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Sets a SharePoint List as a template data source.

public static void BindData(this ExcelTemplate template, Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList view, String dataSourceName, DataBindingProperties properties)

Public Shared Sub BindData(ByVal template As ExcelTemplate, ByVal list As Microsoft.SharePoint.SPList, ByVal dataSourceName As String, ByVal properties As DataBindingProperties)

The current ExcelTemplate object which is calling BindData

SharePoint List to use as a data source for the template

Name of the data source in the template

The DataBindingProperties object which contains information about how the data should be bound to the template. property Must be specified, but the DataBindingProperties need not be set beforehand. To bind data to a template with the default DataBindingProperties, pass in ExcelTemplate.CreateDataBindingProperties() as the property value. Otherwise, use the ExcelTemplate.CreateDataBindingProperties() method to generate a new DataBindingProperties object and set the DataBindingProperties.MaxRows, DataBindingProperties.Transpose, and/or DataBindingProperties.WorksheetName properties for the workbook.

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

You can set several data sources for a single template. Use the following methods to set template data sources: BindCellData, BindColumnData, BindRowData, and BindData.