GetFieldNames

MailMerge.GetFieldNames method

Returns a collection of mail merge field names available in the document.

public string[] GetFieldNames()

Remarks

Returns full merge field names including optional prefix. Does not eliminate duplicate field names.

A new string array is created on every call.

Includes “mustache” field names if UseNonMergeFields is true.

Examples

Shows how to get names of all merge fields in a document.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD FirstName ");
builder.Write(" ");
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD LastName ");
builder.InsertParagraph();
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD City ");

DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("MyTable");
dataTable.Columns.Add("FirstName");
dataTable.Columns.Add("LastName");
dataTable.Columns.Add("City");
dataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "John", "Doe", "New York" });
dataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { "Joe", "Bloggs", "Washington" });

// For every MERGEFIELD name in the document, ensure that the data table contains a column
// with the same name, and then execute the mail merge. 
string[] fieldNames = doc.MailMerge.GetFieldNames();

Assert.AreEqual(3, fieldNames.Length);

foreach (string fieldName in fieldNames)
    Assert.True(dataTable.Columns.Contains(fieldName));

doc.MailMerge.Execute(dataTable);

See Also

MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegionsADO MailMerge.GetFieldNamesForRegion