Generate a form letter with WordTemplate. |
This demo's template document is in the format of a standard form letter. The recipient and author information is inserted into the document dynamically. You could also write the letter text and image into the document using WordTemplate.
public class FormLetterGenerator
{
private string recipName, recipStreetAddr, recipCity,
recipState, recipZip, authName, authTitle;
/// <summary>
/// Build the report with WordTemplate
/// </summary>
public void GenerateDocument()
{
//Information:
this.recipName = "Jon Smith";
this.recipStreetAddr = "123 Main Street";
this.recipCity = "Springfield";
this.recipState = "CO";
this.recipZip = "05555";
this.authName = "Sarah White";
this.authTitle = "CEO";
// Form the required WordWriter name array. The elements
// in this array correspond to the names of the
// merge fields in the template, and each element's array
// index should correspond to an element in the value array
string[] arrNames = {"RecipientName", "RecipientStreetAddr", "RecipientCity",
"RecipientState", "RecipientZip", "AuthorName", "AuthorTitle"};
// The value array. The value of the elements in this array
// contain info supplied in the web form. These values
// represent the data that will be dynamically populated
// in the template file.
object[] arrValues = {recipName, recipStreetAddr, recipCity,
recipState, recipZip, authName, authTitle};
// Create the WordTemplate object
WordTemplate wt = new WordTemplate();
// Open the template document
string templatePath = @"..\..\WordTemplateFiles\FormLetterTemplate.docx";
wt.Open(templatePath);
// Set the datasource with the name and value arrays defined above
wt.SetDataSource(arrValues, arrNames);
// Process the template
wt.Process();
//Save the document in the desired location
wt.Save(@"..\..\WordOutputFiles\FormLetter_output.docx");
}
}
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Template: FormLetterTemplate.docx Output: FormLetter_output.docx |