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HierarchicalDataBoundControlDesigner::ConnectToDataSource Method

Performs the actions that are necessary to connect to the current data source.

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

protected:
virtual bool ConnectToDataSource() override

Return Value

Type: System::Boolean
true if a connection to a new data source was performed; false if the old and new data source are the same.

The ConnectToDataSource method disconnects the DataSourceChanged and SchemaRefreshed events from the previous data source, and then attaches these events to the new data source.

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
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