This documentation is archived and is not being maintained.

DesignTimeData::GetSelectedDataSource Method (IComponent, String)

Gets a data source selected by name in the design host, represented by the specified component's site property and identified by the specified data source name.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.Design
Assembly:  System.Design (in System.Design.dll)

public:
static Object^ GetSelectedDataSource(
	IComponent^ component, 
	String^ dataSource
)

Parameters

component
Type: System.ComponentModel::IComponent

The IComponent object that contains the data source.

dataSource
Type: System::String

The name of the data source to retrieve.

Return Value

Type: System::Object
An object implementing either IListSource or IEnumerable representing the selected data source, or nullptr if the data source or the designer host could not be accessed.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
Show: