Classic ASP

Get a Mail-Merge Replacement String by Pattern

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetReplaceString2 method, which returns the replacement string for a previously-defined pattern/replacement pair, looked up by the pattern itself (a mail-merge feature). This example defines two pairs and looks up the replacement for one pattern by name.

Background: Where GetReplaceString fetches a replacement by its numeric position, GetReplaceString2 fetches it by the pattern — convenient when you already know the token (say FIRST_NAME) and just want its configured substitution without scanning the whole list.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
'  Demonstrates the GetReplaceString2 method, which returns the replacement string for a
'  previously-defined pattern/replacement pair, looked up by the pattern itself (a
'  mail-merge feature).

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")

'  Look up the replacement for a specific pattern.
repl = email.GetReplaceString2("FIRST_NAME")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "FIRST_NAME -> " & repl) & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>