DataTplProductList.vb
C# VB
'''' This code is part of Document Solutions for Word demos.'' Copyright (c) MESCIUS inc. All rights reserved.''Imports System.IOImports System.DataImports System.LinqImports System.GlobalizationImports GrapeCity.Documents.Word
'' This data template sample loads a DOCX that was created in MS Word,'' And contains a table with data template tags. It then creates a DataSet,'' loads the DsNWind.xml data base into it, And builds a product list'' from tables in that data set. The product list Is set as the template'' data source on the document, And the template Is processed to build'' the final document with actual data.Public Class DataTplProductList Public Function CreateDocx(ByRef sampleParams As String()) As GcWordDocument Dim doc = New GcWordDocument()
'' Load the template DOCX doc.Load(Path.Combine("Resources", "WordDocs", sampleParams(3)))
Using ds = New DataSet() '' Load the data And build the product list data source: ds.ReadXml(Path.Combine("Resources", "data", "DsNWind.xml"))
Dim dtProds As DataTable = ds.Tables("Products") Dim dtSupps As DataTable = ds.Tables("Suppliers")
Dim products = From prod In dtProds.Select() Join supp In dtSupps.Select() On prod("SupplierID") Equals supp("SupplierID") Order By prod("ProductName") Select New With { .ProductID = prod("ProductID"), .ProductName = prod("ProductName"), .Supplier = supp("CompanyName"), .QuantityPerUnit = prod("QuantityPerUnit"), .UnitPrice = prod("UnitPrice") }
'' Add the data source to the data template data sources '' (note that in this release, only one data source can be added): doc.DataTemplate.DataSources.Add("ds", products)
'' The document already has all the necessary bindings, '' so we only need to process the data template: doc.DataTemplate.Process(CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")) End Using
'' Done Return doc End Function
Public Function CreateDocx(Optional parsIdx As Integer = 0) As GcWordDocument Return CreateDocx(GetSampleParamsList()(parsIdx)) End Function
Public Shared Function GetSampleParamsList() As List(Of String()) '' Strings are name, description, info, template docx Return New List(Of String()) From { New String() {"@data-templates/Product List", "Load a template DOCX and bind it to a product list from an XML data set", Nothing, "ProductListTemplate.docx"}, New String() {"@data-templates/Formatter Chain", "Load a template that uses chained formatters to highlight products that cost $50+", Nothing, "ProductListTemplate-cond.docx"} } End FunctionEnd Class