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.

• Code
• Result

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);