WordTemplate.SetDataSource(System.Data.IDataReader, String)

Description

Sets a main document data source to an an IDataReader interface, which may be either a SqlDataReader, OleDbDataReader, or an AdomdDataReader. If the specified DataReader returns more than one row, WordWriter will use the first row as the data source.

Parameters

dr

A SqlDataReader, OleDbDataReader or an AdomdDataReader to use as the data source. WordWriter will use the first row of the DataReader as the data source.

name

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

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

Save will throw this exception if null (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