DataTplFixSpecifyDataSource.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 System.Globalization;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 DataTplFixSpecifyDataSource { // 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); doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds1", oceans1); // Incorrect: template tag is used without specifying the data source part. // It is allowed only if the template engine is able to resolve the tags. // But because in this case there are two data sources that both contain a field called 'name', // if causes an exception as the tag cannot be resolved: doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("{{name}}"); doc.DataTemplate.Process(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")); 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); doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds1", oceans1); // Correct: use fully qualified data tags so there is no ambiguity: doc.Body.Paragraphs.Add("{{ds.name}}"); doc.DataTemplate.Process(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")); 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 data template engine could not unambiguously resolve the data tag " + $"that was not fully qualified. " + $"The fix is to use fully qualified data tags.", doc.Styles[BuiltInStyleId.BlockText], InsertLocation.Start); } return doc; } }}