Dashboard.LoadFromXml(String) Method

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Loads a dashboard from the specified XML file.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardCommon

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v24.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public void LoadFromXml(
    string filePath
)

VB.NET

Public Sub LoadFromXml(
    filePath As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
filePath	String	A String that specifies the path to a file that contains a dashboard.

Remarks

You need a dashboard (a Dashboard instance) to be created to use the Dashboard.LoadFromXml method.

To load a dashboard from a stream, use another overload of the LoadFromXml method that takes a stream parameter. You can use the DashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard / DashboardViewer.LoadDashboard methods as an alternative to the Dashboard.LoadFromXml method.

To save a dashboard to a file or stream, use the Dashboard.SaveToXml method.

The following code snippet shows how to load a dashboard from the project’s folder:

C#

dashboardControl1.Dashboard = new Dashboard();
dashboardControl1.Dashboard.LoadFromXml("Data\\Dashboard.xml");

VB.NET

dashboardControl1.Dashboard = New Dashboard()
dashboardControl1.Dashboard.LoadFromXml("Data\Dashboard.xml")

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-apply-conditional-formatting-to-grid-cells/CS/Dashboard_ConditionalFormatting_Grid/BarConditionForm.cs#L7

InitializeComponent();
Dashboard dashboard = new Dashboard(); dashboard.LoadFromXml(@"..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml");
dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard;

winforms-dashboard-pass-dashboard-parameters-to-expression-format-condition-in-code/CS/Dashboard_ConditionalFormatting_Grid/Form1.cs#L7

InitializeComponent();
Dashboard dashboard = new Dashboard(); dashboard.LoadFromXml(@"..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml");
dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard;

wpf-dashboard-how-to-manage-dashboard-parameters-in-code/CS/WPF_Dashboard_CustomParameters/ViewModels/MyViewModel.cs#L15

Dashboard dashboard = new Dashboard();
dashboard.LoadFromXml("Data\\SampleDashboard.xml");
dashboard.Parameters.Add(CreateParameter());

winforms-dashboard-customize-color-scheme/CS/Dashboard_Coloring/Form1.cs#L15

// Load a dashboard from the XML file.
Dashboard dashboard = new Dashboard(); dashboard.LoadFromXml(@"..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml");
IDashboardDataSource dataSource = dashboard.DataSources["dataSource1"];

winforms-dashboard-pass-dashboard-parameters-to-custom-sql-query-in-code/CS/Dashboard_ParametersAndCustomSQL/Form1.cs#L12

Dashboard dashboard = new Dashboard();
dashboard.LoadFromXml(@"..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml");

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-apply-conditional-formatting-to-grid-cells/VB/Dashboard_ConditionalFormatting_Grid/BarConditionForm.vb#L11

Dim dashboard As New Dashboard()
dashboard.LoadFromXml("..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml")
dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard

winforms-dashboard-pass-dashboard-parameters-to-expression-format-condition-in-code/VB/Dashboard_ConditionalFormatting_Grid/Form1.vb#L10

Dim dashboard As New Dashboard()
dashboard.LoadFromXml("..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml")
dashboardViewer1.Dashboard = dashboard

wpf-dashboard-how-to-manage-dashboard-parameters-in-code/VB/WPF_Dashboard_CustomParameters/ViewModels/MyViewModel.vb#L15

Dim dashboard_Renamed As New Dashboard()
dashboard_Renamed.LoadFromXml("Data\SampleDashboard.xml")
dashboard_Renamed.Parameters.Add(CreateParameter())

winforms-dashboard-customize-color-scheme/VB/Dashboard_Coloring/Form1.vb#L18

Dim dashboard As New Dashboard()
dashboard.LoadFromXml("..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml")
Dim dataSource As IDashboardDataSource = dashboard.DataSources("dataSource1")

winforms-dashboard-pass-dashboard-parameters-to-custom-sql-query-in-code/VB/Dashboard_ParametersAndCustomSQL/Form1.vb#L14

Dim dashboard As New Dashboard()
dashboard.LoadFromXml("..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml")