ASPxDashboard.SetConnectionStringsProvider(IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider) Method

Specifies a provider of data connections that can be used by the Web Dashboard.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWeb

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v24.2.Web.WebForms.dll

Declaration

C#

public void SetConnectionStringsProvider(
    IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider provider
)

VB.NET

Public Sub SetConnectionStringsProvider(
    provider As IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
provider	IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider	An object that implements the IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider interface and provides access to the predefined connections strings.

Remarks

Pass the ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider instance as a method’s parameter for a default connection string provider implementation to allow end users to create new data sources based on predefined connection strings.

C#

using DevExpress.DashboardWeb;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.Web;
// ...
ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(new ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider());

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DashboardWeb
Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.Web
' ...
ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(New ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider())

To learn how to implement the IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider interface, see DashboardConfigurator.SetConnectionStringsProvider.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

web-forms-dashboard-get-started/CS/AspxDashboard_GettingStarted/WebForm1.aspx.cs#L11

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(new DevExpress.DataAccess.Web.ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider());
}

web-forms-dashboard-enable-export-in-data-inspector/CS/WebForm1.aspx.cs#L13

ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(new ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider());
DataSourceInMemoryStorage dataSourceStorage = new DataSourceInMemoryStorage();

web-forms-dashboard-pass-hidden-parameters-to-custom-sql-query/CS/ASPxDashboard_CustomParameters/WebForm1.aspx.cs#L10

DashboardFileStorage dashboardFileStorage = new DashboardFileStorage("~/App_Data/Dashboards");
ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(new ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider());
ASPxDashboard1.SetDashboardStorage(dashboardFileStorage);

web-forms-dashboard-custom-database-schema-for-sql-data-sources/CS/WebFormsDashboard_CustomSchemaProvider/Default.aspx.cs#L12

ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(new DevExpress.DataAccess.Web.ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider());

VB.NET

web-forms-dashboard-get-started/VB/AspxDashboard_GettingStarted/WebForm1.aspx.vb#L11

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(New DevExpress.DataAccess.Web.ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider())
End Sub

web-forms-dashboard-enable-export-in-data-inspector/VB/WebForm1.aspx.vb#L15

ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(New ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider())
Dim dataSourceStorage As New DataSourceInMemoryStorage()

web-forms-dashboard-pass-hidden-parameters-to-custom-sql-query/VB/ASPxDashboard_CustomParameters/WebForm1.aspx.vb#L13

Dim dashboardFileStorage As DashboardFileStorage = New DashboardFileStorage("~/App_Data/Dashboards")
ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(New ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider())
ASPxDashboard1.SetDashboardStorage(dashboardFileStorage)

web-forms-dashboard-custom-database-schema-for-sql-data-sources/VB/WebFormsDashboard_CustomSchemaProvider/Default.aspx.vb#L12

ASPxDashboard1.SetDashboardStorage(dashboardFileStorage)
ASPxDashboard1.SetConnectionStringsProvider(New DevExpress.DataAccess.Web.ConfigFileConnectionStringsProvider())
' This method assigns the database schema provider to the Web Dashboard.