# MergeSettings Class

> The MergeSettings class is intended for passing additional settings to the DataSourceManager.Merge method.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Class
- **Introduced:** 31.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources > MergeSettings Class
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/#syntax)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/#examples)
- [Members](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/#members)

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## In This Section

- [MergeSettings.AsSingleDocument Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/assingledocument-property/llms.txt): Specifies whether to combine the merge result to a single document. If this is set to true, each merge result is separated from the previous one by a section break and starts at a new page. The default value is false.
- [MergeSettings Constructor](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/constructor/llms.txt): Initializes a new instance of the MergeSettings class.
- [MergeSettings.RemoveEmptyBlocks Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removeemptyblocks-property/llms.txt): Specifies whether the content of empty merge blocks should be removed from the template or not. The default value is true.
- [MergeSettings.RemoveEmptyFields Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removeemptyfields-property/llms.txt): Specifies whether empty fields should be removed from the template or not. The default value is true.
- [MergeSettings.RemoveEmptyImages Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removeemptyimages-property/llms.txt): Specifies whether images which don't have merge data should be removed from the template or not. The default value is true.
- [MergeSettings.RemoveEmptyLines Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removeemptylines-property/llms.txt): Specifies whether text lines which are empty after merging should be removed from the template or not. The default value is true.
- [MergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removetrailingwhitespace-property/llms.txt): Specifies whether trailing whitespace should be removed before saving a document. The default value is true.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [MergeBlockSettings.TableID Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergeblocksettings/tableid-property/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [MergeSettings.AsSingleDocument Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/assingledocument-property/llms.txt)