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{description} {excerpt}Sets a template's main document data source to an {msdn:System.Collections.IDictionary|IDictionary} collection. An {{IDictionary}} represents a collection of key\-and\-value pairs. {excerpt} {signature:C#} public void SetDataSource(System.Collections.IDictionary dataSource, System.String dataSourceName) {signature} {signature:vb.net} Public Sub SetDataSource(ByVal dataSource As System.Collections.IDictionary, ByVal dataSourceName As String) {signature} {parameters} {param:dataSource}An {{IDictionary}} collection of key\-and\-value pairs. {param} {param:datSourceName}The name of the set of template merge fields at which to insert the values imported from the data source. {param} {exceptions} {exception:ArgumentNullException}[Save|WordTemplate.Save] will throw this exception if {{null}} \(C\#\) or {{Nothing}} \(VB.NET\) is passed to the method. {exception} {exception:ArgumentException} {exception} {remarks}Each merge field in a WordWriter template must bind to a data source field/value pair. The number of merge fields in the main template document \(the part of the document that is not within a repeat block\) may not exceed the number of values in the data source defined by [SetDataSource|WordTemplate.SetDataSource]. However, the number of values in the data source may be greater than the number of merge fields in the main template document. {remarks} {example}{code:csharp|title=C#} wTempl.SetDataSource(coll, "Products"); {code} {code:vb.net|title=vb.net} wTempl.SetDataSource(coll, "Products") {code} {example} |
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