No merging taking place

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I’m looking at buying your product, and tried this example from this link and there is no merging taking place…
https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/mail-merge-and-reporting/

The template file is attached, and this is the code I’m using:

private void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    string fileTemplate = @"C:\TestPermissions\TestTemplate.doc";
    string fileModified = @"C:\TestPermissions\TestModified.doc";

    Aspose.Word.Document doc = new Aspose.Word.Document(fileTemplate);

    // Create an array of the field names
    string[] fieldNames = { "[[CustomerName]]" };
    // Create an array of the field values
    object[] fieldValues = { "New Name …" };

    //Fill the fields in the document with user data.
    doc.MailMerge.Execute(fieldNames, fieldValues);

    //Save the document
    doc.Save(fileModified);
}

Can you let me know if the problem is on my side?
Thanks.

2

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Aspose.Word.

Please also read the following topic describing how to insert merge fields into the document:

https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/mail-merge-template/

Basically, you should go to the Insert menu in MS Word and select Field… to open the Field dialog. Then select MergeField from the Field names list and enter a name for the merge field in the Field name text box. And do not enclose the merge field names in double square brackets ([[…]]) neither in the template nor in code - there’s no need for them.