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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.

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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.

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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