MailMergeOptions.MergeDuplicateRegions

MailMergeOptions MergeDuplicateRegions property. Gets or sets a value indicating whether all of the document mail merge regions with the name of a data source should be merged while executing of a mail merge with regions against the data source or just the first one.

MailMergeOptions.MergeDuplicateRegions property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether all of the document mail merge regions with the name of a data source should be merged while executing of a mail merge with regions against the data source or just the first one.

public bool MergeDuplicateRegions { get; set; }

Remarks

The default value is false.

Examples

Shows how to merge duplicated regions.

DataTable dt = new DataTable("Items");
dt.Columns.Add("Item");
dt.Columns.Add("Quantity");
dt.Columns.Add("Price");
dt.Rows.Add("Orange", 5, 10);
dt.Rows.Add("Apple", 10, 4);
dt.Rows.Add(null, null, null); // empty row.
dt.Rows.Add("Pear", 4, 6);

MailMergeOptions mailMergeOptions = new MailMergeOptions();
mailMergeOptions.MergeDuplicateRegions = true;
mailMergeOptions.CleanupOptions = MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveEmptyParagraphs | MailMergeCleanupOptions.RemoveEmptyTableRows;

MailMerger.ExecuteWithRegions(MyDir + "MailMergeTemplateRegions.docx",
    ArtifactsDir + "MailMergeOptions.MergeDuplicateRegions.docx",
    SaveFormat.Docx,
    dt,
    mailMergeOptions);

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