Public Property DataSource As Object

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Dim instance As Chart Dim value As Object   instance.DataSource = value   value = instance.DataSource

public object DataSource {get; set;}

Return Value

An object that represents the data source for the chart object.

A series' data points can be bound to a data source at any time using the DataSource property.

To force the binding of the chart to the data source the method Chart.Databind should be called.

The following is a list of objects that you can use as data sources:

• DataView

• Data readers (SQL, OleDB)

• DataSet

• DataTable

• BindingSource

• IDataSource

• Arrays

• Lists

• All Enumerable objects

• SqlCommand / OleDbCommand (DataSource data-binding ONLY)

• SqlDataAdapter / OleDbDataAdapter (DataSource data-binding ONLY).

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

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