# NextIfField.MergeCulture Property

> Specifies the culture with which numerical and date / time values are formatted when merged into the target document. The default value for this property is the current thread culture.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 31.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields`
- **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.Fields > NextIfField.MergeCulture Property
- **440 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/nextiffield/mergeculture-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/nextiffield/mergeculture-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/nextiffield/mergeculture-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies the culture with which numerical and date / time values are formatted when merged into the target document. The default value for this property is the current thread culture.

### Syntax

```csharp
public CultureInfo MergeCulture { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property MergeCulture As CultureInfo
```

### Examples

The following example uses `NextIfField.MergeCulture` to configure merge culture as part of the next if field workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
nextIfField.MergeCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
if (nextIfField.MergeCulture != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Next If Field: Merge Culture is available.");
}
```

```vbnet
nextIfField.MergeCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")
If nextIfField.MergeCulture IsNot Nothing Then
    Console.WriteLine("Next If Field: Merge Culture is available.")
End If
```

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