Connection Class
Definition
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Defines the Connection Class.
This class is available in Office 2013 and above.
When the object is serialized out as xml, it's qualified name is x15:connection.
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.TextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.ModelTextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.RangeProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.OleDbPrpoperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.DataFeedProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OfficeAvailability(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr(71, "connection")]
public class Connection : DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlCompositeElementpublic class Connection : DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlCompositeElement[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr(71, "connection")]
public class Connection : DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlCompositeElement[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr("x15:connection")]
public class Connection : DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlCompositeElement[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr("x15:connection")]
public class Connection : DocumentFormat.OpenXml.TypedOpenXmlCompositeElement[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.TextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.ModelTextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.RangeProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.OleDbPrpoperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.DataFeedProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
[DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OfficeAvailability(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)]
public class Connection : DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OpenXmlCompositeElement[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.TextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.ModelTextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.RangeProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.OleDbPrpoperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.DataFeedProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OfficeAvailability(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr(71, "connection")>]
type Connection = class
inherit OpenXmlCompositeElementtype Connection = class
inherit OpenXmlCompositeElement[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr(71, "connection")>]
type Connection = class
inherit OpenXmlCompositeElement[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr("x15:connection")>]
type Connection = class
inherit OpenXmlCompositeElement[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.SchemaAttr("x15:connection")>]
type Connection = class
inherit TypedOpenXmlCompositeElement[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.TextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.ModelTextProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.RangeProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.OleDbPrpoperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.ChildElementInfo(typeof(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.Office2013.Excel.DataFeedProperties), DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
[<DocumentFormat.OpenXml.OfficeAvailability(DocumentFormat.OpenXml.FileFormatVersions.Office2013)>]
type Connection = class
inherit OpenXmlCompositeElementPublic Class Connection
Inherits OpenXmlCompositeElementPublic Class Connection
Inherits TypedOpenXmlCompositeElement- Inheritance
- Inheritance
- Attributes
Remarks
2.4.43 connection
Target namespace: http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2010/11/main
A CT_Connection element that specifies the extended properties of an external connection.<20>
The following W3C XML Schema ([XMLSCHEMA1] section 2.1) fragment specifies the contents of this element.
<xsd:element name="connection" type="CT_Connection"/>
See section 5.3 for the full W3C XML Schema ([XMLSCHEMA1] section 2.1).
2.6.91 CT_Connection
Target namespace: http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2010/11/main
Referenced by: connection
A complex type that specifies the extended properties of an external connection ([ISO/IEC-29500-1] section 18.13).<67> See section 2.2.4.1 for how this element integrates with the Office Open XML file formats specified in [ISO/IEC-29500-1].
Child Elements:
modelTextPr: A CT_ModelTextPr element that specifies Model Data Source text importation properties in addition to those specified in textPr element.
If this element is present, then:
the type attribute of the ancestor CT_Connection element, as specified in [ISO/IEC-29500-4] section A.2, MUST be equal to "103".
Ancestor CT_Connection element MUST contain textPr element.
rangePr: A CT_RangePr element that specifies Model Data Source Worksheet Data connection properties.
If this element is present, then the type attribute of the ancestor CT_Connection element, as specified in [ISO/IEC-29500-4] section A.2, MUST be equal to "102".
oledbPr: A CT_OledbPr element that specifies Model Data Source OLE DB connection properties.
If this element is present, then the type attribute of the ancestor CT_Connection element, as specified in [ISO/IEC-29500-4] section A.2, MUST be equal to "100".
dataFeedPr: A CT_DataFeedPr element that specifies Model Data Source Data Feed connection properties.
If this element is present, then the type attribute of the ancestor CT_Connection element, as specified in [ISO/IEC-29500-4] section A.2, MUST be equal to "101".
Attributes:
id: An ST_Xstring ([ISO/IEC-29500-1] section 22.9.2.19) attribute that specifies the identifier of the Data Model data source. The string MUST be less than or equal to 65535 characters in length. The string length MUST be equal to zero characters if the sandbox attribute equals "true".
model: A Boolean ([XMLSCHEMA2] section 3.2.2) attribute that specifies whether this connection is a connection to the Spreadsheet Data Model*.* If this element equals "true", the type attribute of the ancestor CT_Connection element, as specified in [ISO/IEC-29500-4] section A.2, MUST be equal to "5".
excludeFromRefreshAll: A Boolean ([XMLSCHEMA2] section 3.2.2) attribute that specifies whether this connection is not to be refreshed on Refresh All.
autoDelete: A Boolean ([XMLSCHEMA2] section 3.2.2) attribute that specifies whether this connection will be automatically deleted when all data features which use it are deleted.
usedByAddin: A Boolean ([XMLSCHEMA2] section 3.2.2) attribute that specifies [TYPE HERE]
<<REVIEW>>Flag indicating if this connection is used by Power View addin and must not be automatically deleted with data features using it<<REVIEW>>
The following W3C XML Schema ([XMLSCHEMA1] section 2.1) fragment specifies the contents of this complex type.
