UseNonMergeFields- INCLUDETEXT- footer/header

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1

Hello
I’ve several word documents that use the same footer. I want to put the footer part in a single document and then merge the generic footer in my doc.
This is the perfect field type for me : << INCLUDETEXT <>
And… that work fine for me… I know that some users complains about that in forum, but for me is good! I just need to made replace("","\") to the filepath before merge it. So, my problem is that is not working in the FOOTER AREA !!!
I read a couple of forum threads about that subjet but nothing about this specific problem. Can you help me with this?
It seems that the property UseNonMergeFields = true, don’t have effect on the footer/header area. What you think?
Thanks
Nick

2

Hi
Thanks for your inquiry. If you need to do replacement during mail merge then you should use MergeField event handler. For example see the following code:

public void Test252()
{
    string[] names = { "mytext" };
    string[] values = { @"C:\Temp\my.txt" };
    Document doc = new Document(@"Test252\in.doc");
    doc.MailMerge.MergeField += new MergeFieldEventHandler(MailMerge_MergeField252);
    doc.MailMerge.Execute(names, values);
    doc.Save(@"Test252\out.doc");
}
void MailMerge_MergeField252(object sender, MergeFieldEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.FieldName == "mytext")
    {
        e.Text = e.FieldValue.ToString().Replace(@"\", @"\\");
    }
}

Hope this helps.
In this case you don’t need to use UseNonMergeFields. See the following link for more information.
https://reference.aspose.com/words/net/aspose.words.mailmerging/mailmerge/usenonmergefields/
Best regards.

3

Is not what i’m looking for…
I want to use the INCLUDETEXT in the footer area…
I can use the INCLUDETEXT in document but NOT in the footer area!
I think that the UseNonMergeFields do not work in the footer/header area.
If I put the same !! INCLUDETEXT !!MERGEFIELD!! !! in the footer and the core… The field in the core will work and the field in the footer will NOT work.
I don’t get the same result in the footer area that i get in the main area.
thanks
Nick

4

Hi
Sorry. I forgot to attach my documents. Please check the attached documents and let me know if this doesn’t work for you.
Also please attach your document for testing.
Best regards.

5

I found one solution.

For Each aStory As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range In _WordApplication.ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
aStory.Fields.Update()
Next aStory

I need to open a the document with word interop and update all fields in ALL RANGES. That work for me.
Thanks
Nick

6

Hi
It is nice that you found solution.
Best regards.