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25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions Mail-Merge/Generate-invoices-from-xml-data/.NET/Generate-invoices-from-xml-data.sln
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Invoices>
<Invoice>
<InvoiceNumber>12345</InvoiceNumber>
<Date>2025-04-28</Date>
<CustomerName>John Doe</CustomerName>
<Products>
<Position>1</Position>
<ProductSku>SKU123</ProductSku>
<ProductName>Product A</ProductName>
<Price>100.00</Price>
</Products>
<Products>
<Position>2</Position>
<ProductSku>SKU124</ProductSku>
<ProductName>Product B</ProductName>
<Price>200.00</Price>
</Products>
<Products>
<Position>3</Position>
<ProductSku>SKU125</ProductSku>
<ProductName>Product C</ProductName>
<Price>200.00</Price>
</Products>
<TotalAmount>500.00</TotalAmount>
</Invoice>
<Invoice>
<InvoiceNumber>10295</InvoiceNumber>
<Date>2025-04-20</Date>
<CustomerName>Paul Henriot</CustomerName>
<Products>
<Position>1</Position>
<ProductSku>SKU123</ProductSku>
<ProductName>Product D</ProductName>
<Price>150.00</Price>
</Products>
<Products>
<Position>2</Position>
<ProductSku>SKU124</ProductSku>
<ProductName>Product E</ProductName>
<Price>200.00</Price>
</Products>
<Products>
<Position>3</Position>
<ProductSku>SKU125</ProductSku>
<ProductName>Product F</ProductName>
<Price>220.00</Price>
</Products>
<TotalAmount>570.00</TotalAmount>
</Invoice>
</Invoices>

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<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

<PropertyGroup>
<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
<RootNamespace>Generate_invoices_from_xml_data</RootNamespace>
<ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
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77 changes: 77 additions & 0 deletions Mail-Merge/Generate-invoices-from-xml-data/.NET/Generate-invoices-from-xml-data/Program.cs
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using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using System.Dynamic;
using System.Xml;

namespace Generate_invoices_from_xml_data
{
class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Load the template Word document
WordDocument document = new WordDocument(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"));
// To start each record at new page, so enable this property
document.MailMerge.StartAtNewPage = true;
// Perform the mail merge for the group
document.MailMerge.ExecuteNestedGroup(GetRelationalData());
// Save the result Word document.
document.Save(Path.GetFullPath("../../../Output/Output.docx"));
// Close the Word document
document.Close();
}
#region Helper Method
static MailMergeDataTable GetRelationalData()
{
//Gets data from XML
Stream xmlStream = File.OpenRead(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/InvoiceDetails.xml"));
XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
xmlDocument.Load(xmlStream);
xmlStream.Dispose();

ExpandoObject customerDetails = new ExpandoObject();
GetDataAsExpandoObject((xmlDocument as XmlNode).LastChild, ref customerDetails);
// Treat customerDetails as a dictionary
IDictionary<string, object> customerDict = customerDetails as IDictionary<string, object>;
// Get the "Invoices" list
List<ExpandoObject> invoicesList = customerDict["Invoices"] as List<ExpandoObject>;
// Take the first item in that list
IDictionary<string, object> firstInvoiceGroup = invoicesList[0] as IDictionary<string, object>;
// Get the "Invoice" list from that group
List<ExpandoObject> invoices = firstInvoiceGroup["Invoice"] as List<ExpandoObject>;
//Creates an instance of "MailMergeDataTable" by specifying mail merge group name and "IEnumerable" collection
MailMergeDataTable dataTable = new MailMergeDataTable("Invoices", invoices);
return dataTable;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the data as ExpandoObject.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="reader">The reader.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="System.Exception">reader</exception>
/// <exception cref="XmlException">Unexpected xml tag + reader.LocalName</exception>
private static void GetDataAsExpandoObject(XmlNode node, ref ExpandoObject dynamicObject)
{
if (node.InnerText == node.InnerXml)
dynamicObject.TryAdd(node.LocalName, node.InnerText);
else
{
List<ExpandoObject> childObjects;
if ((dynamicObject as IDictionary<string, object>).ContainsKey(node.LocalName))
childObjects = (dynamicObject as IDictionary<string, object>)[node.LocalName] as List<ExpandoObject>;
else
{
childObjects = new List<ExpandoObject>();
dynamicObject.TryAdd(node.LocalName, childObjects);
}
ExpandoObject childObject = new ExpandoObject();
foreach (XmlNode childNode in (node as XmlNode).ChildNodes)
{
GetDataAsExpandoObject(childNode, ref childObject);
}
childObjects.Add(childObject);
}
}
#endregion
}
}

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