DXRichEditMailMergeOptions.DataSource Property

Gets or sets the data source of a mail merge document. This is a dependency property.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.RichEdit.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.RichEdit

Declaration

C#

public object DataSource { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property DataSource As Object

Property Value

Type	Description
Object	A Object value, specifying the document data source.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to DataSource
RichEditControl	.MailMergeOptions .DataSource

Remarks

The following data source types are available:

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

When connecting to a data source that contains multiple data tables, specify the required data member by using the property.

When a data source contains multiple data tables, use the DXRichEditMailMergeOptions.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] };


richEditControl.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) }

richEditControl.Options.MailMerge.DataSource = xmlDataSet.Tables[0]
'...