MailMerge 2.4.0

.NET Core 2.0
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package MailMerge --version 2.4.0
NuGet\Install-Package MailMerge -Version 2.4.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="MailMerge" Version="2.4.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add MailMerge --version 2.4.0
#r "nuget: MailMerge, 2.4.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install MailMerge as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=MailMerge&version=2.4.0

// Install MailMerge as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=MailMerge&version=2.4.0

MailMerge for docx Documents

MailMerge replaces simple and complex merge fields in WordProcessingML .docx files and helps you apply .Net's Xml & XPath tooling to Word documents.

Component Usage

For Streams:
var (outputStream, errors) = new MailMerger().Merge(inputStream, Dictionary);
For Files:
var (ok,errors) = new MailMerger().Merge(inputFileName, Dictionary, outputFileName);

Set the current DateTime for date merge fields on MailMerger.DateTime, e.g. new MailMerger{DateTime=...}

CommandLine Usage

Merge a docx file:

dotnet MailMerge.dll inputFile1 outputFile1 [inputFileN [...outputFileN]] [ key=value [...] ]
  • example:
dotnet MailMerge.dll input1.docx output1Bill.docx  FirstName=Bill  "LastName=O Reilly"

Show a document's Xml:

dotnet MailMerge.dll  --showxml file [fileN ...]

Component Extension Methods & Helpers

stream.AsWordprocessingDocument(isEditable)
stream.AsXPathDocOfWordprocessingMainDocument(isEditable)
stream.AsXElementOfWordprocessingMainDocument(isEditable)

stream.GetXmlDocumentOfWordprocessingMainDocument()
fileInfo.GetXElementOfWordprocessingMainDocument()
fileInfo.GetXmlDocumentOfWordprocessingMainDocument()

A NamespaceManager, NameTable & Uri which you need when creating an XmlDocument and/or XElements:

var xdoc = new XmlDocument(OoXmlNamespace.Manager.NameTable)
var xelement= mainDocumentPart.CreateElement("w", "t", OoXmlNamespace.WpML2006MainUri)

Settings

None really, but see https://github.com/chrisfcarroll/MailMerge/blob/master/MailMerge/appsettings.json for settable limits. For commandline --showxml usage in scripts, you'll want to set appsettings.json::Logging.LogLevel to Information or higher

Doesn't do

  • Anything except simple fields, complex fields, DATE, PRINTDATE & SAVEDATE fields
  • Date formatting codes except a b B d D M y & h m s
  • Style/Formatting codes except these Date/Time formats
  • Multi-row datasources, just does 1 row at a time

Gotchas

  • Interprets .Net DateTime formatting codes that aren't in the WordProcessingML spec.

NuGet

https://www.nuget.org/packages/MailMerge/

How do I create a Word document with merge fields without attaching a datasource?

https://www.cafe-encounter.net/p2247/add-merge-fields-to-a-word-document-before-adding-a-datasource

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.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 is compatible.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last updated
2.5.1 35,444 6/9/2023
2.5.0 153 6/9/2023
2.4.0 78,987 11/24/2020
2.3.0 645 7/20/2020
2.2.1 1,386 6/9/2019
2.2.0 1,265 11/24/2018
2.1.0 1,242 3/31/2018
2.0.0 1,133 3/23/2018
1.0.1 1,057 2/27/2018

2.4.0 OoXml Spec requires all fields to be treated CaseInsensitively
     2.3.0 Merges multi-line (\n or \n\r) input fields into a single <w:r>
           Breaking Change: Moved namespace MailMerge.Helpers -> MailMerge
     2.2.1 Should not require the existence of appsettings.json
     2.2.0 Handle more variations of w:instrText sequence.
     2.1.0 Added support for Complex Field Character sequences.
     2.0.0 Renamed component MailMerge.MailMerge to MailMerge.MailMerger