DashboardDesigner.CreateCustomItemBars(Type[]) Method

Adds custom item bars to the Ribbon.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

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

Declaration

C#

public void CreateCustomItemBars(
    params Type[] customItemMetadataTypes
)

VB.NET

Public Sub CreateCustomItemBars(
    ParamArray customItemMetadataTypes As Type()
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
customItemMetadataTypes	Type[]	A metadata type that corresponds to a CustomItemMetadata class descendant.

Remarks

The CreateCustomItemBars method inserts a custom item’s bar into the Ribbon. Before you add a bar, make sure that you have registered the corresponding metadata type and created the Ribbon.

Call the CreateCustomItemBars method to add bars for all custom items whose metadata is registered. To add bars for the corresponding custom items, pass their metadata as the customItemMetadataTypes parameter.

C#

using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DashboardWin;

namespace TutorialsCustomItems {
public partial class Form1 : Form {
  public Form1(){
      InitializeComponent();
      dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon();
      dashboardDesigner1.CreateCustomItemBars();
    }
  }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.DashboardWin

Namespace CustomItemsSample
  Partial Public Class Form1
    Inherits Form
    Public Sub New()
      InitializeComponent()
      dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon()
      dashboardDesigner1.CreateCustomItemBars()
    End Sub
  End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/CS/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/SankeyChart/SankeyItemExtensionModule.cs#L17

AttachDashboardControl(designer);
designer.CreateCustomItemBars(typeof(SankeyItemMetadata));
RemoveDrillDownBarItem(designer);

winforms-dashboard-custom-items/CS/TutorialsCustomItems/Form1.cs#L17

dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard(@"..\..\Data\TutorialCustomItems.xml");
dashboardDesigner1.CreateCustomItemBars();
dashboardDesigner1.CustomizeExportDocument += dashboardDesigner1_CustomizeExportDocument;

winforms-dashboard-trend-line-indicators/CS/WinformsIndicator/FormDesigner.cs#L30

    dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon();
    dashboardDesigner.CreateCustomItemBars();
}

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-custom-items-extension/VB/CustomItemExtension/CustomItems/TreeList/TreeListItemExtensionModule.vb#L17

AttachDashboardControl(designer)
designer.CreateCustomItemBars(GetType(TreeListItemMetadata))
RemoveDrillDownBarItem(designer)

winforms-dashboard-custom-items/VB/TutorialsCustomItems/Form1.vb#L14

dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("..\..\Data\TutorialCustomItems.xml")
dashboardDesigner1.CreateCustomItemBars()
AddHandler dashboardDesigner1.CustomizeExportDocument, AddressOf dashboardDesigner1_CustomizeExportDocument

winforms-dashboard-trend-line-indicators/VB/WinformsIndicator/FormDesigner.vb#L32

    dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon()
    dashboardDesigner.CreateCustomItemBars()
End Sub