.
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Use
...
a
...
repeat
...
block
...
to
...
import
...
multiple
...
rows
...
from
...
a
...
data
...
source.
...
A
...
repeat
...
block
...
is
...
a
...
fragment
...
in
...
the
...
template
...
document
...
-
...
defined
...
by
...
a
...
Word
...
bookmark
...
-
...
that
...
contains
...
...
...
and
...
that
...
will
...
be
...
repeated
...
for
...
each
...
row
...
in
...
a
...
data
...
source.
...
To
...
import
...
multiple
...
rows
...
from
...
a
...
single
...
data
...
source,
...
create
...
a
...
repeat
...
block
...
in
...
the
...
template
...
and,
...
in
...
the
...
WordWriter
...
code,
...
call
...
SetRepeatBlock
...
to
...
bind
...
the
...
repeat
...
block
...
to
...
a
...
data
...
source.
...
The
...
main
...
document
...
is
...
any
...
part
...
of
...
the
...
template
...
that
...
is
...
not
...
within
...
a
...
repeat
...
block.
...
SetDataSource
...
sets
...
a
...
single-row
...
data
...
source
...
for
...
merge
...
fields
...
in
...
the
...
main
...
document.
...
If
...
you
...
pass
...
SetDataSource
...
a
...
ResultSet
...
that
...
contains
...
more
...
than
...
one
...
row,
...
WordWriter
...
will
...
import
...
the
...
first
...
row
...
to
...
the
...
template.
...
Multiple
...
row
...
data
...
sources
...
can
...
be
...
imported
...
to
...
repeat
...
blocks
...
only,
...
not
...
to
...
main
...
document
...
merge
...
fields.
...
To
...
create
...
a
...
repeat
...
block:
...
- In
...
- Microsoft
...
- Word,
...
- create
...
- a
...
- text
...
- fragment,
...
- a
...
- list,
...
- or
...
- a
...
- table
...
- row
...
- that
...
- contains
...
...
...
- .
- Select the text,
...
- list,
...
- or
...
- table
...
- row
...
- that
...
- you
...
- want
...
- to
...
- define
...
- as
...
- a
...
- repeat
...
- block.
...
- Open
...
- the
...
- Insert
...
- menu
...
- and
...
- select
...
- Bookmark...
...
- to
...
- open
...
- the
...
- Bookmark
...
- dialog.
...
- Enter
...
- a
...
- bookmark
...
- name
...
- and
...
- click
...
- Add
...
- .
...
In
...
Microsoft
...
Word,
...
bookmarks
...
are
...
not
...
marked
...
by
...
default.
...
To
...
see
...
which
...
document
...
fragments
...
are
...
bookmarks:
...
- Open
...
- the
...
- Tools
...
- menu
...
- and
...
- select
...
- Options...
...
- Select
...
- the
...
- View
...
- tab.
...
- Under
...
- Show
...
- ,
...
- check
...
- Bookmarks
...
- .
...
- Bookmarks
...
- will
...
- be
...
- marked
...
- by
...
- grey
...
- brackets.
...
Whether
...
the
...
template
...
will
...
bind
...
to
...
one
...
data
...
source
...
or
...
several,
...
merge
...
fields
...
are
...
not
...
required
...
in
...
the
...
main
...
document.
...
To
...
import
...
multiple
...
rows
...
from
...
a
...
single
...
data
...
source,
...
use
...
a
...
repeat
...
block
...
only,
...
and
...
do
...
not
...
include
...
any
...
merge
...
fields
...
in
...
the
...
main
...
document.
...
The
...
repeat
...
block
...
can
...
span
...
all
...
the
...
content
...
in
...
the
...
document.
...
For
...
example,
...
by
...
defining
...
a
...
repeat
...
block
...
with
...
a
...
bookmark
...
that
...
spans
...
an
...
entire
...
page,
...
and
...
setting
...
a
...
multiple-row
...
data
...
source,
...
you
...
can
...
use
...
WordWriter
...
to
...
create
...
multiple
...
form
...
letters:
...
Here is some example code that demonstrates the usage of SetRepeatBlock with a DataTable that has multiple rows. This code inserts data into merge fields "FirstName" and "LastName" enclosed in the repeat block named "BookMarkName".
| Csharp |
|---|
void GenerateDocument(int employeeID)
{
//--- Query the database
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
using(SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connString))
{
string sql =
"SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Employee";
SqlDataAdapter adpt = new SqlDataAdapter(sql, conn);
adpt.Fill(dt);
}
//--- Use a DataTable as the data source
WordTemplate wt = new WordTemplate();
wt.Open(templatePath);
wt.SetRepeatBlock(dt, "BookMarkName");
wt.Process();
wt.Save(Page.Response, "RepeatBlockOutput.doc", false);
}
{csharp}
{vbnet}
Private Sub |
| Vbnet |
|---|
Private Sub GenerateDocument(ByVal employeeID As Integer)
Query the database Dim dt As Newdatabase
conn)
'--- Use a DataTable as the data source Dim wt As Newsource
"BookMarkName")
"RepeatBlockOutput.doc", False)
Sub |
Code Sample:
...
...
Merge
...
using
...
Repeat
...
Blocks
...
The
...
following
...
code
...
sample
...
demonstrates
...
the
...
use
...
of
...
SetRepeatBlock
...
to
...
emulate
...
...
merge
...
behavior.
...
The
...
repeat
...
block
...
spans
...
an
...
entire
...
page
...
within
...
the
...
document.
...
This
...
causes
...
a
...
new
...
page
...
to
...
be
...
created
...
for
...
each
...
recipient
...
in
...
the
...
database:
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