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Description

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Sets an IEnumerable as a data source to bind to template data markers.

Signature

	C#
	C#

public void BindData(System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable dataSource, System.String dataSourceName, DataBindingProperties property)

Signature

	vb.net
	vb.net

Public Sub BindData(ByVal dataSource As System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable, ByVal dataSourceName As String, ByVal [property] As DataBindingProperties)

Parameters

Param

	dataSource
	dataSource

The IEnumerable collection to use as the data source.

Param

	dataSourceName
	dataSourceName

The name of the set of data markers at which to insert the values imported from the data source. Note: dataSourceName does not include a data marker's column name, for example, the dataSourceName for %%=Products.ProductID is "Products."

Param

	property
	property

The DataBindingProperties object which contains information about how the data should be bound to the template. To bind data to a template with the default DataBindingProperties, pass in PowerPointTemplate.CreateDataBindingProperties() as the property value.

Exceptions

Exception

	ArgumentNullException
	ArgumentNullException

BindData will throw this exception if null (C#) or Nothing (VB.NET) is passed to the method.

Example

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	csharp
	csharp
title	C#


          PowerPointTemplate pptt = new PowerPointTemplate();

          interface IOrder
          {
               int OrderID;
               string Customer;
               DateTime OrderDate;
               float OrdersTotal;
          }


          IEnumerable<IOrder> orders = GetOrders();
          pptt.BindData(orders, "Orders", pptt.CreateDataImportProperties());

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	vbnet
	vbnet
title	vb.net

          Dim pptt As New PowerPointTemplate()
          Interface IOrder
               Property OrderID() as Int32
               Property Customer() as String
               Property OrderDate() as DateTime
               Property OrdersTotal() as Single
          End Interface

          Dim orders as IEnumerable(Of Order) = GetOrders()
          pptt.BindData(orders, "Orders", pptt.CreateDataImportProperties())

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