Title:       Open Dataset from Text File - Load LIstView and GridView in .NET from TextFile
Author:      Greg Dubinovskiy 
Email:       [email protected]
Environment: c# .NET
Keywords:    Open Dataset from Text File, Load ListView, Load GridView, TextFile, System.Data.OleDb Namespace, OledbConnection, OleDbCommand
Level:       Intermediate
Description: Open Dataset from Text File - Load LIstView and GridView in .NET from TextFile
Section      Miscellaneous
SubSection   General

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Open Dataset from Text File

The article presented bellow, shows how to open Dataset from a Text File (using schema.ini) and display Text File in GridView or in ListView:
(see Siccolo miscellaneous development tips - How to Open Dataset from Text File) Using OleDB namespace we can connect/open text file and retrieve data from a text file using Dataset:

				string errorInfo = String.Empty;
				//open text file into Dataset:
				string textFilePath = @"c:\test_to_load.txt";

				DataSet dataTextFile = new DataSet("textfile");
				if ( ! LoadTextFile ( textFilePath, dataTextFile, out errorInfo) )
				{
					MessageBox.Show("Failed to load text file:\n"  + errorInfo,
						"Load Text File");
					return;
				}
				else
				{
					MessageBox.Show("File Loaded:\nTables:"  + dataTextFile.Tables.Count.ToString() 
													+ "\nRows:" + dataTextFile.Tables[0].Rows.Count.ToString() ,
						"Load Text File");
					
				}
				

where LoadTextFile() :
				private bool LoadTextFile( string textFilePath, DataSet dataToLoad, out string  errorInfo )
				{
					errorInfo = String.Empty;

					try
					{
						string textFileFolder = ( new System.IO.FileInfo (textFilePath)).DirectoryName;
						string textConnectionString = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" +
														"Data Source=" + textFileFolder + ";" +
														"Extended Properties=\"text;\";" ;
						//from using System.Data.OleDb:
						OleDbConnection textConnection = new OleDbConnection (textConnectionString);

						textConnection.Open();

						textFilePath = (new System.IO.FileInfo(textFilePath)).Name;
						string selectCommand = "select * from " + textFilePath;

						//open command:
						OleDbCommand textOpenCommand = new OleDbCommand(selectCommand);
						textOpenCommand.Connection = textConnection;

						OleDbDataAdapter textDataAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter( textOpenCommand );

						int rows = 	textDataAdapter.Fill(dataToLoad);

						textConnection.Close();
						textConnection.Dispose();

						return true;
					}
					catch (Exception ex_load_text_file)
					{
						errorInfo = ex_load_text_file.Message;
						return false;
					}
				}
				



Side Note:
System.Data.OleDb Namespace - The System.Data.OleDb namespace is the.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB.
The.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB describes a collection of classes used to access an OLE DB data source in the managed space. Using the OleDbDataAdapter, you can fill a memory-resident DataSet that you can use to query and update the data source.

OleDbConnection class - Represents an open connection to a data source.

OleDbConnection class - Represents an SQL statement or stored procedure to execute against a data source.

OleDbConnection class - Represents an SQL statement or stored procedure to execute against a data source.

OleDbDataAdapter class - Represents a set of data commands and a database connection that are used to fill the DataSet and update the data source.

... then, loading GridView from a Text File:


GridView Design:

GridView Run-time:

To load a GridView from Dataset, at run-time:
				private void cmdLoadFileGrid_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
				{
					string errorInfo = String.Empty;
					//open text file into Dataset:
					string textFilePath = @"c:\test_to_load.txt";

					DataSet dataTextFile = new DataSet("textfile");
					if ( ! LoadTextFile ( textFilePath, dataTextFile, out errorInfo) )
					{
						MessageBox.Show("Failed to load text file:\n"  + errorInfo,
							"Load Text File");
						return;
					}
					else
					{
						MessageBox.Show("File Loaded:\nTables:"  + dataTextFile.Tables.Count.ToString() 
							+ "\nRows:" + dataTextFile.Tables[0].Rows.Count.ToString() ,
							"Load Text File");
						
