Open office Writer fields supported for mail merge and fields update

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1

Hi,
I’m testing mail merge and fields update with .odt template.
I’m using this code for my tests :

Aspose.Words.License Lica = new Aspose.Words.License();
Lica.SetLicense(@\\...\Aspose.Total.lic);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(@\\...\data.xml);
Document d = new Document(@\\...\TestTemplate.odt);
d.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(ds);
d.UpdateFields();
d.Save(@\\...\Test2.odt);

It works fine with mergefields ( , , , …)
Is there other Open office Writer fields supported, like conditionnal text, hidden text, hidden paragraph, etc ?
Could you please give me a list of supported fields, and if you plan to support the others?
Thanks

2

Hi

Thanks for your request. Here is list of FieldTypes supported upon ODT export/import:

FieldType.FieldPageRef
FieldType.FieldRef
FieldType.FieldRevisionNum
FieldType.FieldEditTime
FieldType.FieldKeyword
FieldType.FieldSubject
FieldType.FieldComments 
FieldType.FieldTemplate
FieldType.FieldMergeRec
FieldType.FieldNext
FieldType.FieldMergeField
FieldType.FieldUserInitials
FieldType.FieldUserName
FieldType.FieldFileName
FieldType.FieldPage
FieldType.FieldNumWords
FieldType.FieldNumPages
FieldType.FieldSequence
FieldType.FieldHyperlink
FieldType.FieldTitle
FieldType.FieldAuthor
FieldType.FieldLastSavedBy
FieldType.FieldDate
FieldType.FieldTime
FieldType.FieldPrintDate
FieldType.FieldSaveDate
FieldType.FieldCreateDate
FieldType.FieldFormTextInput
FieldType.FieldFormDropDown
FieldType.FieldFormCheckBox
FieldType.FieldSet
FieldType.FieldDocProperty

Here you can find full list of FieldTypes:
https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words.fields/fieldtype/
Also, I think the following article could be useful for you:
https://docs.aspose.com/words/net/update-fields/
Best regards.

3

Hi,
Thanks for these informations.
Do you plan to support Conditionnal text, hidden paragraph and/or hidden text in odt template ?

4

Hi

Thanks for your request. It seems these field are some kind of IF field in MS Word. Sure will consider supporting these fields in one of future version of Aspose.Words. Your request has been linked to the appropriate issue. You will be notified as soon as it is resolved.
Best regards.