Remove label text when no data in mail merge field

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1

Hi,
I have the mail merge regions document like this example:

<<TableStart:Item>>
      Item Name:                 <<ItemName>
      Item Number:              <<ItemNumber>>
      Item Information:         <<ItemInformation>>
      ......

<<TableEnd:Item>>

Let’s say for example, if in the source XML, I have the no data for the merge field ItemInformation (<<ItemInformation>>. Is there a way to remove the whole row about Item Information (the merge field and the label text as well?

2

Hi
Thanks for your request. I think, you can use IFieldMergingCallback to achieve what you need:
https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words.mailmerging/ifieldmergingcallback/
I created a simple example for you. Please see the attached field and the code below:

[Test]
public void Test001()
{
    // Create a dummy datasource.
    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    ds.ReadXml(@"Test001\data.xml");
    // Open template and execute mail merge.
    Document doc = new Document(@"Test001\in.doc");
    // Specify field merging callback that will remove paragraphs with empty mergefields.
    doc.MailMerge.FieldMergingCallback = new FieldMergingCallback();
    doc.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(ds);
    doc.Save(@"Test001\out.doc");
}
private class FieldMergingCallback: IFieldMergingCallback
{
    public void FieldMerging(FieldMergingArgs args)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty((string) args.FieldValue))
        {
            // Get paragraph where the empty value should be inserted and remove it.
            Paragraph paragraph = (Paragraph) args.Field.Start.GetAncestor(NodeType.Paragraph);
            if (paragraph != null)
                paragraph.Remove();
        }
    }
    void IFieldMergingCallback.ImageFieldMerging(ImageFieldMergingArgs args)
    {
        // do nothing
    }
}

Hope this helps.
Best regards,

3

Works wonderful with paragraph but Alexey, I should mention all of my fields are in table. So how can I get the row with the empty field and delete it? Thank you.
Regards
Tld

4

Hi Alexey,
Don’t worry, I got it working with my table now. I just change your code to

public void FieldMerging(FieldMergingArgs args) <? XML : NAMESPACE PREFIX = O />
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty((string) args.FieldValue))
    {
        // Get row where the empty value should be inserted and remove it.
        Row row = (Row) args.Field.Start.GetAncestor(NodeType.Row);
        if (row != null)
            row.Remove();
    }
}

Thank you very much.
Regards
tld

5

Hi
It is perfect that you managed to implement what you need. Please feel free to ask in case of any issues, we will be glad to help you.
Best regards,