263343 - How to apply bullet list formatting to Mail Merge fields in a Word document using C#?

Mail-Merge/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields/.NET/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields.sln

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Mail-Merge/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields/.NET/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>Replacing_MergeField_With_Bullet_List</RootNamespace>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<None Update="Data\Template.docx">
+			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+		</None>
+		<None Update="Output\.gitkeep">
+			<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+		</None>
+	</ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+
+
+</Project>

Mail-Merge/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields/.NET/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields/Output/.gitkeep

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Mail-Merge/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields/.NET/Apply-Bullet-List-Formatting-To-Mail-Merge-Fields/Program.cs

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+using Syncfusion.DocIO;
+using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Replacing_MergeField_With_Bullet_List
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            // Loads existing Word document
+            using (WordDocument wordDocument = new WordDocument(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx")))
+            {
+                string[] fieldNames = { "ContactName", "CompanyName" };
+                string[] fieldValues = { "Nancy", "Syncfusion" };
+
+                // Uses mail merge events to perform formatting during runtime
+                wordDocument.MailMerge.MergeField += new MergeFieldEventHandler(ApplyListFormat);
+
+                // Performs mail merge
+                wordDocument.MailMerge.Execute(fieldNames, fieldValues);
+
+                // Saves Word document
+                wordDocument.Save(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Output.docx"));
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Applies the default bullet list formatting to the paragraph
+        /// that contains the current mail merge field.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sender">The source of the mail merge event.</param>
+        /// <param name="args">
+        /// Contains data related to the current merge field, including
+        /// the merge field and its owner paragraph.
+        /// </param>
+        private static void ApplyListFormat(object sender, MergeFieldEventArgs args)
+        {
+            // Gets the owner paragraph of the current merge field
+            WParagraph paragraph = args.CurrentMergeField.OwnerParagraph;
+
+            // Applies bullet list style to the paragraph
+            paragraph.ListFormat.ApplyDefBulletStyle();
+        }
+
+    }
+}