# MailMerge.DataSourceCulture Property

> Specifies the culture with which numerical and date / time values coming from the data source are parsed. The default value for this property is the current thread culture.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 31.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **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
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer > MailMerge.DataSourceCulture Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/datasourceculture-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/datasourceculture-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/datasourceculture-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies the culture with which numerical and date / time values coming from the data source are parsed. The default value for this property is the current thread culture.

### Syntax

```csharp
public CultureInfo DataSourceCulture { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property DataSourceCulture As CultureInfo
```

### Examples

The following example uses `MailMerge.DataSourceCulture` to configure data source culture as part of the mail merge workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
mailMerge.DataSourceCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US");
if (mailMerge.DataSourceCulture != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Mail Merge: Data Source Culture is available.");
}
```

```vbnet
mailMerge.DataSourceCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US")
If mailMerge.DataSourceCulture IsNot Nothing Then
    Console.WriteLine("Mail Merge: Data Source Culture is available.")
End If
```

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