Hi

Last week I downloaded an evaluation version of Aspose.Word for evaluation if this product matches to our requirement, and i have come across this Issue.

I am using Mail merge then pass a DataSet with all the fields required. When i open the file all the Merged fields have Data in them except the Merged Field whose value is Link to an Image.

I am providing my Code & my findings:
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        Dim objAsposeWord As Aspose.Words.Document
        Dim license As Aspose.Words.License = New Aspose.Words.License

        license.SetLicense("") 'Cannot find my License file so using Empty

        strGuid = objGetGuid.getGUID
        strDestination = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("DownloadDirectory") & "\" & strGuid

    'Open Existing Doc file with Merge Fields
        objAsposeWord = New Aspose.Words.Document("C:\STOCK.doc")
       
     objAsposeWord.MailMerge.ExecuteWithRegions(objDataset)
 
    objAsposeWord.Save("C:\Test.htm", Aspose.Words.SaveFormat.Html)
   
    'Another Function to Save as DOC & Embedd Images
   
    FormatWordDocument("C:\Test.htm")
   
   
     Public Function FormatWordDocument(ByRef strDocumentName As String) As Boolean
            Dim objWordApp As New Word.ApplicationClass()
            Dim objWordDoc As Word.Document
            Dim oField As Word.Field
   
            objWordDoc = objWordApp.Documents.Open(strDocumentName)
   
   
            objWordDoc.PageSetup.TopMargin = 30
            objWordDoc.PageSetup.LeftMargin = 30
            objWordDoc.PageSetup.RightMargin = 30
            objWordDoc.PageSetup.BottomMargin = 30
   

            For Each oField In objWordDoc.Application.ActiveDocument.Fields
   
                If oField.Type = Word.WdFieldType.wdFieldIncludePicture Then
                    oField.LinkFormat.SavePictureWithDocument = True
                End If
   
            Next
   
            objWordDoc.SaveAs(Replace(strDocumentName, "htm", "doc"), Word.WdSaveFormat.wdFormatDocument)
   
            objWordApp.Quit()
   
      End Function

       
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Here are My Findings :-

In my "Stock.Doc" I have a Merged Field which provides a links to a Image

Merged Field Name = "SmallImage"

Here is how i Create a DataRow Field in my Data Set
objDataRow("SmallImage") = "<img src='" & "\\Server\Media\Images\Image.Jpg'>"

When i open my htm File, there is NO Image, All i see the Correct path to My Image

<img src='\\Server\Media\Images\Image.Jpg'>

Then if i Look at the Page Source i see the following

<span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'; font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold; ">SmallImage</span>
 </p><p style="margin-left:36pt; margin-right:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-36pt; ">
  <span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow'; font-size:10pt; ">&lt;&lt;img src='\\Server\Media\Images\Image.Jpg'>'&gt;</span>
  
  You can the Link to Image is Missing < before IMG SRC
  
            img src='\\Server\Media\Images\Image.Jpg'>
           
  If i add < Manually and change the above text to
     <img src='\\Server\Media\Images\Image.Jpg'>
     
  I can see the Image.
 
  I cannot understand i am making a mistake, Because when i Create a Link in My DataSet the string is Fine.
 
  Can you help?
 
 
  Daljinder

Hi

Thanks for your inquiry. This occurs because you insert HTML into the document as plain text. You should use MergeField event handler for inserting HTML snippets into the document during mail merge. Please see the following link to learn more.

http://www.aspose.com/documentation/file-format-components/aspose.words-for-.net-and-java/aspose.words.reporting.mailmerge.mergefield.html

Hope this helps.

Best regards.

Hi

Thanks for your request and my apologizes for inconvenience. The link was broken after refactoring our documentation some time ago. Here is correct link to this article:

http://www.aspose.com/documentation/.net-components/aspose.words-for-.net/aspose.words.reporting.mergefieldeventhandler.html

Hope this helps. Please let me know if you need more assistance, I will be glad to help you.

Best regards.