UdlConnectString

Odso.UdlConnectString property

Specifies the Universal Data Link (UDL) connection string used to connect to an external data source. The default value is an empty string.

public string UdlConnectString { get; set; }

Examples

Shows how to execute a mail merge while connecting to an external data source.

Document doc = new Document(MyDir + "Odso data.docx");
MailMergeSettings settings = doc.MailMergeSettings;

Console.WriteLine($"Connection string:\n\t{settings.ConnectString}");
Console.WriteLine($"Mail merge docs as attachment:\n\t{settings.MailAsAttachment}");
Console.WriteLine($"Mail merge doc e-mail subject:\n\t{settings.MailSubject}");
Console.WriteLine($"Column that contains e-mail addresses:\n\t{settings.AddressFieldName}");
Console.WriteLine($"Active record:\n\t{settings.ActiveRecord}");

Odso odso = settings.Odso;

Console.WriteLine($"File will connect to data source located in:\n\t\"{odso.DataSource}\"");
Console.WriteLine($"Source type:\n\t{odso.DataSourceType}");
Console.WriteLine($"UDL connection string:\n\t{odso.UdlConnectString}");
Console.WriteLine($"Table:\n\t{odso.TableName}");
Console.WriteLine($"Query:\n\t{doc.MailMergeSettings.Query}");

// We can reset these settings by clearing them. Once we do that and save the document,
// Microsoft Word will no longer execute a mail merge when we use it to load the document.
settings.Clear();

doc.Save(ArtifactsDir + "MailMerge.OdsoEmail.docx");

See Also

Odso.TableName Odso.Clone