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 the mail merge template and pastes its data into the document.

• Code
• Result

// Wraps the text runs in the mail merge fields and returns the mail merge template document.

// Returns the ApiDocumentContent object whith represents the mail merge template 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);