<xsd:complexType name="CT_Connection">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="modelTextPr" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CT_ModelTextPr"/>
<xsd:element name="rangePr" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CT_RangePr"/>
<xsd:element name="oledbPr" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CT_OledbPr"/>
<xsd:element name="dataFeedPr" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" type="CT_DataFeedPr"/>
</xsd:sequence>
<xsd:attribute name="id" use="required" type="x:ST_Xstring"/>
<xsd:attribute name="model" type="xsd:boolean" default="false" use="optional"/>
<xsd:attribute name="excludeFromRefreshAll" type="xsd:boolean" default="false" use="optional"/>
<xsd:attribute name="autoDelete" type="xsd:boolean" default="false" use="optional"/>
<xsd:attribute name="usedByAddin" type="xsd:boolean" default="false" use="optional"/>
</xsd:complexType>
See section 5.3 for the full W3C XML Schema ([XMLSCHEMA1] section 2.1).
Constructors
| Connection() |
Initializes a new instance of the Connection class. |
| Connection(IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement>) |
Initializes a new instance of the Connection class with the specified child elements. |
| Connection(OpenXmlElement[]) |
Initializes a new instance of the Connection class with the specified child elements. |
| Connection(String) |
Initializes a new instance of the Connection class from outer XML. |
Properties
| AutoDelete |
autoDelete, this property is only available in Office 2013 and later. Represents the following attribute in the schema: autoDelete |
| ChildElements |
Gets all the child nodes of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| DataFeedProperties |
DataFeedProperties. Represents the following element tag in the schema: x15:dataFeedPr. |
| ExcludeFromRefreshAll |
excludeFromRefreshAll, this property is only available in Office 2013 and later. Represents the following attribute in the schema: excludeFromRefreshAll |
| ExtendedAttributes |
Gets all extended attributes (attributes not defined in the schema) of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Features |
Gets a IFeatureCollection for the current element. This feature collection will be read-only, but will inherit features from its parent part and package if available. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| FirstChild |
Gets the first child of the current OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| HasAttributes |
Gets a value indicating whether the current element has any attributes. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| HasChildren |
Gets a value that indicates whether the current element has any child elements. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| Id |
id, this property is only available in Office 2013 and later. Represents the following attribute in the schema: id |
| InnerText |
Gets or sets the concatenated values of the current node and all of its children. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| InnerXml |
Gets or sets the markup that represents only the child nodes of the current node. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| LastChild |
Gets the last child of the current OpenXmlElement element. Returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there is no such OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| LocalName | |
| LocalName |
Gets the local name of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| MCAttributes |
Gets or sets the markup compatibility attributes. Returns null if no markup compatibility attributes are defined for the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Model |
model, this property is only available in Office 2013 and later. Represents the following attribute in the schema: model |
| ModelTextProperties |
ModelTextProperties. Represents the following element tag in the schema: x15:modelTextPr. |
| NamespaceDeclarations |
Gets all the namespace declarations defined in the current element. Returns an empty enumerator if there is no namespace declaration. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| NamespaceUri |
Gets the namespace URI of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| OleDbPrpoperties |
OleDbPrpoperties. Represents the following element tag in the schema: x15:oledbPr. |
| OpenXmlElementContext |
Gets the OpenXmlElementContext of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| OuterXml |
Gets the markup that represents the current element and all of its child elements. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Parent |
Gets the parent element of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Prefix |
Gets the namespace prefix of current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| RangeProperties |
RangeProperties. Represents the following element tag in the schema: x15:rangePr. |
| TextProperties |
TextProperties. Represents the following element tag in the schema: x15:textPr. |
| UsedByAddin |
usedByAddin, this property is only available in Office 2013 and later. Represents the following attribute in the schema: usedByAddin |
| XmlQualifiedName |
Gets the qualified name of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| XName |
Gets the qualified name of the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
Methods
| AddAnnotation(Object) |
Adds an object to the current OpenXmlElement element's list of annotations. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| AddChild(OpenXmlElement, Boolean) |
Adds the specified element to the element if it is a known child. This adds the element in the correct location according to the schema. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| AddNamespaceDeclaration(String, String) |
Adds a namespace declaration to the current node. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Ancestors() |
Enumerates all of the current element's ancestors. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Ancestors<T>() |
Enumerates only the current element's ancestors that have the specified type. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Annotation(Type) |
Get the first annotation object of the specified type from the current OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Annotation<T>() |
Get the first annotation object of the specified type from the current OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Annotations(Type) |
Gets a collection of annotations with the specified type for the current OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Annotations<T>() |
Gets a collection of annotations with the specified type for the current OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Append(IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement>) |
Appends each element from a list of elements to the end of the current element's list of child elements. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Append(OpenXmlElement[]) |
