Mail merge in Word using C++

With our product API, you can create personalized documents using the Mail merge Word template, data from a custom data sources and Mail merge feature in C++. Mail merge Word template is a document in Word 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 Word template.

Report generation

You can build reports based on Mail merge Word using the merge operation. Simply create an Word 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 Word file in C++

To try our Mail merge feature, load a Word 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

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Output format

Select the target format from the list

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");
			

					Run code
				

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

How to use Mail merge in Word files

Install Aspose.Words for C++.
Add a library reference (import the library) to your C++ project.
Create a Word 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 Word file.

C++ library to use Mail merge in Word

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 DOCX

Mail merge MUSTACHE

Mail merge WORD-FROM-EXCEL

Create Word using Mail merge in C++

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