Create DOCX using Mail merge in C++

High-speed C++ library to execute Mail merge operation for DOCX templates and data from custom data source

Our solution provides a powerful platform independent API. Use our Mail merge document API to develop high-level software for C++ platform. This is a powerful software solution for merging templates in Word and PDF formats and data from custom data sources and further exporting the result to DOCX, PDF, HTML and other popular formats using C++.

Mail merge in DOCX using C++

With our product API, you can create personalized documents using the Mail merge DOCX template, data from a custom data sources and Mail merge feature in C++. Mail merge DOCX template is a document in DOCX format with merge fields – special fields where you want to insert personalized data from your data source.

The data source is a custom data store from which data is pulled during the Mail merge operation to be substituted into appropriate fields of DOCX template.

Report generation

You can build reports based on Mail merge DOCX using the merge operation. Simply create an DOCX template with merge fields that can be used for report generation and select your data source. You can even generate reports from Excel data if you collect it there.

Try Mail merge for DOCX file in C++

To try our Mail merge feature, load a DOCX template with merge fields and fill in these fields through our interface. After running the code, export the report in a convenient format generated using C++.

The following example shows how to perform a Mail merge operation in C++:

Execute a Mail merge operation using docx template in C++

Input file

Upload a Mail merge template

Run code

Output format

Select the target format from the list

dotnet add package Aspose.Words.Cpp

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using namespace Aspose::Words;

auto fields = MakeArray<String>(
{
});
auto values = MakeArray<SharedPtr<Object>>(
{
});

auto doc = MakeObject<Document>(u"Input.docx");
doc->get_MailMerge()->Execute(fields, values);
doc->Save(u"Output.docx");
            

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You may freely copy this code and use it in any applicable purpose

How to use Mail merge in DOCX files

Install Aspose.Words for C++.
Add a library reference (import the library) to your C++ project.
Create a DOCX merge template with merge fields.
Open the template file in C++.
Call the Execute() method, passing the merge fields and their values there.
Call the Save() method, passing an output filename with required extension.
Get the result of Mail merge operation as DOCX file.

C++ library to use Mail merge in DOCX

There are three options to install Aspose.Words for C++ to your developer environment. Please choose one that resembles your needs and follow the step-by-step instructions:

Install a NuGet Package. See Documentation
Install the library using Package Manager Console within Visual Studio IDE
Install the library manually using Windows Installer

System Requirements

You can use this C++ library to develop software on Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems:

GCC >= 6.3.0 and Clang >= 3.9.1 are required for Linux
Xcode >= 12.5.1, Clang and libc++ are required for macOS

If you develop software for Linux or macOS, please check information on additional library dependencies (fontconfig and mesa-glu open-source packages) in Product Documentation.

You can perform Mail merge operation for other file formats:

Mail merge MUSTACHE

Mail merge WORD

Mail merge WORD-FROM-EXCEL