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 10, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows XP Professional

Reference

SheetView Class
SheetView Members
DataSource Property

User-Task Documentation

Managing Data Binding