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Description

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Sets a main document data source to an ADO.NET

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DataTable.

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the

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specified

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DataTable

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contains

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more

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than

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one

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row,

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WordWriter

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first

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Signature

	C#
	C#

 public void SetDataSource(System.Data.DataTable dt, System.String name)
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Signature

	vb.net


	vb.net

Public Sub SetDataSource(ByVal dt As System.Data.DataTable, ByVal name As String)
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{parameters}
{param:dt}An

Parameters

Param

	dt
	dt

An ADO.NET

DataTable

to

use

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the

data

source.

WordWriter

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use

the

first

row

of

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DataTable

as

the

data

source.

{param} {param:name}Specifies the data source name for the set of merge fields. {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 template may not exceed the number of values in the data source. However, the number of values in the data source may be greater than the number of merge fields in the template. This method may be called once for each set of merge fields in the main document. {remarks} {example}{code:csharp|title=C#}

Param

	name
	name

Specifies the data source name for the set of merge fields.

Exceptions

Exception

	ArgumentNullException
	ArgumentNullException

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

Exception

	ArgumentException
	ArgumentException

Remarks

Each merge field in a WordWriter template must bind to a data source field/value pair. The number of merge fields in the template may not exceed the number of values in the data source. However, the number of values in the data source may be greater than the number of merge fields in the template.

This method may be called once for each set of merge fields in the main document.

Example

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	csharp
	csharp
title	C#



          WordTemplate oWW = new WordTemplate();
          oWW.Open(@"c:\temp\template.doc");
          string strSQL = "SELECT LastName, FirstName, " +
               "TitleOfCourtesy, Address, City, Region, PostalCode " +
               "FROM Employees WHERE EmployeeID=1";

          //--- Create an OLEDB connection.
          OleDbConnection oConn = new OleDbConnection(strConnString);

          //--- Create an instance of the OleDbDataAdapter
          //--- object.
          OleDbDataAdapter oAdpt = new OleDbDataAdapter(strSQL, oConn);

          //--- Create a DataTable and fill it with the data
          //--- returned by the SQL database query.
          DataTable oDT = new DataTable();
          oAdpt.Fill(oDT);

          //--- Pass the DataTable to SetDataSource.
          oWW.SetDataSource(oDT, "Employee");

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	vb.net

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	vb.net
title	vb.net

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          Dim oWW As New WordTemplate()
          oWW.Open("c:\temp\template.doc")
          Dim strSQL As String = "SELECT LastName, FirstName, " & _
               "TitleOfCourtesy, Address, City, Region, PostalCode " & _
               "FROM Employees WHERE EmployeeID=1"

          '--- Create an OLEDB connection.
          Dim oConn As New OleDbConnection(strConnString)

          '--- Create an instance of the OleDbDataAdapter
          '--- object.
          Dim oAdpt As New OleDbDataAdapter(strSQL, oConn)

          '--- Create a DataTable and fill it with the data
          '--- returned by the SQL database query.
          Dim oDT As New DataTable()
          oAdpt.Fill(oDT)

          '--- Pass the DataTable to SetDataSource.
          oWW.SetDataSource(oDT, "Employee")

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