Appends each element from an array of elements to the end of the current element's list of child elements. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| AppendChild<T>(T) |
Appends the specified element to the end of the current element's list of child nodes. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| ClearAllAttributes() |
Clears all of the attributes, including both known attributes and extended attributes. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Clone() |
Creates a duplicate of the current node. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| CloneNode(Boolean) |
Creates a duplicate of this node. |
| Descendants() |
Enumerates all of the current element's descendants. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Descendants<T>() |
Enumerate all of the current element's descendants of type T. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Elements() |
Enumerates all of the current element's children. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Elements<T>() |
Enumerates only the current element's children that have the specified type. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| ElementsAfter() |
Enumerates all of the sibling elements that follow the current element and have the same parent as the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| ElementsBefore() |
Enumerates all of the sibling elements that precede the current element and have the same parent as the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| GetAttribute(String, String) |
Gets an Open XML attribute with the specified tag name and namespace URI. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| GetAttributes() |
Gets a list that contains a copy of all the attributes. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| GetEnumerator() |
Returns an enumerator that iterates through the child collection. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| GetFirstChild<T>() |
Finds the first child element in type T. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| InsertAfter<T>(T, OpenXmlElement) |
Inserts the specified element immediately after the specified reference element. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| InsertAfterSelf<T>(T) |
Inserts the specified element immediately after the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| InsertAt<T>(T, Int32) |
Inserts the specified element at the specified index of the current element's children. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| InsertBefore<T>(T, OpenXmlElement) |
Inserts the specified element immediately before the specified reference element. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| InsertBeforeSelf<T>(T) |
Inserts the specified element immediately before the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| IsAfter(OpenXmlElement) |
Determines if the current element appears after a specified element in document order. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| IsBefore(OpenXmlElement) |
Determines if the current element appears before a specified element in document order. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| LookupNamespace(String) |
Resolves the namespace prefix in the context of the current node. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| LookupPrefix(String) |
Finds the corresponding prefix for a namespace uri in the current element scope. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| NextSibling() |
Gets the OpenXmlElement element that immediately follows the current OpenXmlElement element. Returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there is no next OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| NextSibling<T>() |
Gets the OpenXmlElement element with the specified type that follows the current OpenXmlElement element. Returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there is no next OpenXmlElement. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| PrependChild<T>(T) |
Inserts the specified element at the beginning of the current element's list of child nodes. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| PreviousSibling() |
Gets the OpenXmlElement element that immediately precedes the current OpenXmlElement element. Returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic ) if there is no preceding OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| PreviousSibling<T>() |
Gets the OpenXmlElement element with the specified type that precedes the current OpenXmlElement. Returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there is no preceding OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| Remove() |
Removes the current element from its parent. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| RemoveAllChildren() |
Removes all of the current element's child elements. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| RemoveAllChildren<T>() |
Remove all of the current element's child elements that are of type T. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| RemoveAnnotations(Type) |
Removes the annotations of the specified type from the current OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| RemoveAnnotations<T>() |
Removes the annotations with the specified type from the current OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| RemoveAttribute(String, String) |
Removes the attribute from the current element. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| RemoveChild<T>(T) |
Removes the specified child element. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| RemoveNamespaceDeclaration(String) |
Removes the namespace declaration for the specified prefix. Removes nothing if there is no prefix. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| ReplaceChild<T>(OpenXmlElement, T) |
Replaces one of the current element's child elements with another OpenXmlElement element. (Inherited from OpenXmlCompositeElement) |
| SetAttribute(OpenXmlAttribute) |
Sets an attribute to the specified element. If the attribute is a known attribute, the value of the attribute is set. If the attribute is an extended attribute, the 'openxmlAttribute' is added to the extended attributes list. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| SetAttributes(IEnumerable<OpenXmlAttribute>) |
Sets a number of attributes to the element. If an attribute is a known attribute, the value of the attribute is set. If an attribute is an extended attribute, the 'openxmlAttribute' is added to the extended attributes list. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| WriteTo(XmlWriter) |
Saves the current node to the specified XmlWriter. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
Explicit Interface Implementations
| IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() | (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |
| IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement>.GetEnumerator() |
Returns an enumerator that iterates through the child collection. (Inherited from OpenXmlElement) |