AutoFiller Class |
Namespace: Aspose.Pdf.Facades
The AutoFiller type exposes the following members.
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![]() | AutoFiller | Initializes a new instance of the AutoFiller class |
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![]() | BasicFileName |
Gets or sets the basic file name if many small files will be generated. The generated file will be like "BasicFileName0","BasicFileName1",...
It works with another property GeneratingPathGeneratingPath.
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![]() | GeneratingPath |
Gets or sets the Generating Path of the small pdf files if many small pdf files to be generated. It works with another property BasicFileNameBasicFileName.
One of the four output modes.
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![]() | InputFileName | Obsolete.
Gets or sets the input template file. One of two input modes.
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![]() | InputStream | Obsolete.
Gets or sets the input template stream. One of two input modes.
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![]() | OutputFileName | Obsolete.
Gets or sets the one big merged output file. One of the four output modes.
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![]() | OutputStream | Obsolete.
Gets or sets the OutputStream. One of four output modes. Its classical use case is Response.OutputStream.
Please refer to the online demo.
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![]() | OutputStreams |
Gets or sets the many Output Streams. One of four output modes.
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![]() | UnFlattenFields |
Sets the fields which will not be flattened.
If this property is not set, all the fields will be flattened.
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![]() | BindPdf(Stream) |
Binds a Pdf file.
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![]() | BindPdf(String) |
Binds a Pdf file.
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![]() | BindPdf(Document) |
Binds a Pdf document.
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![]() | Close |
Closes the object and output streams.
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![]() | Dispose |
Closes the object and output streams.
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![]() | Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType | (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ImportDataTable |
Imports data of DataTable type. Every column's name of the dataTable must be the same as
one field name of the template pdf in case sensitive.
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![]() | Save | Obsolete.
Saves all the pdfs.
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![]() | Save(Stream) |
Saves all the pdfs.
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![]() | Save(String) |
Saves all the pdfs.
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![]() | ToString | (Inherited from Object.) |
[C#] //Note: mail.pdf is a template pdf which has seven text fields. NorthWind.mdb is the microsoft access db. ////Common part: Get the data from the database NorthWind.mdb fill it into the DataTable. OleDbCommand mQueryCommand; OleDbDataAdapter mDbDataAdapter; OleDbConnection mDbConnection; //Construct the data table. DataTable mDataTable = new DataTable("MailMerge"); DataColumnCollection columns = mDataTable.Columns; columns.Add("CompanyName",typeof(string)); columns.Add("ContactName",typeof(string)); columns.Add("Address",typeof(string)); columns.Add("PostalCode",typeof(string)); columns.Add("City",typeof(string)); columns.Add("Country",typeof(string)); columns.Add("Heading",typeof(string)); //Connect to the database source and query the data. mDbConnection = new OleDbConnection(); mDbConnection.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + DbPath + "NorthWind.mdb"; mQueryCommand = new OleDbCommand(); mQueryCommand.Connection = mDbConnection; mDbConnection.Open(); mQueryCommand.CommandText = "select CompanyName, ContactName, Address, PostalCode, City, Country from Customers;"; mDbDataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(mQueryCommand); mDbDataAdapter.Fill(mDataTable); for (int i = 0; i<mDataTable.Rows.Count;i++) { mDataTable.Rows[i][mDataTable.Columns.Count - 1] = "Dear " + mDataTable.Rows[i][0].ToString() + ","; System.Console.WriteLine("postalCode:" + mDataTable.Rows[i][3].ToString()); System.Console.WriteLine("Heading:" + mDataTable.Rows[i][mDataTable.Columns.Count - 1].ToString()); } mDbDataAdapter.Dispose(); mDbConnection.Close(); ////End of Common part. ////case one: ////Input template pdf is a pdf file and output is a big merged stream. AutoFiller autoFiller = new AutoFiller(); autoFiller.InputFileName = "mail.pdf"; autoFiller.OutputStream = Response.OutputStream; autoFiller.ImportDataTable(mDataTable); autoFiller.Save(); ////case two: ////Input template pdf is a pdf file and output is a lot of small files. AutoFiller autoFiller = new AutoFiller(); autoFiller.InputFileName = "mail.pdf"; autoFiller.GeneratingPath = ".\\"; autoFiller.BasicFileName = "outputFile"; autoFiller.ImportDataTable(mDataTable); autoFiller.Save(); [Visual Basic] 'Note: mail.pdf is a template pdf which has seven text fields. NorthWind.mdb is the microsoft access db. 'Common part: Get the data from the database NorthWind.mdb fill it into the DataTable. mQueryCommand As OleDbCommand = Nothing mDbDataAdapter As OleDbDataAdapter = Nothing mDbConnection As OleDbConnection = Nothing mDataTable As DataTable = Nothing mPath As String = Nothing mTemplatePdf As String = Nothing 'Construct the data table. mDataTable = New DataTable("MailMerge") Dim columns As DataColumnCollection = mDataTable.Columns 'Create columns for the datatable. 'Every column's name should be the same as one field's name of the templatePdf. columns.Add("CompanyName", Type.GetType("System.String")) columns.Add("ContactName", Type.GetType("System.String")) columns.Add("Address", Type.GetType("System.String")) columns.Add("PostalCode", Type.GetType("System.String")) columns.Add("City", Type.GetType("System.String")) columns.Add("Country", Type.GetType("System.String")) columns.Add("Heading", Type.GetType("System.String")) 'Connect to the database source and query the data. mDbConnection = New OleDbConnection mDbConnection.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + DbPath + "NorthWind.mdb" mQueryCommand = New OleDbCommand mQueryCommand.Connection = mDbConnection mDbConnection.Open() 'Query the data and insert into the datatable. mQueryCommand.CommandText = "select CompanyName, ContactName, Address, PostalCode, City, Country from Customers;" mDbDataAdapter = New OleDbDataAdapter(mQueryCommand) mDbDataAdapter.Fill(mDataTable) 'Construct the last column of the Datatable. Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To mDataTable.Rows.Count - 1 Step i + 1 mDataTable.Rows(i)(mDataTable.Columns.Count - 1) = "Dear " + mDataTable.Rows(i)(0).ToString() + "," System.Console.WriteLine("postalCode:" + mDataTable.Rows(i)(3).ToString()) System.Console.WriteLine("Heading:" + mDataTable.Rows(i)(mDataTable.Columns.Count - 1).ToString()) Next mDbDataAdapter.Dispose() mDbConnection.Close() 'End of Common part. 'case one: 'Input template pdf is a pdf file and output is a big merged stream. Dim autoFiller As AutoFiller = New AutoFiller autoFiller.InputFileName = "mail.pdf" autoFiller.OutputStream = Response.OutputStream autoFiller.ImportDataTable(mDataTable) autoFiller.Save() 'case two: 'Input template pdf is a pdf file and output is a lot of small files. Dim autoFiller As AutoFiller = New AutoFiller autoFiller.InputFileName = "mail.pdf" autoFiller.GeneratingPath = ".\"; autoFiller.BasicFileName = "outputFile" autoFiller.ImportDataTable(mDataTable) autoFiller.Save()