# MergeBlockSettings.FieldDisplayMode Property

> Gets or sets a value of type FieldDisplayMode which specifies the content display mode of the inserted fields. Either the field text or the field codes can be displayed.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.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 for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources > MergeBlockSettings.FieldDisplayMode Property
- **402 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergeblocksettings/fielddisplaymode-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergeblocksettings/fielddisplaymode-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergeblocksettings/fielddisplaymode-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets a value of type [FieldDisplayMode](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/fielddisplaymode/enumeration/llms-full.txt) which specifies the content display mode of the inserted fields. Either the field text or the field codes can be displayed.

### Syntax

```csharp
public FieldDisplayMode FieldDisplayMode { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property FieldDisplayMode As FieldDisplayMode
```

### Examples

The following example uses `MergeBlockSettings.FieldDisplayMode` to configure field display mode as part of the merge block settings workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
mergeBlockSettings.FieldDisplayMode = TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources.FieldDisplayMode.ShowFieldText;
Console.WriteLine($"Field Display Mode used by Merge Block Settings: {mergeBlockSettings.FieldDisplayMode}");
```

```vbnet
mergeBlockSettings.FieldDisplayMode = TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources.FieldDisplayMode.ShowFieldText
Console.WriteLine($"Field Display Mode used by Merge Block Settings: {mergeBlockSettings.FieldDisplayMode}")
```

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## Nearby

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