RichTextBox - MailMerge how to add INCLUDEPICTURE field from UI

[Saykor]

Hi all,
1. Please go to: http://demos.telerik.com/silverlight/#RichTextBox/MailMerge
2. In the UI you will see Insert Merge Field
3. Click it and select RecipientPhoto

This add {MERGEFIELD RecipientPhoto}
How to add {INCLUDEPICTURE {MERGEFIELD RecipientPhoto}} ?

Insert Field programmatically ( http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/radrichtextbox-features-mail-merge.html ) is not answer on the question and it insert the field in the first line of the document. So I need user to select position of the picture as he can do it with normal text field.

Regards,
Saykor

[Petya]

Hello Saykor,

For the field to be updated as a picture, you need to make sure its ImageUri property is set to the image path. For example, here is how to insert an InclduePictureField at the current caret position:

this.radRichTextBox.InsertField(new IncludePictureField() { ImageUri=uri });

Alternatively, you can use a merge field like in the example. For example you can subscribe to the CommandExecuting event of the control and check if the field that is being inserted should contain a photo.

void editor_CommandExecuting(object sender, Telerik.Windows.Documents.RichTextBoxCommands.CommandExecutingEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Command is InsertFieldCommand && e.CommandParameter is MergeField)
    {
        string fieldName = (e.CommandParameter as MergeField).PropertyPath;

        if ((e.CommandParameter as MergeField).PropertyPath.ToUpper() == "RECIPIENTPHOTO")
        {
            e.Cancel = true;

            MergeField mf = new MergeField();
            mf.PropertyPath = fieldName;
            IncludePictureField picField = new IncludePictureField();
            picField.SetPropertyValue(IncludePictureField.ImageUriProperty, mf);
            this.editor.InsertField(picField);
        }
    }
}

Regards,
Petya
Telerik

 

 

[Saykor]

Hi Petya
Thank you for your answer. It works with one small difference if we need picture to come from a stream not from uri.
                    //MergeField mf = new MergeField();
                    //mf.PropertyPath = fieldName;
                    IncludePictureField picField = new IncludePictureField();
                    picField.SetPropertyValue(IncludePictureField.ImageUriProperty, "Barcode");

And then we can subscribe to use StreamFromUriResolving event. Else the event not will be fire.
This is the answer on your question ( http://www.telerik.com/forums/image-merge-byte ) where you can't reproduce why StreamFromUriResolving is not firing. To fire the event you need {INCLUDEPICTURE Barcode} not {INCLUDEPICTURE {MERGEFIELD Barcode}}

Regards,