Sets a rectangular array of objects as a template data source.

 public void BindData(System.Object[,] arrayData, System.String[] columnNames, System.String dataSourceName, DataBindingProperties property)

Public Sub BindData(ByVal arrayData As Object(,), ByVal columnNames As String(), ByVal dataSourceName As String, ByVal [property] As DataBindingProperties)

A rectangular array of objects to use as the data source. By default, the first dimension corresponds to row and the second to column (that is, Object[row,column]).

The names of the columns to get from the data source. If the columnNames parameter is null, field binding can only be performed by ordinal (for example, %%=DSN.#1 or %%=$DSN). If columnNames is specified, both ordinal field binding and named field binding can be used.

The name of the set of data markers at which to insert the values imported from the data source.

The DataBindingProperties object which contains information about how the data should be bound to 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 PowerPointTemplate.CreateDataBindingProperties() as the property value.

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


          PowerPointTemplate pptt = new PowerPointTemplate();
          pptt.Open(Page.MapPath("./ArrayBindingTemplate2.xls"));

          //--- Create an array of names and an array of data
          //--- source values and bind the data source to the
          //--- template data markers
          //--- %%=TwoDimArray.FirstName
          //--- %%=TwoDimArray.LastName
          //--- %%=TwoDimArray.Position
          string[,] twoDimNormal = {
               {"Nancy", "Davolio", "Sales Manager"},
               {"Michael", "Suyama", "HR Representative"},
               {"Adrian", "King", "IS Support"}
               };
          string[] names = {"FirstName", "LastName", "Position"};
          pptt.BindData(twoDimNormal,
               names,
               "TwoDimArray",
               pptt.CreateDataBindingProperties());

          Dim pptt As New PowerPointTemplate()
          pptt.Open(Page.MapPath("./ArrayBindingTemplate2.xls"))

          '--- Create an array of names and an array of data
          '--- source values and bind the data source to the
          '--- template data markers
          '--- %%=TwoDimArray.FirstName
          '--- %%=TwoDimArray.LastName
          '--- %%=TwoDimArray.Position
          Dim twoDimNormal(,) As String = New String(,){ _
               {"Nancy", "Davolio", "Sales Manager"}, _
               {"Michael", "Suyama", "HR Representative"}, _
               {"Adrian", "King", "IS Support"}}
          Dim names As String() = {"FirstName", "LastName", "Position"}
          pptt.BindData(twoDimNormal, _
               names, _
               "TwoDimArray", _
               pptt.CreateDataBindingProperties())