Merge pull request #326 from SyncfusionExamples/889581-Two-records-pe…

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889581-Add sample Two-records-per-page

Mail-Merge/Two-records-per-page/.NET/Two-records-per-page.sln

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+
+Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.12.35527.113 d17.12
+MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Two-records-per-page", "Two-records-per-page\Two-records-per-page.csproj", "{59087513-6357-48C0-BBBA-FBF94F3627C0}"
+EndProject
+Global
+	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
+		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
+		{59087513-6357-48C0-BBBA-FBF94F3627C0}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{59087513-6357-48C0-BBBA-FBF94F3627C0}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{59087513-6357-48C0-BBBA-FBF94F3627C0}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{59087513-6357-48C0-BBBA-FBF94F3627C0}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
+		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
+	EndGlobalSection
+EndGlobal

Mail-Merge/Two-records-per-page/.NET/Two-records-per-page/Data/Data.json

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+{
+  "Employees": [
+    {
+      "NAME": "Nancy",
+      "DESIGNATION": "Software Engineer",
+      "COUNTRY": "USA"
+    },
+    {
+      "NAME": "Janet",
+      "DESIGNATION": "Project Manager",
+      "COUNTRY": "Canada"
+    },
+    {
+      "NAME": "Andrew",
+      "DESIGNATION": "UI/UX Designer",
+      "COUNTRY": "UK"
+    },
+    {
+      "NAME": "Maria",
+      "DESIGNATION": "QA Engineer",
+      "COUNTRY": "Australia"
+    },
+    {
+      "NAME": "Antonio",
+      "DESIGNATION": "Business Analyst",
+      "COUNTRY": "India"
+    },
+    {
+      "NAME": "Thomas",
+      "DESIGNATION": "DevOps Engineer",
+      "COUNTRY": "Germany"
+    },
+    {
+      "NAME": "Elizabeth",
+      "DESIGNATION": "Product Owner",
+      "COUNTRY": "USA"
+    },
+    {
+      "NAME": "James",
+      "DESIGNATION": "Data Scientist",
+      "COUNTRY": "France"
+    }
+  ]
+}

Mail-Merge/Two-records-per-page/.NET/Two-records-per-page/Output/.gitkeep

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+

Mail-Merge/Two-records-per-page/.NET/Two-records-per-page/Program.cs

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+using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
+using Syncfusion.DocIO;
+using System.Data;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Two_records_per_page
+{
+    internal class Program
+    {
+        static int count = 0; // Counter for page breaks.
+        static WParagraph endPara; // Variable to store the end paragraph.
+        static int index; // Index for the beginning paragraph.
+
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            // Opens the template document
+            using (FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
+            {
+                using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Automatic))
+                {
+                    // Get the beginning paragraph where group starts.
+                    TextSelection selection = document.Find("BeginGroup:Employees", true, true);
+                    WParagraph beginPara = selection.GetAsOneRange().OwnerParagraph;
+
+                    // Get the end paragraph where group ends.
+                    TextSelection endSelection = document.Find("EndGroup:Employees", true, true);
+                    endPara = endSelection.GetAsOneRange().OwnerParagraph.NextSibling as WParagraph;
+
+                    // Start each record on a new page during mail merge.
+                    document.MailMerge.StartAtNewPage = true;
+
+                    // Execute the group mail merge
+                    document.MailMerge.ExecuteGroup(GetDataTable());
+
+                    // Get index of the beginning paragraph for iteration.
+                    index = beginPara.OwnerTextBody.ChildEntities.IndexOf(beginPara);
+
+                    // Remove odd page breaks in document.
+                    IterateTextBody(beginPara.OwnerTextBody);
+
+                    // Save the result to a file.
+                    using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
+                    {
+                        document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Method to iterate through the text body and handle elements.
+        static void IterateTextBody(WTextBody textBody)
+        {
+            // Loop through each entity in the text body (paragraphs, tables, etc.).
+            for (int i = index; i < textBody.ChildEntities.Count; i++)
+            {
+                IEntity bodyItemEntity = textBody.ChildEntities[i];
+
+                switch (bodyItemEntity.EntityType)
+                {
+                    case EntityType.Paragraph:
+                        WParagraph paragraph = bodyItemEntity as WParagraph;
+                        // Process paragraph unless it's the end paragraph.
+                        if (paragraph != endPara)
+                            IterateParagraph(paragraph.Items, paragraph);
+                        break;
+                    case EntityType.Table:
+                        // Process tables.
+                        IterateTable(bodyItemEntity as WTable);
+                        break;
+                    case EntityType.BlockContentControl:
+                        BlockContentControl blockContentControl = bodyItemEntity as BlockContentControl;
+                        // Iterate through body items in block content control.
+                        IterateTextBody(blockContentControl.TextBody);
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Method to iterate through the table rows and cells.
+        static void IterateTable(WTable table)
+        {
+            // Loop through rows and cells in a table.
+            foreach (WTableRow row in table.Rows)
+            {
+                foreach (WTableCell cell in row.Cells)
+                {
+                    // Reuse text body iteration logic for table cells.
+                    IterateTextBody(cell);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Method to iterate through paragraphs and remove page breaks.
+        static void IterateParagraph(ParagraphItemCollection paraItems, WParagraph paragraph)
+        {
+            if (paragraph != null)
+            {
+                // Loop through the paragraph items in reverse order to check for page breaks.
+                for (int i = paraItems.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+                {
+                    ParagraphItem item = paraItems[i];
+                    if (item is Break && (item as Break).BreakType == BreakType.PageBreak)
+                    {
+                        count++; // Count the page break.
+                        if (count % 2 != 0)
+                            paraItems.Remove(item); // Remove the page break if count is odd.
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Method to get data from a JSON file and convert it to a DataTable for mail merge.
+        private static DataTable GetDataTable()
+        {
+            string jsonString = File.ReadAllText(Path.GetFullPath(@"../../../Data/Data.json"));
+            DataTable dataTable = new DataTable("Employees");
+            JObject json = JObject.Parse(jsonString);
+
+            bool columnsAdded = false;
+            foreach (var item in json["Employees"])
+            {
+                // Add columns once.
+                if (!columnsAdded)
+                {
+                    foreach (JProperty property in item)
+                    {
+                        dataTable.Columns.Add(property.Name, typeof(string));
+                    }
+                    columnsAdded = true;
+                }
+
+                // Add rows to DataTable.
+                DataRow row = dataTable.NewRow();
+                foreach (JProperty property in item)
+                {
+                    row[property.Name] = property.Value.ToString();
+                }
+                dataTable.Rows.Add(row);
+            }
+
+            return dataTable;
+        }
+    }
+}

Mail-Merge/Two-records-per-page/.NET/Two-records-per-page/Two-records-per-page.csproj

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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>Two_records_per_page</RootNamespace>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Update="Data\Data.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+    <None Update="Data\Template.docx">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+    <None Update="Output\.gitkeep">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>