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HtmlSelect::GetData Method

Gets an IEnumerable object that represents the data source that is bound to the HtmlSelect control.

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

protected:
virtual IEnumerable^ GetData()

Return Value

Type: System.Collections::IEnumerable
An IEnumerable object. If no data source is specified, a default value of nullptr is returned.

ExceptionCondition
HttpException

The DataSourceID property is not of type IDataSource.

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The DataSourceID property is not of type IHierarchicalDataSource.

InvalidOperationException

Both a DataSource and a DataSourceID property are defined for the HtmlSelect control.

- or -

The requested data view cannot be found.

The GetData method returns an IEnumerable object independent of whether the data source was specified by the DataSource property or the DataSourceID property.

.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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