Comparison Chart for TRichView Mail Merging Demos

Demo

Field code

Field code is stored in...

Field value

Font for displaying field values is defined in...

Requires template reloading before applying new field values

Notes

TRichView\Demos\...\MailMerge

text item of reserved style

item's tag

one line of text

application (using a reserved text style)

No


TRichView\Demos\...\MailMerge2

text item of reserved style

item text (visible)

any RVF document

field value itself

Yes


MailMerge3

text item of reserved style

item tag

multiline text

application (using a reserved text style)

Yes

Can be easily modified to use arbitrary text styles (to recognize fields by tags, to use text style in document for values)

Mailmerge-LabelItems

TRichView\Demos\...\MailMerge-LabelItems\

label item

item tag

one line of text (cannot be wrapped)

document template

No


MailMerge-FreeStyle

text item (recognized by protection and tag)

item tag

one line of text

document template

No


MailMerge-Text

MailMerge-Text2

text inside {}

text inside {}

one line of text

document template

Yes


MailMerge-Text3

text inside {}

text inside {}

multiline text

document template

Yes


MailMerge-Text3-2

text after $

text after $

multiline text

document template

Yes


MailMerge-Text4

text inside {}

text inside {}

multiline text or picture or table

document template (for text), application (for text in table)

Yes


GeoReport

arbitrary document fragment

items tags

any RVF document, or one line of text

field value (for RVF fields), template (for text fields)

No

For values of text fields, color is taken from adjacent text (or black-on-white, if no adjacent text)

Master-Detail

text inside {}

text inside {}

multiline text or picture

template

Yes

Document tables can be linked to DB tables, rows are repeated for records. Nested tables show master-detail relationship.

MailMerge-ColoredText

text inside {}

text inside {}

multiline text

template, but text color for some fields can be defined by the application

Yes


More about the demos: https://www.trichview.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8