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Templater has a minimal interface API, but a large feature set. A lot of examples are explained in detail at Github examples

Change log

Templater is a mature product with over 10 years of development. Detailed list of changes is available in the change log

Installation

Templater installation is done in two simple steps:

Grab the latest copy of Templater library →
Include it in your project…

…or just use it through package managers such as Maven and Nuget

Code sample

using NGS.Templater;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        using (var document = Configuration.Factory.Open("Spreadsheet.xlsx"))
        {
            document.Process(new { Teacher = "Angel", Age = 49 });
            document.Process(new [] {
                new { Name = "Elijah" },
                new { Name = "Hunter" },
                new { Name = "Bryan" },
                new { Name = "Tyler" },
                new { Name = "Nicholas" }
            });
        }
    }
}

import hr.ngs.templater.*;
import java.io.*;

class Program {
    static void main(String[] args) {
        try(FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream("Template.docx");
            FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("Result.docx");
            TemplateDocument document = Configuration.factory().open(fis, "docx", fos)) {
                document.process(new Object() { public final String Tag = "a chair"; });
        }
    }
}

import hr.ngs.templater.*

object Program {
  case class Student(Name: String)
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val document = Configuration.factory.open("Presentation.pptx")
    document.process(new { val Teacher = "Angel"; val Age = "49" })
    document.process(List(
        Student("Brandon"),
        Student("Isaac"),
        Student("Hayden"),
        Student("Parker"),
        Student("Kevin")
    ))
    document.close()
  }
}

Full documentation

There are only a few methods that you need to use in order to start processing your templates

method IDocumentFactory.Open

Use the Open method to load your template.

Open(string path)

opens a document from the specified path
Templater will recognize the appropriate document format from the file extension

Open(Stream input, string extension, Stream output, CancellationToken cancelToken)

opens a document from the input stream
the extension string indicates the type of document in the stream
writes the document to the output stream
cancellation token to cancel the processing

Returns ITemplateDocument

method ITemplateDocument.Process

Method Process will replace tags with corresponding data.

Process(data)

modifies the ITemplateDocument file or stream by replacing tags with rules according to specific data types

Returns ITemplateDocument

Articles

Introduction to Templater explains the basics of Templater how/why
Conversion to PDF explains how to convert documents into PDF
Beyond mail merge shows how Templater can be used beyond simple mail-merge
Business intelligence friendly shows how to integrate advanced features such as OLAP cube
No for loops and if statements explains major difference from other document automation solutions
Processing JSON explains how to deal with JSON data type