{description} {excerpt}Sets an ADO.NET DataTable as a data source to bind to template data markers.{excerpt} {signature:C#} public virtual void BindData(System.Data.DataTable source, System.String dataSourceName, DataBindingProperties property) {signature}{signature:vb.net} Public Overridable Sub BindData(ByVal source As System.Data.DataTable, ByVal dataSourceName As String, ByVal [property] As DataBindingProperties) {signature} {parameters} {param:source}The DataTable to use as the data source.{param} {param:dataSourceName}The name of the set of data markers at which to insert the values imported from the data source. {{dataSourceName}} must be specified, but can be left as null or an empty string if this is the first data source bound AND the data markers in the template use the [short data marker syntax|http://wiki.softartisans.com/display/EW8/Creating+Data+Markers#CreatingDataMarkers-short] or refer to the datasource by number rather than name. Note: {{dataSourceName}} does not include a data marker's column name, for example, the {{dataSourceName}} for {{%%=Products.ProductID}} is "Products."{param} {param:property}The [DataBindingProperties|DataBindingProperties] object which contains information about how the data should be bound to the template. {param} {param:property}The [DataBindingProperties|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.MaxRows], [DataBindingProperties.Transpose|DataBindingProperties.Transpose], and/or [DataBindingProperties.WorksheetName|DataBindingProperties.WorksheetName] properties for the workbook.{param} {exceptions} {exception:ArgumentNullException}{{BindData}} will throw this exception if {{null}} \(C\#\) or {{Nothing}} \(VB.NET\) is passed to the method.{exception} {exception:SARuntimeException}{{BindData}} will throw this exception if the data source contains more rows than the worksheet can hold. If there is more than one data marker referring to a data source and the data source is forward only, the exception will be thrown only if the source is larger than all bindings can hold. {exception} {exception:ArgumentException}{exception} {remarks}You can set several data sources for a single template. Use the following methods to set template data sources: [BindCellData|ExcelTemplate.BindCellData(Object, String, DataBindingProperties)], [BindColumnData|ExcelTemplate.BindColumnData],[BindRowData|ExcelTemplate.BindRowData], and [BindData|ExcelTemplate.BindData]. {remarks} {example}{code:csharp|title=C#} ExcelTemplate xlt = new ExcelTemplate(); OleDbConnection Conn = new OleDbConnection(); DataTable EmployeeDt = null; try { Conn.ConnectionString = Application["connstring"].ToString(); //--- SQL Query for employee information string EmployeeSQL = "SELECT FirstName + ' ' + LastName As Name, Title " + "FROM Employees WHERE EmployeeID=?"; OleDbCommand CmdEmployee = new OleDbCommand(EmployeeSQL, Conn); CmdEmployee.Parameters.Add("@EmployeeID", EmployeeId); OleDbDataAdapter AdptEmployee = new OleDbDataAdapter(CmdEmployee); EmployeeDt = new DataTable(); AdptEmployee.Fill(EmployeeDt); } xlt.BindData(EmployeeDt, "Employee", xlt.CreateDataBindingProperties()); {code} {code:vb.net|title=vb.net} Dim xlt As New ExcelTemplate() Dim Conn As New OleDbConnection() Dim EmployeeDt As DataTable = Nothing Try Conn.ConnectionString = Application("connstring").ToString() '--- SQL Query for employee information Dim EmployeeSQL As String = "SELECT FirstName & ' ' & _ LastName As Name, Title " & _ "FROM Employees WHERE EmployeeID=?" Dim CmdEmployee As New OleDbCommand(EmployeeSQL, Conn) CmdEmployee.Parameters.Add("@EmployeeID", EmployeeId) Dim AdptEmployee As New OleDbDataAdapter(CmdEmployee) EmployeeDt = New DataTable() AdptEmployee.Fill(EmployeeDt) End Try xlt.BindData(EmployeeDt, _ "Employee", _ xlt.CreateDataBindingProperties()) {code} {example} |