DataSource Property (SheetView)

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

This property is available at run time only.

This example binds the SheetView to a database using several of its properties.

C#

FarPoint.Web.Spread.SheetView sv = FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView;
string conStr = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source=d:\\nwind.mdb";
string sqlStr = "SELECT * FROM Employees";
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);
sv.DataMember = "Employees";
da.Fill(ds, sv.DataMember);
sv.DataSource = ds;
conn.Close();
sv.DataKeyField = "LastName";

Visual Basic

Dim sv As FarPoint.Web.Spread.SheetView
sv = FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView
Dim conStr As String = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;data source=d:\\nwind.mdb"
Dim sqlStr As String = "SELECT * FROM Employees"
Dim conn As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection(conStr)
Dim ds As DataSet = New DataSet()
Dim da As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sqlStr, conn)
sv.DataMember = "Employees"
da.Fill(ds, sv.DataMember)
sv.DataSource = ds
conn.Close()
sv.DataKeyField = "LastName"

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2000, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, SP6, Windows NT 4.0 Server, SP6

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
DataSource Property

User-Task Documentation

Managing Data Binding