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How to remove unused Mail Merge fields in Word document template using Aspose.Words REST API

#1

Hello,


I’m trying to remove unused merge fields using your simple merge API (no regions, not mustache), but even when I use all the cleanup parameters at once, the unused fields are never removed.

I think it may be because I am using <<next_record>>, as in a page of labels.

I also tried using mailMergeFieldNames with DELETE, but I get a 405 METHOD NOT ALLOWED error. The same call with GET gives me the expected result described in the docs, but obviously does not solve my problem.

I have attached my word template and some XML.

Here is the call I make to start the merge with cleanup params:

POST https://api.aspose.com/v1.1/words/labels.docx/executeMailMerge?appSID=xxxx&folder=myfolder&cleanup=ContainingFields,EmptyParagraphs,UnusedFields,UnusedRegions&signature=yyyy

Here is the call I make to try to remove the merge fields after the fact when cleanup doesn’t do anything

DELETE https://api.aspose.com/v1.1/words/labels.74caa718-12bb-4670-ba88-6c4cd212d679.docx/mailMergeFieldNames?appSID=xxxx&folder=myfolder&signature=yyyy

Thank you so much for any help you can provide,

Nathan
#2

Hi Nathan,

Thanks for your inquiry.

I have tested the scenario and have managed to reproduce the same issue at my side. For the sake of correction, I have logged this problem in our issue tracking system as SAASWORDS-126. I have linked this forum thread to the same issue and you will be notified via this forum thread once this issue is resolved.

We apologize for your inconvenience.

#3

The issues you have found earlier (filed as SAASWORDS-126) have been fixed in this update.

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