GetRegionsByName

MailMerge.GetRegionsByName method

Returns a collection of mail merge regions with the specified name.

public IList<MailMergeRegionInfo> GetRegionsByName(string regionName)
ParameterTypeDescription
regionNameStringRegion name (case-insensitive).

Return Value

The list of regions.

Examples

Shows how to create, list, and read mail merge regions.

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

// "TableStart" and "TableEnd" tags, which go inside MERGEFIELDs,
// denote the strings that signify the starts and ends of mail merge regions.
Assert.AreEqual("TableStart", doc.MailMerge.RegionStartTag);
Assert.AreEqual("TableEnd", doc.MailMerge.RegionEndTag);

// Use these tags to start and end a mail merge region named "MailMergeRegion1",
// which will contain MERGEFIELDs for two columns.
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD TableStart:MailMergeRegion1");
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD Column1");
builder.Write(", ");
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD Column2");
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD TableEnd:MailMergeRegion1");

// We can keep track of merge regions and their columns by looking at these collections.
IList<MailMergeRegionInfo> regions = doc.MailMerge.GetRegionsByName("MailMergeRegion1");

Assert.AreEqual(1, regions.Count);
Assert.AreEqual("MailMergeRegion1", regions[0].Name);

string[] mergeFieldNames = doc.MailMerge.GetFieldNamesForRegion("MailMergeRegion1");

Assert.AreEqual("Column1", mergeFieldNames[0]);
Assert.AreEqual("Column2", mergeFieldNames[1]);

// Insert a region with the same name inside the existing region, which will make it a parent.
// Now a "Column2" field will be inside a new region.
builder.MoveToField(regions[0].Fields[1], false); 
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD TableStart:MailMergeRegion1");
builder.MoveToField(regions[0].Fields[1], true);
builder.InsertField(" MERGEFIELD TableEnd:MailMergeRegion1");

// If we look up the name of duplicate regions using the "GetRegionsByName" method,
// it will return all such regions in a collection.
regions = doc.MailMerge.GetRegionsByName("MailMergeRegion1");

Assert.AreEqual(2, regions.Count);
// Check that the second region now has a parent region.
Assert.AreEqual("MailMergeRegion1", regions[1].ParentRegion.Name);

mergeFieldNames = doc.MailMerge.GetFieldNamesForRegion("MailMergeRegion1", 1);

Assert.AreEqual("Column2", mergeFieldNames[0]);

See Also

MailMerge.GetFieldNamesForRegion MailMerge.GetRegionsHierarchy