					}

					dgTextFile.DataSource = dataTextFile.Tables[0];

					dataTextFile.Dispose();	
				}
				

... or, to load ListView from a Text File:


ListView Design:

ListView Run-time:

To load a ListView from Dataset, at run-time - doing it a "hard-way":
				private void cmdLoadFileListView_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
				{
					string errorInfo = String.Empty;
					//open text file into Dataset:
					string textFilePath = @"c:\test_to_load.txt";

					DataSet dataTextFile = new DataSet("textfile");
					if ( ! LoadTextFile ( textFilePath, dataTextFile, out errorInfo) )
					{
						MessageBox.Show("Failed to load text file:\n"  + errorInfo,
							"Load Text File");
						return;
					}
					else
					{
						MessageBox.Show("File Loaded:\nTables:"  + dataTextFile.Tables.Count.ToString() 
														+ "\nRows:" + dataTextFile.Tables[0].Rows.Count.ToString() ,
							"Load Text File");
						
					}

					//setup list view from columns from Dataset:
					SetupListView(dataTextFile);

					//show data in list view:
					if ( ! ShowDataInListView(dataTextFile, out errorInfo))
					{
						MessageBox.Show("Failed to display text file (listview) :\n"  + errorInfo,
							"Load Text File");
						return;
					}

					dataTextFile.Dispose();		
				}
				


where, setting up ListView Column headers based on DataColumns in Dataset - SetupListView():
				private bool SetupListView(DataSet dataToShow)
				{
					try
					{
						lvTextFile.Columns.Clear();
						lvTextFile.View = View.Details;
						lvTextFile.FullRowSelect = true;
						lvTextFile.GridLines = true;
						lvTextFile.MultiSelect = false;

						foreach (DataColumn textColumn in dataToShow.Tables[0].Columns)
						{
							ColumnHeader header = new ColumnHeader ();
							header.Text = textColumn.Caption;
							lvTextFile.Columns.Add(  header );
						}

						return true;
					}
					catch
					{
						return false;
					}
				}
				


and loading data into ListView from a TextFile, based on DataRow in Dataset - ShowDataInListView():
				private bool ShowDataInListView(DataSet dataToShow, out string errorInfo)
				{
					errorInfo = String.Empty;
					try
					{
						lvTextFile.Items.Clear();
						foreach ( DataRow textRow in dataToShow.Tables[0].Rows)
						{
							ListViewItem li = new ListViewItem( textRow[0].ToString());
							for (int i=1;i< dataToShow.Tables[0].Columns.Count;i++)
							{	li.SubItems.Add ( textRow[i].ToString() );	}

							lvTextFile.Items.Add(li);
						}

						return true;
					}
					catch (Exception ex_show_data)
					{
						errorInfo = ex_show_data.Message;
						return false;
					}
				}
				

Side Note:
DataRow class - Represents a row of data in a DataTable.
The DataRow and DataColumn objects are primary components of a DataTable. Use the DataRow object and its properties and methods to retrieve and evaluate; and insert, delete, and update the values in the DataTable.

DataColumn class - Represents the schema of a column in a DataTable.
The DataColumn is the fundamental building block for creating the schema of a DataTable. You build the schema by adding one or more DataColumn objects to the DataColumnCollection. Each DataColumn has a DataType property that determines the kind of data the DataColumn contains.



ListView ColumnHeader class - Displays a single column header in a ListView control. A column header is an item in a ListView control that contains heading text.





And that's it.
Article keywords: OleDB namespace, OleDbConnection, OleDbCommand, OleDbDataAdapter, OleDbDataAdapter.Fill(), DataSet, DataColumn, DataRow, ListView, ColumnHeader, GridView, DataSource

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