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bnye, 12/18/2007 5:01:18 PM

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

, 12/21/2007 7:20:27 AM

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

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