# DataSourceManager.SaveDataSourceConfig Method

> Saves an XML string or a file containing "report data source config" data. Can only be called when a data provider based data source was loaded via the DatabaseConnectionDialog. The XML string contains information about the data provider, the connection string, the selected master table and existing data relations. Data Source Configuration Files can only be used in Windows Forms applications. When calling this method from a WPF Application, an exception is thrown.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Not in:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK`
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources > DataSourceManager.SaveDataSourceConfig Method
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/savedatasourceconfig-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/savedatasourceconfig-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/savedatasourceconfig-method/llms-full.txt

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- [Description](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/savedatasourceconfig-method/#description)
- [Syntax](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/savedatasourceconfig-method/#syntax)
- [Examples](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/savedatasourceconfig-method/#examples)

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