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VB.NET
Get a Mail-Merge Replacement String by Pattern
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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.Chilkat VB.NET Downloads
' 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).
Dim email As New Chilkat.Email
email.Subject = "Hello FIRST_NAME"
email.Body = "Dear FIRST_NAME, welcome to CITY."
email.SetReplacePattern("FIRST_NAME","John")
email.SetReplacePattern("CITY","Denver")
' Look up the replacement for a specific pattern.
Dim repl As String = email.GetReplaceString2("FIRST_NAME")
Debug.WriteLine("FIRST_NAME -> " & repl)