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RichEditMailMergeOptions.DataSource Property

Specifies the data source of a mail merge document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v24.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core

#Declaration

[DefaultValue(null)]
public virtual object DataSource { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
Object null

The data source.

#Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type Path to DataSource
RichEditControlOptionsBase
.MailMerge .DataSource

#Remarks

The following data source types are available:

  • System.Collections.IList
  • System.Collections.ArrayList
  • System.Data.DataTable

When a data source contains multiple data tables, use the RichEditMailMergeOptions.DataMember property to specify the required data member.

#Example

The code sample below shows how to use the XML data source:

using DevExpress.XtraRichEdit;
using System.Data;

DataSet xmlDataSet = new DataSet();
xmlDataSet.ReadXml("Employees.xml");
xmlDataSet.Tables[0].PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] {
     xmlDataSet.Tables[0].Columns[0] };

using (var wordProcessor = new RichEditDocumentServer())
{
    wordProcessor.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = xmlDataSet.Tables[0];
    //...
}

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