SortingDirection Enum

Lists the values that specify the sort order.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpo.DB

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public enum SortingDirection

VB.NET

Public Enum SortingDirection

Members

Name	Description
Ascending	A property (column) is sorted in ascending order.
Descending	A property (column) is sorted in descending order.

Related API Members

The following properties accept/return SortingDirection values:

Library	Related API Members
Cross-Platform Class Library	SortingColumn.Direction
	SortProperty.Direction
eXpressApp Framework	IModelSortProperty.Direction

Remarks

The values listed by this enumeration are used to set the SortProperty.Direction property.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-bind-an-aspnet-mvc-gridview-extension-to-a-table-with-an-unknown-schema-using-custo-t602001/CS/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/XpoBindingHandlers.cs#L92

foreach(GridViewColumnState sortedColumn in sortedColumns) {
    SortingDirection sortingDirection = GetSortingDirection(sortedColumn.SortOrder);
    SortProperty sortProperty = new SortProperty(sortedColumn.FieldName, sortingDirection);

XPO_how-to-create-and-use-the-joinoperand-using-linq-to-xpo-and-criteria-operators-e1883/CS/E1883/Program.cs#L30

using (XPCollection<Person> result1 =
    new XPCollection<Person>(session, op1, new SortProperty("Name", SortingDirection.Ascending))) {
    CheckResult(result1);

XPO_how-to-create-persistent-classes-mapped-to-tables-with-a-composite-primary-key-at-runtime-e4606/CS/XpoConsoleApplication/Program.cs#L86

XPView xpv = new XPView(uow, ciTask);
xpv.Sorting.Add(new SortProperty("Project", DevExpress.Xpo.DB.SortingDirection.Ascending));
xpv.Sorting.Add(new SortProperty("No", DevExpress.Xpo.DB.SortingDirection.Ascending));

XAF_how-to-represent-a-collection-property-using-a-checked-list-box-e1807/CS/DXExample.Module.Win/WinCheckedListBoxPropertyEditor.cs#L30

} else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(classInfo.DefaultProperty)) {
    dataSource.Sorting.Add(new SortProperty(classInfo.DefaultProperty, DevExpress.Xpo.DB.SortingDirection.Ascending));
}

XAF_how-to-sort-a-nested-listviewat-the-business-objects-level-in-code-e1253/CS/WinWebSolution.Module/SortListViewController.cs#L29

XPCollection<OrderItem> xpCollection = GetCollection<OrderItem>("Items");
SortingHelper.Sort(xpCollection, "ModifiedOn", SortingDirection.Descending);
return xpCollection;

VB.NET

how-to-bind-an-aspnet-mvc-gridview-extension-to-a-table-with-an-unknown-schema-using-custo-t602001/VB/XPCustomBindingExample/XPO/XpoBindingHandlers.vb#L95

For Each sortedColumn As GridViewColumnState In sortedColumns
    Dim sortingDirection As SortingDirection = GetSortingDirection(sortedColumn.SortOrder)
    Dim sortProperty As New SortProperty(sortedColumn.FieldName, sortingDirection)

XPO_how-to-create-and-use-the-joinoperand-using-linq-to-xpo-and-criteria-operators-e1883/VB/E1883/Program.vb#L29

Console.WriteLine("Testing the CriteriaOperator created using constructors")
Using result1 As New XPCollection(Of Person)(session, op1, New SortProperty("Name", SortingDirection.Ascending))
    CheckResult(result1)

XPO_how-to-create-persistent-classes-mapped-to-tables-with-a-composite-primary-key-at-runtime-e4606/VB/XpoConsoleApplication/Program.vb#L90

Dim xpv As New XPView(uow, ciTask)
xpv.Sorting.Add(New SortProperty("Project", DevExpress.Xpo.DB.SortingDirection.Ascending))
xpv.Sorting.Add(New SortProperty("No", DevExpress.Xpo.DB.SortingDirection.Ascending))

XAF_how-to-represent-a-collection-property-using-a-checked-list-box-e1807/VB/DXExample.Module.Win/WinCheckedListBoxPropertyEditor.vb#L34

ElseIf (Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(classInfo.DefaultProperty)) Then
    dataSource.Sorting.Add(New SortProperty(classInfo.DefaultProperty, DevExpress.Xpo.DB.SortingDirection.Ascending))
End If

XAF_how-to-sort-a-nested-listviewat-the-business-objects-level-in-code-e1253/VB/WinWebSolution.Module/SortListViewController.vb#L38

Dim xpCollection As XPCollection(Of OrderItem) = GetCollection(Of OrderItem)("Items")
SortingHelper.Sort(xpCollection, "ModifiedOn", SortingDirection.Descending)
Return xpCollection