ExcelTemplate.BindColumnData(System.Collections.IDictionary, String, DataBindingProperties)

Description

Sets a column's data source to an IDictionary. An IDictionary represents a collection of key-and-value pairs.

Parameters

dataSource

An IDictionary collection of key-and-value pairs.

dataSourceName

The name of the template data marker at which to insert the values imported from the data source.

property

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.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

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

ArgumentException

Remarks

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

Examples