Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture

Author: DharanyaSakthivel-SF4210

Mail-Merge/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture/.NET/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture.sln

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+
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+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
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+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-date-in-German-culture/.NET/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture/Data/Template.docx

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>Mail_merge_date_in_German_culture</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="Data\Template.docx">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+    <None Update="Output\.gitkeep">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>

Mail-Merge/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture/.NET/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture.csproj

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Mail-Merge/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture/.NET/Mail-merge-date-in-German-culture/Output/.gitkeep

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+using Syncfusion.DocIO;
+using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Mail_merge_date_in_German_culture
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
+            {
+                //Opens the template document.
+                using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStream, FormatType.Docx))
+                {
+                    //Execute mail merge
+                    string[] fieldnames = { "Name", "Date" };
+                    string[] fieldvalues = { "Andrew", DateTime.Now.ToString() };
+
+                    //Hook the even to do the date format changes during mail merge
+                    document.MailMerge.MergeField += ChangeDateLanguauge;
+                    document.MailMerge.Execute(fieldnames, fieldvalues);
+                    //Creates file stream.
+                    using (FileStream outputStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
+                    {
+                        //Saves the Word document to file stream.
+                        document.Save(outputStream, FormatType.Docx);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        static void ChangeDateLanguauge(object sender, MergeFieldEventArgs args)
+        {
+            //Check whether date is merge for this merge field
+            if (args.FieldName == "Date")
+            {
+                //Get the date value
+                string dateValue = args.FieldValue.ToString();
+                //Parse the date value
+                DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(dateValue);
+                //Convert the date value to German culture in the same date format 
+                string formattedDate = date.ToString(args.CurrentMergeField.DateFormat, new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE"));
+                //Set the date value to the current merge field
+                args.Text = formattedDate;
+
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}