FieldUpdateCultureSource

FieldUpdateCultureSource enumeration

Indicates what culture to use during field update.

public enum FieldUpdateCultureSource

Values

NameValueDescription
CurrentThread0The culture of the current execution thread is used to update fields.
FieldCode1The culture specified in the field formatting properties via language setting is used.

Examples

Shows how to specify the source of the culture used for date formatting during a field update or mail merge.

Document doc = new Document();
DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(doc);

// Insert two merge fields with German locale.
builder.Font.LocaleId = new CultureInfo("de-DE").LCID;
builder.InsertField("MERGEFIELD Date1 \\@ \"dddd, d MMMM yyyy\"");
builder.Write(" - ");
builder.InsertField("MERGEFIELD Date2 \\@ \"dddd, d MMMM yyyy\"");

// Set the current culture to US English after preserving its original value in a variable.
CultureInfo currentCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US");

// This merge will use the current thread's culture to format the date, US English.
doc.MailMerge.Execute(new[] { "Date1" }, new object[] { new DateTime(2020, 1, 01) });

// Configure the next merge to source its culture value from the field code. The value of that culture will be German.
doc.FieldOptions.FieldUpdateCultureSource = FieldUpdateCultureSource.FieldCode;
doc.MailMerge.Execute(new[] { "Date2" }, new object[] { new DateTime(2020, 1, 01) });

// The first merge result contains a date formatted in English, while the second one is in German.
Assert.AreEqual("Wednesday, 1 January 2020 - Mittwoch, 1 Januar 2020", doc.Range.Text.Trim());

// Restore the thread's original culture.
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = currentCulture;

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