWithNext()
{
TestUtil.SetUnlimitedLicense();
Document doc = TestUtil.Open(“TestMailMergeRegionWithNext.doc”);

DataTable table = new DataTable(“Test”);
table.Columns.Add(“MyValue”);
table.Rows.Add(new object[] {“Value 1”});
table.Rows.Add(new object[] {“Value 2”});
table.Rows.Add(new object[] {“Value 3”});
table.Rows.Add(new object[] {“Value 4”});

doc.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(table);
doc.MailMerge.DeleteFields();

doc = TestUtil.SaveOpen(doc, “TestMailMergeRegionWithNext Out.doc”);

Assertion.AssertEquals(2, doc.Model.GetCountOf(typeof(MdlTableRow)));
Assertion.AssertEquals(
“Value 1\x0007Value 2\x0007Value 3\x0007\x0007” +
“Value 4\x0007\x0007\x0007\x0007\x000c”,
doc.Model.GetText());
}


My document has a table with one row and three cells.

First cell content:
?TableStart:Test??MyValue?

Second cell
NEXT?MyValue?

Third cell
NEXT?MyValue??TableEnd:Test?




4

Hi Roman,

I have tested this again in my template and it doesn’t work … however, I created
a new template and copied the table alone from the first template and that works!

This may be related to the multiple merges that I am performing on the document.

For each table in dataset
invoke Execute
or ExecuteWithRegions

I think that NEXT should be considered in the scope of the region. What do you think?
Pragmatic?

Regards,
Abdim

5

NEXT inside a region works properly. Email your original template to word@aspose.com and I will see what the problem was.