We have a template in Word, where we find and replace variables. e.g:Client Name.
Is there a way to autofill the variables with the content entered. I explored through mail merge and template/form fields. But did not get a user friendly material for a novice.
Kindly let me know if there is an walkthrough for the same.
I think you can do it with some fields. I recently had to overcome some of the limitations of Word's mail merge features by creating local variables.
You can create local variables in word by doing the following
{ SET localClientName { MERGEFIELD ClientName }}
The above creates a local variable called localClientName which can be referenced anywhere in the document by the following:
{ localClientName }
You just need to be sure to use the matched quotes. These are created by pressing 'ctr + F9.' It will not work if you use normal curly braces.
I hope this helps.
You can set variables like this:
{ SET someTextToRepeat "Here's some plain text" }
{ SET paymentDetails "Payment Details: { MERGEFIELD Invoice.Total }" }
And you can reference paymentDetails like this
{ paymentDetails }
Remember not to just type the {} but press Ctrl-F9 to create them.
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I have an existing email template file for Outlook with To, CC, Subject and Body prefilled.
I can replace the values I need on the subject just fine, however, when it comes to the HTMLBody part, it only replaces values outside the table; I've tested this by putting all 15 placeholders outside the table.
In Powershell, I defined an array with the items that will be replaced and another that reads the values from a JSON file, then I loop through both in order to replace the values on the HTMLBody.
This is the code in question:
$emailToreplaceValues=#(
"[DailyReportDate]",
"[DailyReportSuccess]",
"[DailyReportFailure]",
"[DailyReportFailureRate]"
)
$newValues=#(
$valuesJSON.DailyReport.Date,
$valuesJSON.DailyReport.Success,
$valuesJSON.DailyReport.Failure,
$dailyReportFailureRate
)
$reportEmail = $outlookObj.CreateItemFromTemplate("$emailTemplate")
$reportEmail.Subject = $reportEmail.Subject.Replace("[date]", $date)
for($i=0;$i -le $newValues.Count;$i++) {
$reportEmail.HTMLBody = $reportEmail.HTMLBody.Replace($emailToreplaceValues[$i], $newValues[$i])
}
There's more values but for the sake of brevity, I only included a few of the values, from my understanding, the issue is that some of those values are inside a HTML table cell but I don't know if I can access the table or cells directly.
Firstly, do not use MailItem.HTMLBody property as variable - it is expensive to set and read, and it might not be the same HTML you set as Outlook performs some massaging and validation. Introduce an explicit variable, set it to the value of HTMLBody, do all your string replacements in a loop using that variable, then set the MailItem.HTMLBody property once.
You can also try to output the value of that variable to make sure the old values to be replaced are really there and are not broken by HTML formatting or encoding.
For the sake of future reference, the only way I was able to fix this, was by grabbing the html code off the email that I based my email template off.
I organized it so that any tags I want replaced are in their own line without anything else other than the spaces for indentation, then defined it as a variable that goes through the replace cycle and gets assigned to the MailItem.HTMLBody property after the replace cycle.
I've inserted a date field in mail merge and set it to the automatically update. But when I dispatch the data file from the original mail merge the automatically update functionality of the date doesn't removed. But I want to remove it automatically as well as the user dispatch the data file from the mail merge.
Please give your kind suggestions to remove the automatically update functionality on date.
Nest the date field inside a { QUOTE } field, e.g.
{ QUOTE { DATE } }
Where both pairs of {} are the special field code brace pairs that you can insert in Windows Word using ctrl-F9.
I'm a SSIS newbie. I wanna format the inputs of my flat file before saving the entries in a database table. Initially I created a flat file as follows:-
"1","Superman","Metropolis"
"2","Batman","Gotham"
"3","Spiderman","New York"
"4","James Bond","London"
"5","Green Lantern","Oa"
The solution for stripping this was simple as shown here http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1316/strip-double-quotes-from-an-import-file-in-integration-services-ssis/
But now i have created a new similar package and given my input file like this:-
"6", "TMNT", "Sewers NY"
"7", "Iron Man", "New York"
Note here I've put a space after the delimiting comma. Now when I follow the above method the first number field stripped of the double quotes, but rest of the entries retain their quotes. Any idea how to work around this? One suggestion on a similar question on stackoverflow mentioned use of a "Transformation script". Since I'm a newbie can anyone please throw light on this method?
Yes, you can use Script component transformation. Select all columns, and change them to ReadWrite. The code:
public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row)
{
Row.ID = Row.ID.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
Row.Movie = Row.Movie.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
Row.City = Row.City.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
}
If you want to trim the spaces you can use
Row.ID.Replace("\"", string.Empty).Trim();
You would also need to take care if you want to preserve the values that are " ". Please post if the suggestion was helpful or if you have any questions.
In the 'General' tab you can set a text qualifier of ". Then those quotes will be ignored.
Then you don't need to write error prone script when there is a simple solution.
I need to add a few fields to a Word 2010 DOTX template which are to be populated automatically with custom content at "run time" when the document is opened in a C# program using Word Interop services. I don't see any way to assign a unique name to "Ask" or "Fill-In" fields when adding them to the template via the QuickParts ribbon-menu option.
When I iterate the document.Fields collection in the C# program, I must know which field I'm referencing, so it can be assigned the correct value.
It seems things have changed between previous versions of Word and Word 2010. So, if you answer please make sure your answer applies to 2010. Don't assume that what used to work in previous versions works in 2010. Much appreciated, since I rarely work with Word and feel like a dolt when trying to figure out the ribbon menuing in 2010.
You are correct in that fields don't necessarily have a built-in way to uniquely distinguish themselves from other field instances (other than its index in the Fields collection). However, you can use the Field.Type property to test for wdFieldAsk or wdFieldFillIn . If this is not narrow enough to ID then you will need to parse your own unique identifier from the Field.Code. For example, you can construct your FILLIN field as:
{ FILLIN "Hello, World!" MYIDENTIFER }
when you iterate through your document.Fields collection just have a test for the identifier being in the string. EDIT: example:
For Each fld In ActiveDocument.Fields
If InStr("CARMODEL", fld.Code) <> 0 Then
''this is the carmodel field
End If
Next
Another alternative - seek your specific field with a Find.Text for "^d MYIDENTIFIER" (where ^d is expression for 'field code')
Let me know if this helps and expand on your question if any gaps.
How do I submit a form that can do two different things based on the URI?
For example, if the URI contains a string "new" the form will submit differently than it would if "new" were not in the URI.
I'm having trouble implementing this, as when a form is submitted, it takes the URI of whatever "form_open" says.
Altering the form_open path is probably not the way to do this. How are you using this? Does the person filling out the form affect the "new" string?
What I would do is put a hidden input on the form and set THAT value to "new". Then in the controller, use a GET to take the value of the input form, and do a simple IF / ELSE statement based off the value of that variable.
This way, you could setup several different ways to use the same form - hidden=new, hidden=old, hidden=brandnew, hiddend=reallyold could all process the form values differently, even sending them to different tables in your DB or whatever.
Kevin - I thought I'd done something like this before and I had - here's a quick look:
In routes.php:
$route['some/pathname/(:any)'] = "my_controller/my_function/$1";
Then in mycontroller.php:
function my_function($type)
{
if ($type == "new") {
do this }
elseif ($type == "update)" {
do this }
}