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Latest news 2024-09-23: new blog post "Tales for Our Times: Raising Funds and Awareness for St Martins Housing Trust".

Mail Merging with newlfm.cls, envlab.sty and datatool.sty

\documentclass[stdletter,nocapaddress,avery5164biglabel]{newlfm}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage[british]{babel}
\usepackage{datatool}

\newcommand{\ifcsbool}[3]{%
  \ifboolexpr
  {
    test{\ifdefstring{#1}{true}} or
    test{\ifdefstring{#1}{1}}
  }
  {#2}{#3}%
}

\DTLloaddb{people}{people.csv}
\DTLloaddb{countries}{country-codes.csv}

\newlfmP{orderfromtodate,sigcenter,addrfromphone,addrfromemail}

\namefrom{Mr Big Head}
\addrfrom{University of Somewhere\\Some City\\AB3 4YZ}
\emailfrom{big.head@somewhere.ac.uk}
\phonefrom{0123456789}

\regarding{A sample letter}

\closeline{Yours sincerely}

\cclist{Prof Important Person\\Dr Bor Ing}

\encllist{Photocopy of something interesting\\
   Photocopy of something rather dull}

\psitem{this is a postscript}

\begin{document}

\DTLforeach*{people}% data
{% assignments
  \Id=id,%
  \Surname=surname,%
  \Forenames=forenames,%
  \Title=title,%
  \AddressI=address1,%
  \AddressII=address2,%
  \Town=town,%
  \County=county,%
  \Postcode=postcode,%
  \CountryCode=country,%
  \Subscribed=subscribed%
}
{%
 \ifcsbool{\Subscribed}
 {%
   \xDTLassignfirstmatch{countries}{code}{\CountryCode}{\CountryName=name}

   \nameto{\DTLifnullorempty{\Title}{}{\Title\ }\Forenames\ \Surname}
   \addrto{%
    \AddressI\\
    \DTLifnullorempty{\AddressII}{}{\AddressII\\}\Town\\
    \DTLifnullorempty{\County}{}{\County\\}\Postcode\\\CountryName
   }

   \greetto{Dear \DTLifnullorempty{\Title}{\Forenames}{\Title} \Surname}

   \begin{newlfm}

   This is an imaginary letter.

   This is the second paragraph of the letter.

   \end{newlfm}
 }%
 {}% not subscribed
}

\startlabels

\DTLforeach*{people}% data
{% assignments
  \Id=id,%
  \Surname=surname,%
  \Forenames=forenames,%
  \Title=title,%
  \AddressI=address1,%
  \AddressII=address2,%
  \Town=town,%
  \County=county,%
  \Postcode=postcode,%
  \CountryCode=country,%
  \Subscribed=subscribed%
}
{%
 \ifcsbool{\Subscribed}
 {%
  \xDTLassignfirstmatch{countries}{code}{\CountryCode}{\CountryName=name}
  \mlabel
  {Mr Big Head\\University of Somewhere\\Some City AB3 4YZ}%
  {\DTLifnullorempty{\Title}{}{\Title\ }\Forenames\ \Surname\\%
  \AddressI\\
  \DTLifnullorempty{\AddressII}{}{\AddressII\\}\Town\\
  \DTLifnullorempty{\County}{}{\County\\}\Postcode\\\CountryName
  }
 }%
 {}% not subscribed
}
\end{document}

Download mail-merging-newlfm-labels.tex or mail-merging-newlfm-labels.pdf.

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