DataTplFixDuplicateDataSource.cs
C# VB
//// This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.// Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.//using System;using System.IO;using GrapeCity.Documents.Word;
namespace DsWordWeb.Demos{ // This example shows how to deal with the 'data source with this name already exists' error. public class DataTplFixDuplicateDataSource { // Code demonstrating the problem: GcWordDocument Problem() { using var oceans = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json")); using var oceans1 = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json")); var doc = new GcWordDocument(); doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans); // Incorrect: data source with the name "ds" already exists, so this will throw: doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans1); return doc; }
// Code demonstrating the fix: GcWordDocument Fix() { using var oceans = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json")); using var oceans1 = File.OpenRead(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "oceans.json")); var doc = new GcWordDocument(); doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", oceans); // Correct: give each data source a unique name: doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds1", oceans1); return doc; }
public GcWordDocument CreateDocx() { GcWordDocument doc; try { // This fails: doc = Problem(); } catch (Exception ex) { // This works: doc = Fix(); // Insert a brief explanation of the problem and the fix into the generated document: doc.Body.Paragraphs.Insert( $"The error \"{ex.Message}\" occurred because the code tried to add two data sources with the same name. " + $"The fix is to use a unique name for each data source added to the GcWordDocument.DataTemplate.DataSources collection.", doc.Styles[BuiltInStyleId.BlockText], InsertLocation.Start); } return doc; } }}