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_XDocument4.DataObjects property

Gets a reference to the DataObjectsCollection collection that is associated with a Microsoft InfoPath form.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property DataObjects As DataObjectsCollection
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As _XDocument4
Dim value As DataObjectsCollection

value = instance.DataObjects
DataObjectsCollection DataObjects { get; }

Property value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath.DataObjectsCollection
Returns DataObjectsCollection.

Implements

_XDocument3.DataObjects

Remarks

The DataObjects collection provides programmatic access to a form's secondary data sources. Each secondary data source is contained in a DataSourceObject object within the DataObjects collection.

Examples

In the following example, the DataObjects property of the XDocument object is used to set a reference to the "CityList" secondary data source:

DataSourceObject myDataObject = 
   (DataSourceObject)thisXDocument.DataObjects["CityList"];
Dim myDataObject As DataSourceObject = _
   DirectCast(thisXDocument.DataObjects["CityList"], DataSourceObject)

In the following example, implemented as an OnClick event handler for a button on a form, the DataObjects property of the XDocument object is used to set a reference to the DataObjectsCollection collection. The code then loops through the collection and displays the positional index and name of each DataSourceObject object that it contains:

[InfoPathEventHandler(MatchPath="ShowDataObjectNames", EventType=InfoPathEventType.OnClick)]
public void ShowDataObjectNames_OnClick(DocActionEvent e)
{
   // Set a reference to the DataObjects collection.
   DataObjectsCollection dataObjects = thisXDocument.DataObjects;

   // Loop through the collection and display the name
   // of each DataObject object that it contains.
   for (int i=0; i < dataObjects.Count; i++)
   {
       thisXDocument.UI.Alert("Data object " + i + ": " + 
          dataObjects[i].Name);
   }
}

See also

Reference

_XDocument4 interface

_XDocument4 members

DataObjects overload

Microsoft.Office.Interop.InfoPath namespace