Documentation (992115) - Add sample for mail merge results in two columns in the Word document.

Mail-Merge/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns/.NET/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns.sln

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+EndProject
+Global
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+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
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+		{C8E45973-4066-41AA-B528-B1A1758C58A7}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
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Mail-Merge/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns/.NET/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>MailMerge_Results_in_Two_Columns</RootNamespace>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </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/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns/.NET/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns/Output/.gitkeep

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+

Mail-Merge/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns/.NET/MailMerge-Results-in-Two-Columns/Program.cs

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+using Syncfusion.DocIO;
+using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
+
+namespace MailMerge_Results_in_Two_Columns
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        public static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read))
+            {
+                using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStream, FormatType.Docx))
+                {
+                    // Get student data
+                    List<StudentsGroup> studentsGroupList = GetStudentData();
+                    //Create mail merge data table
+                    MailMergeDataTable dataTable = new MailMergeDataTable("StudentsGroup", studentsGroupList);
+                    // Execute nested mail merge
+                    document.MailMerge.ExecuteNestedGroup(dataTable);
+                    // Split the document into sections based on tables
+                    List<WSection> sections = SplitSectionsByTable(document);
+                    // Clear existing sections in the document
+                    document.Sections.Clear();
+                    //Added newly created sections into the document.
+                    foreach (WSection section in sections)
+                    {
+                        document.Sections.Add(section);
+                    }
+                    using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
+                    {
+                        //Saves the Word document to file stream.                    
+                        document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
+                    }                        
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Splits the given Word document section into multiple sections based on tables.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="document">The Word document to split</param>
+        /// <returns>A list of sections created from the document.</returns>
+        private static List<WSection> SplitSectionsByTable(WordDocument document)
+        {
+            // Initialize a list to hold the new sections
+            List<WSection> sections = new List<WSection>();
+            // Iterate through all sections in the document
+            foreach (WSection section in document.Sections)
+            {
+                // Clone the current section.
+                WSection clonedSection = section.Clone();
+                // Clear child entities from the cloned section. 
+                clonedSection.Body.ChildEntities.Clear();
+                // Create a new section from the cloned section.
+                WSection newSection = clonedSection.Clone();
+                // Get the text body of the current section.
+                WTextBody textBody = section.Body;
+                // Iterate through each child entity in the Text Body
+                for (int i = 0; i < textBody.ChildEntities.Count; i++)
+                {                    
+                    //Accesses the body items (should be either paragraph, table or block content control) as IEntity
+                    IEntity bodyItemEntity = textBody.ChildEntities[i];                    
+                    // Decides the element type by using EntityType
+                    switch (bodyItemEntity.EntityType)
+                    {
+                        case EntityType.Paragraph:
+                            // Clone and add the paragraph to the new section
+                            WParagraph paragraph = bodyItemEntity as WParagraph;
+                            newSection.Body.ChildEntities.Add(paragraph.Clone());
+                            break;
+                        case EntityType.Table:
+                            // Mark the first row of the table as a header
+                            (bodyItemEntity as WTable).Rows[0].IsHeader = true;
+                            // Add a paragraph to separate sections
+                            newSection.AddParagraph();
+                            // Add the current section to the collection
+                            sections.Add(newSection);
+                            // Create a new section for the table
+                            newSection = clonedSection.Clone();                            
+                            newSection.BreakCode = SectionBreakCode.NoBreak;
+                            // Setup columns (optional)
+                            float spacing = 20;
+                            float colWidth = newSection.PageSetup.ClientWidth / 2 - spacing;
+                            newSection.AddColumn(colWidth, spacing);
+                            newSection.Columns[0].Width = colWidth;
+                            // Clone and add the table to the new section
+                            newSection.Body.ChildEntities.Add(bodyItemEntity.Clone());
+                            sections.Add(newSection);
+                            // Reset newSection for further processing
+                            newSection = clonedSection.Clone();
+                            break;
+                        case EntityType.BlockContentControl:
+                            // Clone and add the block content control to the new section
+                            BlockContentControl blockContentControl = bodyItemEntity as BlockContentControl;
+                            newSection.Body.ChildEntities.Add((BlockContentControl)blockContentControl.Clone());
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            // Return the list of newly created sections
+            return sections;
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the Student details to perform mail merge
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static List<StudentsGroup> GetStudentData()
+        {
+            List<Student> students = new List<Student>();
+            List<Student> students1 = new List<Student>();
+            List<Student> students2 = new List<Student>();
+            for (int i = 1; i <= 45; i++)
+            {
+                students.Add(new Student
+                {
+                    RollNo = $"{i}",
+                    AdmissionNo = $"ADM{i:000}",
+                    StudentName = $"Class 1A Student {i}",
+                    Marks = $"M{i:000}",
+                });
+            }
+            for (int i = 1; i <= 45; i++)
+            {
+                students1.Add(new Student
+                {
+                    RollNo = $"{i}",
+                    AdmissionNo = $"ADM{i:000}",
+                    StudentName = $"Class 2A Student {i}",
+                    Marks = $"M{i:000}",
+                });
+            }
+            for (int i = 1; i <= 45; i++)
+            {
+                students2.Add(new Student
+                {
+                    RollNo = $"{i}",
+                    AdmissionNo = $"ADM{i:000}",
+                    StudentName = $"Class 2B Student {i}",
+                    Marks = $"M{i:000}",
+                });
+            }
+            List<StudentsGroup> parentList = new List<StudentsGroup>
+            {
+                new StudentsGroup {
+                    Class="1#A",
+                    Exam="MidTerm",
+                    Students = students
+                },
+                new StudentsGroup {
+                    Class="2#A",
+                    Exam="MidTerm",
+                    Students = students1
+                },
+                  new StudentsGroup {
+                    Class="2#B",
+                    Exam="MidTerm",
+                    Students = students2
+                }
+            };
+
+            return parentList;
+        }
+    }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Represents a class to maintain Student details
+    /// </summary>
+    public class Student
+    {
+        public string RollNo { get; set; }
+        public string AdmissionNo { get; set; }
+        public string StudentName { get; set; }
+        public string Marks { get; set; }
+    }
+    public class StudentsGroup
+    {
+        public string Class { get; set; }
+        public string Exam { get; set; }
+        public List<Student> Students { get; set; }
+    }
+}

Word-to-PDF-Conversion/Set-Different-Top-Margins-And-Convert-To-PDF/.NET/Set-Different-Top-Margins-And-Convert-To-PDF/Program.cs

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         {            
             //Load the Word document
             WordDocument document = new WordDocument(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Input.docx"));
+            int sectionsCount = document.Sections.Count;
             // Loop through all sections in the document
-            for (int i = 0; i < document.Sections.Count; i++)
+            for (int i = 0; i < sectionsCount; i++)
             {
                 // Get the current section
                 IWSection section = document.Sections[i];
                 // Set the top margin based on whether it's the first or last section
-                if (i == 0 || i == document.Sections.Count -1)
+                if (i == 0 || i == sectionsCount - 1)
                     section.PageSetup.Margins.Top = 200; // Apply a top margin of 200 for the first section and last section
                 else
                     section.PageSetup.Margins.Top = 90;  // Apply a top margin of 90 for all other sections