Classic ASP

Get a Mail-Merge Replacement String by Index

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetReplaceString method, which returns the replacement string for the Nth previously-defined pattern/replacement pair (a mail-merge feature). The index is zero-based and corresponds to the same index used by GetReplacePattern. This example defines two pairs and prints each pattern with its replacement.

Background: Pairing GetReplacePattern (the token to find) with GetReplaceString (the text to substitute) at the same index lets you walk the full mail-merge table. Retrieving a replacement by its position is handy when enumerating all substitutions; to look one up by its pattern instead, use GetReplaceString2.

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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
'  Demonstrates the GetReplaceString method, which returns the replacement string for the
'  Nth previously-defined pattern/replacement pair (a mail-merge feature).  The index is
'  zero-based and corresponds to the same index used by GetReplacePattern.

set email = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
email.Subject = "Hello FIRST_NAME"
email.Body = "Dear FIRST_NAME, welcome to CITY."

success = email.SetReplacePattern("FIRST_NAME","John")
success = email.SetReplacePattern("CITY","Denver")

n = email.NumReplacePatterns

For i = 0 To n - 1
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( email.GetReplacePattern(i) & " -> " & email.GetReplaceString(i)) & "</pre>"
Next

%>
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