DashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard(String) Method

Loads a dashboard from an XML file.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

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

Declaration

C#

public void LoadDashboard(
    string filePath
)

VB.NET

Public Sub LoadDashboard(
    filePath As String
)

Parameters

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

Remarks

You can open a dashboard in one of the following ways.

• Create and assign an instance of the Dashboard class to the DashboardDesigner.Dashboard property.
• Use the LoadDashboard method to open a dashboard from a file or stream.

To save a dashboard to a file or a stream, use the Dashboard.SaveToXml method. You can use the Dashboard.LoadFromXml method to load a dashboard definition from a file or a stream to the existing dashboard.

Note

If the DashboardDesigner / DashboardViewer control is placed in the MDI child form, load dashboards in the Shown event handler instead of Load.

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

dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("../../Data/dashboard1.xml");

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-async-mode-designer-data-loading/CS/DashboardDesignerAsyncModeExample/Form1.cs#L36

    lblMode.Text = "ASYNC";
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("test.xml");
}

how-to-evaluate-a-customer-acquisition-using-the-quarter-year-of-their-first-purchase-t372353/CS/Dashboard_AggrCohortAnalysis/Form1.cs#L8

    dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon();
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard(@"..\..\Data\CohortAnalysis.xml");
}

winforms-dashboard-display-best-and-worst-monthly-sales/CS/Dashboard_AggrSalesByMonths/Form1.cs#L8

    dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon();
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard(@"..\..\Data\SalesByMonths.xml");
}

winforms-dashboards-how-to-use-a-custom-format-for-axis-labels-in-the-chart-item/CS/DesignerSample/Form1.cs#L19

    dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon();
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard(@"..\..\Data\T597204.xml");
}

winforms-dashboard-custom-save-and-open-procedures/CS/Dashboard_LoadingAndSaving/Form1.cs#L34

DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardOpeningEventArgs e) {
dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard(filePath);
e.Handled = true;

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-async-mode-designer-data-loading/VB/DashboardDesignerAsyncModeExample/Form1.vb#L36

    lblMode.Text = "ASYNC"
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("test.xml")
End Sub

how-to-evaluate-a-customer-acquisition-using-the-quarter-year-of-their-first-purchase-t372353/VB/Dashboard_AggrCohortAnalysis/Form1.vb#L10

    dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon()
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("..\..\Data\CohortAnalysis.xml")
End Sub

winforms-dashboard-display-best-and-worst-monthly-sales/VB/Dashboard_AggrSalesByMonths/Form1.vb#L11

    dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon()
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("..\..\Data\SalesByMonths.xml")
End Sub

winforms-dashboards-how-to-use-a-custom-format-for-axis-labels-in-the-chart-item/VB/DesignerSample/Form1.vb#L18

    dashboardDesigner1.CreateRibbon()
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard("..\..\Data\T597204.xml")
End Sub

winforms-dashboard-custom-save-and-open-procedures/VB/Dashboard_LoadingAndSaving/Form1.vb#L34

Private Sub dashboardDesigner1_DashboardOpening(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardOpeningEventArgs) Handles dashboardDesigner1.DashboardOpening
    dashboardDesigner1.LoadDashboard(filePath)
    e.Handled = True

Implements

LoadDashboard(String)