C#: XML + template = new document?

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Locusta - 29 Oct 2006 11:03 GMT

Hello,

I would like to use Word for printing the documents from our C# application.
I know how to create a template in Word using the schema of my xml source,
but I cannot easily find how to present the XML data to the word document and
do the mailmerge. All samples I have found so far are based on SQL statements.

My output document is for example an invoice, with one-to-many relationships.

Any suggestion is very welcome

Regards,
Dirk

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 29 Oct 2006 11:36 GMT

Sounds like you are probably trying to perform a "multiple items per
condition (=key field)" mailmerge which Word does not really have the
ability to do:

See the "Group Multiple items for a single condition" item on fellow MVP
Cindy Meister's website at

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/mergfaq1.htm#DBPic

Or take a look at the following Knowledge Base Article

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;211303

http://www.knowhow.com/Guides/CompoundMerges/CompoundMerge.htm

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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> Regards,
> Dirk

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