# DataSourceManager.LoadDataSourceConfig Method

> Loads an XML string or a file containing "report data source configuration" data. Data Source Configuration Files can only be used in Windows Forms applications. When calling this method from a WPF Application, an exception is thrown. For more information about data source configuration files see method SaveDataSourceConfig.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.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 for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources > DataSourceManager.LoadDataSourceConfig Method
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/loaddatasourceconfig-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/loaddatasourceconfig-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/datasourcemanager/loaddatasourceconfig-method/llms-full.txt

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

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