TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources.MergeBlockInfo Class - TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms

TX Text Control .NET for Windows FormsReference GuideTXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources NamespaceMergeBlockInfo Class

The MergeBlockInfo class is used to insert a table or paragraph based repeating merge block into a TextControl instance using the DataSourceManager.InsertMergeBlock method.

Syntax

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public class MergeBlockInfo

Public Class MergeBlockInfo

Introduced: X14.

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MergeBlockInfo	Initializes a new instance of the MergeBlockInfo class.

Methods

Method	Description
Apply	Stores the meta data (filters, sorting instructions and the block merging condition) in the SubTextPart which represents the block.

Properties

Property	Description
BlockMergingCondition	Gets or sets a condition the parent data row of this merge block has to satisfy so that this merge block is merged at all.
ChildBlocks	Gets or sets the list of merge blocks nested inside this merge block.
ColumnNames	Gets or sets the list of data column names which represent the merge fields this merge block consists of.
Filters	Gets or sets a list of filter instructions which are used to filter the data rows before merging.
MergeFields	Returns the merge fields inside this merge block excluding fields in possible nested merge blocks.
SortingInstructions	Gets or sets a list of sorting instructions which are used to sort the data rows before merging.
TableName	Gets the table name of this merge block.

Further Reading

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