public string GenerateDocument(DocGenItem docItem)
{
try
{
_documentGeneratedItem = docItem;
var fm = new FieldMerger();
//look for the temporary folder that the document will be place in
//if it does not exist, create the directory
string tempDirStr = documentFileName.Substring(0,
documentFileName.IndexOf(CLIENT_NAME, 0) + CLIENT_NAME.Length);
if (!Directory.Exists(tempDirStr)) Directory.CreateDirectory(tempDirStr);
//if a document exists in the temp directory with the same name already, delete it
if (File.Exists(documentFileName)) File.Delete(documentFileName);
//check if the template file exists and throw an exception if it does not
if (!File.Exists(templateFileName))
{
throw new Exception("templateFileName (" + templateFileName + ") does not exist");
}
//copy the template file, Copy() will not overwrite an existing file
File.Copy(templateFileName, documentFileName);
var docGenerated = new Aspose.Words.Document(documentFileName);
docGenerated.MailMerge.FieldMergingCallback = new MailMergeFieldHandler(fm);
var fieldNames = docGenerated.MailMerge.GetFieldNames();
if (fieldNames != null && fieldNames.Length > 0)
{
foreach (var fieldName in fieldNames)
{
var fieldValue = fm.GetMerge(fieldName);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(fieldValue))
{
fieldValue = fieldValue.Replace(System.Environment.NewLine,
Aspose.Words.ControlChar.LineBreak);
}
docGenerated.MailMerge.Execute(new string[] {fieldName}, new object[] {fieldValue});
}
}
docGenerated.Save(documentFileName);
return "Success";
}catch (Exception ex){
return ex.ToString();
}
}
protected void OnClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var docEngine = new DocumentEngine();
var docItem = new DocGenItem()
{
templateName = "custom_template.dotx",
fileName = "generated_document.docx"
};
var msg = docEngine.GenerateDocument(docItem);
}
