CustomExportEventArgs.GetPrintableControl(String) Method

Gets a printable control corresponding to the specified dashboard item.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

C#

public XRControl GetPrintableControl(
    string dashboardItemName
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetPrintableControl(
    dashboardItemName As String
) As XRControl

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
dashboardItemName	String	A string that is the dashboard item’s component name.

Returns

Type	Description
XRControl	A printable control corresponding to the specified dashboard item.

Remarks

The following table illustrates dashboard items and their corresponding printable XRControls:

Dashboard Item	XRControl
ChartDashboardItem	XRChart
ScatterChartDashboardItem	XRChart
PieDashboardItem	XRChart
PivotDashboardItem	XRPivotGrid
RangeFilterDashboardItem (When CustomExportBaseEventArgs.ExportMode is SingleItem)	XRChart
GaugeDashboardItem	XRGaugeDashboardItem
TextBoxDashboardItem	XRTextBox

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-pivot-custom-export/CS/WinformsExport/Form1.cs#L23

void dashboardViewer1_CustomExport(object sender, CustomExportEventArgs e) {
    XRPivotGrid pivot1 = e.GetPrintableControl("pivotDashboardItem1") as XRPivotGrid;
    XRPivotGrid pivot2 = e.GetPrintableControl("pivotDashboardItem2") as XRPivotGrid;

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-pivot-custom-export/VB/WinFormsExport/Form1.vb#L25

Private Sub dashboardViewer1_CustomExport(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomExportEventArgs) Handles dashboardViewer1.CustomExport
    Dim pivot1 As XRPivotGrid = TryCast(e.GetPrintableControl("pivotDashboardItem1"), XRPivotGrid)
    Dim pivot2 As XRPivotGrid = TryCast(e.GetPrintableControl("pivotDashboardItem2"), XRPivotGrid)