Interface Elements for Desktop > Report Designer > Report Designer for WinForms > Report Wizard > Data-bound Report Wizard > Connect to an Object Data Source > Select the Data Binding Mode
Note
This wizard step appears only if you're creating a new report from scratch. If you're modifying an existing report, this step will not appear and you will start with the Choose Columns to Display in Your Report wizard page.
Purpose
Specify whether you need to retrieve the actual data from the data source or obtain the data source schema.
Page Interface
On this wizard page, you can choose one of the following two binding modes.
•Retrieve the data source schema - Select this option to retrieve only the data source schema from the specified object and edit the report layout without having access to the actual underlying data.
•Retrieve the actual data - Select this option to automatically create an instance of the data source type and obtain its actual data.
Click Next to proceed to the next wizard page depending on the selected option.
•Choose Columns to Display in Your Report
•Select a Data Source Constructor
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