CustomShapefileData.ShapeData Property

Gets or sets shape data.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v24.1.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Dashboard.Core

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public byte[] ShapeData { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Property ShapeData As Byte()

Property Value

Type	Description
Byte[]	An array of Byte values that specifies shape data.

Remarks

To load the existing shapefile in code, set the MapDashboardItem.Area property to ShapefileArea.Custom and use the MapDashboardItem.CustomShapefile property. There are two ways to provide the custom shapefile.

• Use the CustomShapefile.Url property to specify the path to the shapefile.
• Create the CustomShapefileData object, specify its ShapeData and CustomShapefileData.AttributeData (optionally) properties and assign this object to the CustomShapefile.Data property.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

win-viewer-map-custom-shape-file/CS/WindowsFormsMapCustomShape/Form1.cs#L37

CustomShapefileData data = new CustomShapefileData();
data.ShapeData = File.ReadAllBytes(@"..\..\Map\USA.shp");
data.AttributeData = File.ReadAllBytes(@"..\..\Map\USA.dbf");

VB.NET

win-viewer-map-custom-shape-file/VB/WindowsFormsMapCustomShape/Form1.vb#L34

Dim data As CustomShapefileData = New CustomShapefileData()
data.ShapeData = File.ReadAllBytes("..\..\Map\USA.shp")
data.AttributeData = File.ReadAllBytes("..\..\Map\USA.dbf")