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DesignTimeData::CreateSampleDataTable Method (IEnumerable)

Creates a sample DataTable object with the same schema as the provided data.

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

public:
static DataTable^ CreateSampleDataTable(
	IEnumerable^ referenceData
)

Parameters

referenceData
Type: System.Collections::IEnumerable

A data source with the desired schema to use as the format for the sample DataTable object.

Return Value

Type: System.Data::DataTable
A DataTable object that contains columns with the same names and data types as the provided referenceData.

The data types that can be created are the primitive types, such as number, string, and date types. Any other types are replaced by columns of type String. The calling designer component can call the GetDesignTimeDataSource method to add rows of data to the resulting table.

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
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