IMailMergeCallback

IMailMergeCallback interface

Implement this interface if you want to receive notifications while mail merge is performed.

public interface IMailMergeCallback

Methods

NameDescription
TagsReplaced()Called when “mustache” text tags are replaced with MERGEFIELD fields.

Examples

Shows how to define custom logic for handling events during mail merge.

public void Callback()
{
    Document doc = new Document();
    DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

    // Insert two mail merge tags referencing two columns in a data source.
    builder.Write("{{FirstName}}");
    builder.Write("{{LastName}}");

    // Create a data source that only contains one of the columns that our merge tags reference.
    DataTable table = new DataTable("Test");
    table.Columns.Add("FirstName");
    table.Rows.Add("John");
    table.Rows.Add("Jane");

    // Configure our mail merge to use alternative mail merge tags.
    doc.MailMerge.UseNonMergeFields = true;

    // Then, ensure that the mail merge will convert tags, such as our "LastName" tag,
    // into MERGEFIELDs in the merge documents.
    doc.MailMerge.PreserveUnusedTags = false;

    MailMergeTagReplacementCounter counter = new MailMergeTagReplacementCounter();
    doc.MailMerge.MailMergeCallback = counter;
    doc.MailMerge.Execute(table);

    Assert.AreEqual(1, counter.TagsReplacedCount);
}

/// <summary>
/// Counts the number of times a mail merge replaces mail merge tags that it could not fill with data with MERGEFIELDs.
/// </summary>
private class MailMergeTagReplacementCounter : IMailMergeCallback
{
    public void TagsReplaced()
    {
        TagsReplacedCount++;
    }

    public int TagsReplacedCount { get; private set; }
}

See Also

IFieldMergingCallback Interface IMailMergeDataSource Interface