RichEditMailMergeOptions.DataSource Property

Specifies the data source of a mail merge document.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.RichEdit.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.RichEdit.Core, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
Public Overridable Property DataSource As Object

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:

C#

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];
    //...
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraRichEdit
Imports System.Data

Private xmlDataSet As New DataSet()
xmlDataSet.ReadXml("Employees.xml")
xmlDataSet.Tables(0).PrimaryKey = New DataColumn() { xmlDataSet.Tables(0).Columns(0) }

Using wordProcessor = New RichEditDocumentServer()
    wordProcessor.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = xmlDataSet.Tables[0]
    '...
End Using

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

word-document-api-create-master-detail-report/CS/MasterDetailExample/MergeProcessor.cs#L40

suppllierRichEdit.LoadDocument("supplier.rtf");
suppllierRichEdit.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = ds;

winforms-richedit-create-a-master-detail-report/CS/RichEditMasterDetailMailMerge/Form1.cs#L62

//so provide it with a mock data.
mainRichEdit.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = CreateFakeDataSource();

winforms-richedit-utility-to-create-a-mail-merge-template/CS/Form1.cs#L60

    CreateDefaultData(dataTable);
    richEditControl1.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = dataTable;
}

winforms-richedit-customize-insert-merge-field-menu/CS/Form1.cs#L14

    richEditControl1.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = GetMailMergeData();
}

winforms-richedit-master-detail-mail-merge-essentials/CS/Form1.cs#L20

private void performMailMergeItem_ItemClick(object sender, DevExpress.XtraBars.ItemClickEventArgs e) {
    richEditCategoryTemplate.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = NorthwindDataProvider.Categories;

VB.NET

word-document-api-create-master-detail-report/VB/MasterDetailExample/MergeProcessor.vb#L40

suppllierRichEdit.LoadDocument("supplier.rtf")
suppllierRichEdit.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = ds
productRichEdit.LoadDocument("detail.rtf")

winforms-richedit-create-a-master-detail-report/VB/RichEditMasterDetailMailMerge/Form1.vb#L58

'so provide it with a mock data:
mainRichEdit.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = CreateFakeDataSource()

winforms-richedit-utility-to-create-a-mail-merge-template/VB/Form1.vb#L62

    CreateDefaultData(dataTable)
    richEditControl1.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = dataTable
End Sub

winforms-richedit-customize-insert-merge-field-menu/VB/Form1.vb#L14

    InitializeComponent()
    richEditControl1.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = GetMailMergeData()
End Sub

winforms-richedit-master-detail-mail-merge-essentials/VB/Form1.vb#L20

Private Sub performMailMergeItem_ItemClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraBars.ItemClickEventArgs)
    richEditCategoryTemplate.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = Categories
    Dim mailMergeOptions As MailMergeOptions = richEditCategoryTemplate.CreateMailMergeOptions()