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ES-832337- Add the sample Find-and-replace-merge-field-name #330

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<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

<PropertyGroup>
<OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
<RootNamespace>Find_and_replace_merge_field_name</RootNamespace>
</PropertyGroup>

<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="Syncfusion.DocIO.Net.Core" Version="*" />
</ItemGroup>

<ItemGroup>
<None Update="Data\Template.docx">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
<None Update="Output\.gitkeep">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemGroup>

</Project>
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using Syncfusion.DocIO;
using Syncfusion.DocIO.DLS;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;

namespace Find_and_replace_merge_field_name
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (FileStream fileStreamPath = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/Template.docx"), FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
// Opens the template Word document.
using (WordDocument document = new WordDocument(fileStreamPath, FormatType.Automatic))
{
// Finds all merge fields in the document.
List<Entity> mergeFields = document.FindAllItemsByProperty(EntityType.MergeField, null, null);
// Replaces the merge field name "first_name" with "FirstName".
ReplaceMergeFieldName("Forename", "FirstName", mergeFields);
// Replaces the merge field name "last_name" with "LastName".
ReplaceMergeFieldName("Surname", "LastName", mergeFields);
// Creates a file stream to save the modified document.
using (FileStream outputFileStream = new FileStream(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Result.docx"), FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite))
{
// Saves the Word document to the file stream in DOCX format.
document.Save(outputFileStream, FormatType.Docx);
}
}
}
}

/// <summary>
/// Replaces the specified merge field name with a new name in the given list of merge fields.
/// </summary>
private static void ReplaceMergeFieldName(string nameToFind, string nameToReplace, List<Entity> mergeFields)
{
// Iterates through the list of merge fields.
foreach (Entity field in mergeFields)
{
// Checks if the current merge field matches the name to be replaced.
if ((field as WMergeField).FieldName == nameToFind)
{
// Updates the merge field name to the new name.
(field as WMergeField).FieldName = nameToReplace;
}
}
}
}
}
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