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FarPoint.Web.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Web.Spread Namespace > TagCloudCellType Class : DataSource Property


Glossary Item Box

Gets or sets the data source for the tag cloud.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Property DataSource As Object
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As TagCloudCellType
Dim value As Object
 
instance.DataSource = value
 
value = instance.DataSource
C# 
public object DataSource {get; set;}

Property Value

Object containing the data source

Example

This example binds the cell.
C#Copy Code
private DataSet CreateData()
{
    DataSet ds = new DataSet();
    DataTable dt = new DataTable();
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("ID", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Keyword", Type.GetType("System.String")));
    dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("Weight", Type.GetType("System.Int32")));

    dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { 1, ".net", 52 });
    dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { 2, "ajax", 22 });
    dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { 3, "css", 34 });

    ds.Tables.Add(dt);
    return ds;
} 
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (IsPostBack) return;

    TagCloudCellType tcloud = new TagCloudCellType();
    tcloud.DataSource = CreateData();
    tcloud.DataDisplayTextField = "Keyword";
    tcloud.DataHrefField = "Keyword";
    tcloud.DataHrefFormatString = "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Tags-Cloud.aspx?tag={0}";
    tcloud.DataWeightField = "Weight";
    tcloud.DataTitleField = "Weight";
    tcloud.DataTitleFormatString = "{0} item(s) tagged";
    tcloud.DataItemDataField = "ID";

    FpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].CellType = tcloud; 
}
protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    TagCloudCellType tc = FpSpread1.Sheets[0].GetCellType(1, 1) as TagCloudCellType;
    foreach (TagCloudItem ci in tc.TagCloudItems)
    {
        // get the ItemData value associated to the cloud item 
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(string.Format("DisplayText:{0} , ItemValue:{1}", ci.DisplayText, ci.ItemData));
    } 
}
Visual BasicCopy Code
Private Function CreateData() As DataSet
    Dim ds As New DataSet
    Dim dt As New DataTable
    dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("ID", Type.GetType("System.Int32")))
    dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Keyword", Type.GetType("System.String")))
    dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Weight", Type.GetType("System.Int32")))

    dt.Rows.Add(New Object() {1, ".net", 52})
    dt.Rows.Add(New Object() {2, "ajax", 22})
    dt.Rows.Add(New Object() {3, "css", 34})

    ds.Tables.Add(dt)
    Return ds
End Function

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    If IsPostBack Then Return

    Dim tcloud As New TagCloudCellType
    tcloud.DataSource = CreateData()
    tcloud.DataDisplayTextField = "Keyword"
    tcloud.DataHrefField = "Keyword"
    tcloud.DataHrefFormatString = "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Tags-Cloud.aspx?tag={0}"
    tcloud.DataWeightField = "Weight"
    tcloud.DataTitleField = "Weight"
    tcloud.DataTitleFormatString = "{0} item(s) tagged"
    tcloud.DataItemDataField = "ID"

    FpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).CellType = tcloud
End Sub

Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Dim tc As TagCloudCellType = FpSpread1.Sheets(0).GetCellType(1, 1)
    For Each ci As TagCloudItem In tc.TagCloudItems
        ' get the ItemData value associated to the cloud item
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(String.Format("DisplayText:{0} , ItemValue:{1}", ci.DisplayText, ci.ItemData))
    Next
End Sub

Requirements

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

See Also

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