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DesignTimeData::CreateSampleDataTable Method (IEnumerable, Boolean)

Creates a DataTable object with the same schema as the provided data and optionally containing column names indicating that the data is bound data.

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

public:
static DataTable^ CreateSampleDataTable(
	IEnumerable^ referenceData, 
	bool useDataBoundData
)

Parameters

referenceData
Type: System.Collections::IEnumerable
An IEnumerable object containing data.
useDataBoundData
Type: System::Boolean
If true, the column names indicate that they contain bound data.

Return Value

Type: System.Data::DataTable
A DataTable object.

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 use GetDesignTimeDataSource to add rows of data to the resulting table.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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