AIExtensionsContainerDesktop.Default Field

The default container for AI services.

Namespace: DevExpress.AIIntegration

Assembly: DevExpress.AIIntegration.Desktop.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.AIIntegration.Desktop

Declaration

C#

public static readonly AIExtensionsContainerDefault Default

VB.NET

Public Shared ReadOnly Default As AIExtensionsContainerDefault

Field Value

Type	Description
AIExtensionsContainerDefault	The default container.

Remarks

The following code snippet registers an Azure OpenAI client in a WinForms application:

C#

using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration;

internal static class Program {
    [STAThread]
    static void Main() {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

        IChatClient azureChatClient = new Azure.AI.OpenAI.AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(AzureOpenAIEndpoint),
        new System.ClientModel.ApiKeyCredential(AzureOpenAIKey))
        .GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient();

        AIExtensionsContainerDesktop.Default.RegisterChatClient(azureChatClient);

        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
    static string AzureOpenAIEndpoint { get { return Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"); } }
    static string AzureOpenAIKey { get { return Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY"); } }
}

VB.NET

using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
using DevExpress.AIIntegration;

internal static class Program {
    [STAThread]
    static void Main() {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Dim azureChatClient As IChatClient = New Azure.AI.OpenAI.AzureOpenAIClient(New Uri(AzureOpenAIEndpoint),
            New System.ClientModel.ApiKeyCredential(AzureOpenAIKey)).
            GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient()

        AIExtensionsContainerDesktop.Default.RegisterChatClient(azureChatClient)
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }
    static string AzureOpenAIEndpoint { get { return Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"); } }
    static string AzureOpenAIKey { get { return Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_APIKEY"); } }
}

Tip

DevExpress AI-poweredExtensions for WinForms

Related GitHub Examples

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Note

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C#

winforms-generate-skin-palettes-with-ai/CS/DevExpress.AI.WinForms.AIGeneratePalette.Demo/Program.cs#L25

// Register the chat client and the palette generation extension in the DevExpress AI container.
var defaultContainer = AIExtensionsContainerDesktop.Default;
defaultContainer.RegisterChatClient(chatClient);

devexpress-ai-chat-samples/CS/DevExpress.AI.Samples.WPFBlazor/App.xaml.cs#L30

);
var container = AIExtensionsContainerDesktop.Default;
container.RegisterChatClient(openAIClient.AsChatClient(deployment));

winforms-chat-for-net-framework/CS/DevExpress.AI.WinForms.HtmlChat.Demo/Program.cs#L27

IChatClient chatClient = azureOpenAIClient.GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini").AsIChatClient();
var container = AIExtensionsContainerDesktop.Default;
container.RegisterChatClient(chatClient);