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MailMerge and Images from DB

created 3 years ago

Hello

I' have been trying to add a blob field with an image into RichText.
At first I looked in your RichEditSimpleMailMergeDemo.
If I try to insert the field 'Photo' using ShowInsertMergeFieldForm action,
I get EVariantTypeCastError and the inserted code is <<Photo>>.

The only way to get the right result is using my own TdxInsertFieldCommand (sample.zip).

It seems, that inserting images from database using ShowInsertMergeFieldForm is not possible?
Or is there a better solution for my Requirement?

Thanks

Frank Reim

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Answers

created 3 years ago

Hello Frank,

Thank you for the sample project.
You are right, there is no automatic conversion on inserting <<Photo>> code. The correct way to add a field is to use INCLUDEPICTURE.
You can override the TdxRichEditInsertMergeFieldForm dialog and add a method there that adds the correct command.
This approach was demonstrated in the following ticket: t1028694

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