private async void GenerateCertificatesStart()
{
var dylan = new AppreciationCertificateModel("2018", "Havana", "Dylan Kroft", "Rando Taiwanese",
"January 1-2, 2018");
var terran = new AppreciationCertificateModel("2018", "Havana", "Terran Kroft", "Rando Taiwanese",
"January 1-2, 2018");
var kk = new AppreciationCertificateModel("2018", "Havana", "Kevin Kuo", "Rando Taiwanese",
"January 1-2, 2018");
await CreateCertificate(dylan, 1.ToString());
await CreateCertificate(terran, 2.ToString());
await CreateCertificate(kk, 3.ToString());
}
private async Task CreateCertificate(AppreciationCertificateModel model, string name)
{
// make a copy of the read-only template
var templateFile =
await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(
new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/AppreciationCertTemplate.docx"));
var copiedFile = await templateFile.CopyAsync(ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder, "Certificates.docx", NameCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
// load it into a new document
var stream = await copiedFile.OpenReadAsync();
var templateDoc = new WordDocument(stream.AsStream(), FormatType.Docx);
// mailmerge
string[] fieldNames = { "Year", "Round", "Name", "Title", "Date" };
string[] fieldValues = { model.Year, model.Round, model.Name, model.Title, model.Date };
templateDoc.MailMerge.Execute(fieldNames, fieldValues);
// save the new certificate
MemoryStream templateStream = new MemoryStream();
templateDoc.Save(templateStream, FormatType.Docx);
await SaveFile(templateStream, name + ".docx");
// convert to PDF
DocIORenderer renderer = new DocIORenderer();
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.ConvertToPDF(templateDoc);
renderer.Dispose();
templateDoc.Close();
// save the PDF
MemoryStream outputStream = new MemoryStream();
pdf.Save(outputStream);
await SaveFile(outputStream, name + ".pdf");
pdf.Close();
}