CustomDashboardItemControlCreatingEventArgs.MetadataType Property

Gets a custom item’s metadata type.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Dashboard

Declaration

C#

public Type MetadataType { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property MetadataType As Type

Property Value

Type	Description
Type	A CustomItemMetadata object.

Remarks

A metadata type is stored in the CustomItemMetadataTypes collection. It corresponds to a class derived from CustomItemMetadata.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/CS/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/SankeyChart/SankeyItemExtensionModule.cs#L35

void OnCustomDashboardItemControlCreating(object sender, CustomDashboardItemControlCreatingEventArgs e) {
    if(e.MetadataType == typeof(SankeyItemMetadata))
        e.CustomControlProvider = new SankeyItemControlProvider(dashboardControl.Dashboard.Items[e.DashboardItemName] as CustomDashboardItem<SankeyItemMetadata>);

winforms-dashboard-custom-items/CS/TutorialsCustomItems/Form1.cs#L29

private void DashboardDesigner1_CustomDashboardItemControlCreating(object sender, DevExpress.DashboardWin.CustomDashboardItemControlCreatingEventArgs e) {
    if (e.MetadataType == typeof(HelloWorldItemMetadata))
        e.CustomControlProvider = new HelloWorldItemProvider();

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/VB/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/TreeList/TreeListItemExtensionModule.vb#L37

Dim dashboardControl As IDashboardControl = DirectCast(sender, IDashboardControl)
If e.MetadataType Is GetType(TreeListItemMetadata) Then
    e.CustomControlProvider = New TreeListItemControlProvider(TryCast(dashboardControl.Dashboard.Items(e.DashboardItemName), CustomDashboardItem(Of TreeListItemMetadata)))

winforms-dashboard-custom-items/VB/TutorialsCustomItems/Form1.vb#L26

Private Sub DashboardDesigner1_CustomDashboardItemControlCreating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.CustomDashboardItemControlCreatingEventArgs) Handles dashboardDesigner1.CustomDashboardItemControlCreating
    If e.MetadataType Is GetType(HelloWorldItemMetadata) Then
        e.CustomControlProvider = New HelloWorldItemProvider()