Support / Forums / Sitefinity 3.x: Developing with Sitefinity > More fun with Nolics - Object MailMerge

• bnye Master

  Posted on Dec 18, 2007 (permalink)

  Here is a simple code snippet that allows you to send any object including a Nolics object through the function to create a MailMerge effect. Simply send it the content as string and the object to merge. We like this method better than using string.Format() as it is more dynamic.
  

  Public Function MergeContent(ByVal sContent As String, ByVal merge As Object) As String

  Try

  If Not merge Is Nothing Then

  Dim theType As Type = merge.GetType()

  Dim pi As PropertyInfo() = theType.GetProperties()

  For Each prop As PropertyInfo In pi

  Dim s As String = prop.Name

  ss = s

  Dim val As StringString = String.Empty

  If prop.GetValue(merge, prop.GetGetMethod.GetParameters) Is Nothing Then

  val = String.Empty

  Else

  val = prop.GetValue(merge, prop.GetGetMethod.GetParameters).ToString()

  End If

  sContentsContent = sContent.Replace("{" + theType.Name + "." + prop.Name + "}", val)

  Next

  End If

  Return sContent

  Catch ex As Exception

  Return String.Empty

  End Try

  End Function

  
  And here is an example content created with a RadEditor
  
  

  <table>

  <tbody>

  <tr>

  <td>

  <font face="verdana,helvetica" size="2">

  Dear {UserProfile.Owner},

  <br/>

  <br/>

  Your account has been approved to appear in the YourSocialNetworkSite.com search results.

  <br/>

  <br/>

  Please login to you account and navigate to

  <a href="http://www.yoursocialnetworksite.com/accounts.aspx">

  http://www.yoursocialnetworksite.com/accounts.aspx

  </a>

  to modify your account details.

  <br/>

  <br/>

  Sincerely,

  <br/>

  <br/>

  The YourSocialNetworkSite.com Team

  <br/>

  </font>

  </td>

  </tr>

  </tbody>

  </table>

  <table>

  <tbody></tbody>

  </table>

  
  Pretty simple, notice the syntax of {UserProfile.Owner}. In this case the UserProfile object is sent to the client after approval.
  
  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  Ben

  Reply

• Telerik Admin

  Posted on Dec 21, 2007 (permalink)

  Hello bnye,
  
  

  Thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. Yes, it is truly more dynamic than the string.Format() method. We will include this information in our records and will suggest it as a better solution every time we receive a similar request.

   

  Thank you for your courtesy.

  
  Greetings,
  Nikifor
  the Telerik team

  
  Instantly find answers to your questions at the new Telerik Support Center

  Reply

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