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GetMailMergeTemplateDocContent

Returns the mail merge template document.

Syntax​

expression.GetMailMergeTemplateDocContent();

expression - A variable that represents a Api class.

Parameters​

This method doesn't have any parameters.

Returns​

ApiDocumentContent

Example​

This example gets mail merge template and paste some data of it into the document.

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let paragraph = doc.GetElement(0);
let fields = ["Greeting line", "First name", "Last name"];
for (let i = 0; i < fields.length; ++i) 
{
	let run = Api.CreateRun();
	run.AddText(fields[i]);
	paragraph.AddElement(run);
	run.WrapInMailMergeField();
	paragraph.AddText(" ");
}
paragraph.AddText("!");
Api.LoadMailMergeData([fields, ["Dear", "John", "Smith"], ["Hello", "Lara", "Davis"]]);

let template = Api.GetMailMergeTemplateDocContent();
let receptionsCount = Api.GetMailMergeReceptionsCount();
let receptions = [];
for (let i = 0; i < receptionsCount; ++i) 
{
	Api.MailMerge(i, i);
	receptions.push(doc.GetElement(0));
	Api.ReplaceDocumentContent(template);
}
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddLineBreak();
paragraph.AddText("Receptions");
paragraph.SetBold(true);
doc.Push(paragraph);
doc.Push(receptions[0]);
doc.Push(receptions[1]);
paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddLineBreak();
paragraph.AddText("The mail merge process was run twice for each mail merge reception. But the results were replaced with the mail merge template document content. This template allows you to save each mail merge reception to the separate file.");
doc.Push(paragraph);