Added sample for Mail-merge-with-JSON

Author: antonihil-SF3111

Mail-Merge/Mail-merge-with-JSON/.NET/Mail-merge-with-JSON.sln

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+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 16
+VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.31911.196
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Mail-merge-with-JSON", "Mail-merge-with-JSON\Mail-merge-with-JSON.csproj", "{D3AF529E-DB54-4294-A876-DD42E1E472D0}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{D3AF529E-DB54-4294-A876-DD42E1E472D0}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{D3AF529E-DB54-4294-A876-DD42E1E472D0}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{D3AF529E-DB54-4294-A876-DD42E1E472D0}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{D3AF529E-DB54-4294-A876-DD42E1E472D0}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
+		SolutionGuid = {58137FF9-5AE1-4514-9929-3A8A7DA1DFEB}
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal

Mail-Merge/Mail-merge-with-JSON/.NET/Mail-merge-with-JSON/Input.docx

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+{ "Employee": [{"EmployeeId":1001,"Name":"Peter","Phone":"+122-2222222","City":"London"}]}

Mail-Merge/Mail-merge-with-JSON/.NET/Mail-merge-with-JSON/Json Data.json

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>Mail_merge_with_JSON</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="*" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

Mail-Merge/Mail-merge-with-JSON/.NET/Mail-merge-with-JSON/Mail-merge-with-JSON.csproj

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+using Syncfusion.DocIO;
+using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace Mail_merge_with_JSON
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Input.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
+            {
+                //Open the template document.
+                using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStream, FormatType.Docx))
+                {
+                    //Get the Json data details as DataTable
+                    List<object> jsonData = GetJsonData();
+
+                    // Perform mail merge with the prepared data table.
+                    document.MailMerge.Execute(jsonData);
+
+                    //Create file stream.
+                    using (FileStream outputStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
+                    {
+                        //Save the Word document to file stream.
+                        document.Save(outputStream, FormatType.Docx);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        #region Helper methods
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Prepares the data table from JSON data for processing.
+        /// </summary>
+        private static List<object> GetJsonData()
+        {
+            //Reads the JSON object from JSON file.
+            JObject jsonObject = JObject.Parse(File.ReadAllText(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Json Data.json")));
+            //Converts JSON object to Dictionary.
+            IDictionary<string, object> data = GetData(jsonObject);
+            return data["Employee"] as List<object>;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets data from JSON object.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="jsonObject">JSON object.</param>
+        /// <returns>Dictionary of data.</returns>
+        private static IDictionary<string, object> GetData(JObject jsonObject)
+        {
+            Dictionary<string, object> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, object>();
+            foreach (var item in jsonObject)
+            {
+                object keyValue = null;
+                if (item.Value is JArray)
+                    keyValue = GetData((JArray)item.Value);
+                else if (item.Value is JToken)
+                    keyValue = ((JToken)item.Value).ToObject<string>();
+                dictionary.Add(item.Key, keyValue);
+            }
+            return dictionary;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets array of items from JSON array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="jArray">JSON array.</param>
+        /// <returns>List of objects.</returns>
+        private static List<object> GetData(JArray jArray)
+        {
+            List<object> jArrayItems = new List<object>();
+            foreach (var item in jArray)
+            {
+                object keyValue = null;
+                if (item is JObject)
+                    keyValue = GetData((JObject)item);
+                jArrayItems.Add(keyValue);
+            }
+            return jArrayItems;
+        }
+        #endregion
+    }
+}