Directory macros/latex/contrib/mailmerge
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MAILMERGE: repeat amount of text merging fields author: Miguel Vinicius Santini Frasson 2009--09--23 version 1.0 The LaTeX package mailmerge provides an interface to produce text from a template where fields are replaced by actual data, like in a database. It is useful to produce several letters from a template, certificates or other such documents. It allows to access the entry number, number of entries and so on. Generation of sty file and documentation from DTX and INS files =============================================================== -> generating mailmerge.sty latex mailmerge.ins -> generating documentation in pdf form pdflatex mailmerge.dtx pdflatex mailmerge.dtx makeindex -s gind.ist -o mailmerge.ind mailmerge.idx pdflatex mailmerge.dtx pdflatex mailmerge.dtx Suggestion of instalation ========================= 1) Put inside your TEXINPUTS variable points to or 2) Inside TEXMF tree > tex > latex create a directory named mailmerge and put mailmerge.sty there. Inside TEXMF tree > doc > latex create a directory named mailmerge and put mailmerge.pdf there. Example of usage ================ \documentclass{article} \usepackage{ifthen,mailmerge} \begin{document} % \ifequal{A}{B}{what if A=B}{what if A<>B} \newcommand{\ifequal}[2]{\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{#2}}} \mailfields{name,friends,drives} \mailrepeat{\section*{\field{name}'s profile} \field{name} has \ifequal{\field{friends}}{} {no friends} {\field{friends} as friends}. \ifequal{\field{drives}}{yes}{Drives.}{Doesn't drive.} \par (entry \entrynumber\ of \numberofentries) % \newpage optional } \mailentry{John,{Bart and Robert},yes} \mailentry{Sara,{Jean, Phillip and Maria},no} \mailentry{Edward,,yes} \end{document} Licence ======= Copyright (C) 2009 Miguel V. S. Frasson (mvsfrasson@gmail.com) Licence: LPPL This package may be distributed under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License, as described in lppl.txt in the base LaTeX distribution, either version 1.2 or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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mailmerge – Repeating text field substitution
The package mailmerge provides an interface to produce text from a template, where fields are replaced by actual data, as in a database. The package may be used to produce several letters from a template, certificates or other such documents. It allows access to the entry number, number of entries and so on.
Package | mailmerge |
Version | 1.0 |
Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.2 |
Copyright | 2009 Miguel V. S. Frasson |
Maintainer | Miguel VinÃcius Santini Frasson |
Contained in | TeX Live as mailmerge MiKTeX as mailmerge |
Topics | Mailing |
See also | postcards mailing merge |