DataSource Property (SheetView)

Gets or sets the name of the data source that populates the sheet.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property DataSource As Object

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetView
Dim value As Object
 
instance.DataSource = value
 
value = instance.DataSource

public object DataSource {get; set;}

Property Value

Object containing the data source

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.InvalidOperationException	Data model does not support IDataSourceSupport interface

Example

This example sets the data member and data source for a bound spreadsheet.

string conStr = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source= " & Application.StartupPath + "\\Patients2000.mdb";
string sqlStr = "SELECT * FROM Patients"; 
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection conn  = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(conStr); 
DataSet ds = new DataSet(); 
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter da = new System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sqlStr, conn);
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataAutoSizeColumns = true; 
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataMember = "Patients"; 
da.Fill(ds); 
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataSource = ds;

Visual Basic

Dim conStr As String = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source= " + Application.StartupPath & "\Patients2000.mdb"
Dim sqlStr As String = "SELECT * FROM Patients"
Dim conn As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(conStr)
Dim ds As DataSet = New DataSet()
Dim da As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sqlStr, conn)
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataAutoSizeColumns = True
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataMember = "Patients"
da.Fill(ds)
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DataSource = ds

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members

User-Task Documentation

Managing Data Binding