# MailMerge.GetBlockNames Method

> Lists the names of all merge blocks contained in the currently loaded template.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 16.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer`
- **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 > MailMerge.GetBlockNames Method
- **371 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/getblocknames-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/getblocknames-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/getblocknames-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Lists the names of all merge blocks contained in the currently loaded template.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string[] GetBlockNames();
```

```vbnet
Public Function GetBlockNames() As String()
```

### Return Value

Returns a list of the blocks contained in the currently loaded template.

### Examples

The following example retrieves block names from the mail merge.

```csharp
string[] results = mailMerge.GetBlockNames();
foreach (string text in results)
{
    Console.WriteLine(text);
}
```

```vbnet
Dim results As String() = mailMerge.GetBlockNames()
For Each text As String In results
    Console.WriteLine(text)
Next
```

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