Introduced in build 4.1.0.1379
Description
Sets a main document data source to a SharePoint View. If the specified View contains more than one row, WordWriter will use the first row as the data source.
C#
vb.net
Parameters
template
The current ExcelTemplate which is calling SetDataSourceview
A SharePoint View to use as the data source. WordWriter will use the first row of the View as the data sourcelist
A SharePoint List to which the View appliesname
Specifies the data source name for the set of merge fieldsExceptions
ArgumentNullException
Save will throw this exception ifnull
(C#) or Nothing
(VB.NET) is passed to the method.
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.
Examples
C#
vb.net