RichTextBox - MailMerge how to add INCLUDEPICTURE field from UI

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  1. Saykor
    Saykor avatar
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    Member since:
    Feb 2011

    Posted 02 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    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
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    Petya
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    Posted 05 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    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
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  5. Saykor
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    70 posts
    Member since:
    Feb 2011

    Posted 05 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    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,
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