DashboardDesigner.SetInitialDashboardState Event

Allows you to specify the initial dashboard state when loading a dashboard.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v19.2.Win.dll

Declaration

C#

public event SetInitialDashboardStateEventHandler SetInitialDashboardState

VB.NET

Public Event SetInitialDashboardState As SetInitialDashboardStateEventHandler

Event Data

The SetInitialDashboardState event's data class is SetInitialDashboardStateEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Dashboard	A dashboard whose state can be initialized. Inherited from SetInitialDashboardStateBaseEventArgs.
InitialState	Gets or sets the dashboard initial state. Inherited from SetInitialDashboardStateBaseEventArgs.

Remarks

Refer to the Manage Dashboard State document for more information about a dashboard state.

Example

Note

The complete sample project How to Set the Initial Dashboard State in the WinForms Designer is available in the DevExpress Examples repository.

The following code snippet shows how to save and restore a dashboard state for WinForms Dashboard Designer:

C#

using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using System;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace WinDesignerDashboardState
{
    public partial class DesignerForm1: DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonForm {

        DashboardState dState = new DashboardState();
        const string path = @"..\..\Dashboards\dashboardWithSavedState.xml";
        public DesignerForm1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            dashboardDesigner.DashboardLoaded += dashboardDesigner_DashboardLoaded;
            dashboardDesigner.DashboardClosing += dashboardDesigner_DashboardClosing;
            dashboardDesigner.SetInitialDashboardState += dashboardDesigner_SetInitialDashboardState;
            dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon();
            dashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard(path);
        }
        private void dashboardDesigner_DashboardLoaded(object sender,
            DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardLoadedEventArgs e) {
            XElement data = e.Dashboard.UserData;
            if(data != null) {
                if(data.Element("DashboardState") != null) {
                    XDocument dStateDocument = XDocument.Parse(data.Element("DashboardState").Value);
                    dState.LoadFromXml(XDocument.Parse(data.Element("DashboardState").Value));
                }
            }            
        }
        private void dashboardDesigner_SetInitialDashboardState(object sender,
            DevExpress.DashboardWin.SetInitialDashboardStateEventArgs e) {
            e.InitialState = dState;
        }

        private void dashboardDesigner_DashboardClosing(object sender,DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardClosingEventArgs e) {
            dState = dashboardDesigner.GetDashboardState();
            XElement userData = new XElement("Root",
                new XElement("DateModified",DateTime.Now),
                new XElement("DashboardState",dState.SaveToXml().ToString(SaveOptions.DisableFormatting)));
            dashboardDesigner.Dashboard.UserData = userData;
            dashboardDesigner.Dashboard.SaveToXml(path);
        }
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports System
Imports System.Xml.Linq

Namespace WinDesignerDashboardState
    Partial Public Class DesignerForm1
        Inherits DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonForm

        Private dState As New DashboardState()
        Private Const path As String = "..\..\Dashboards\dashboardWithSavedState.xml"
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            AddHandler dashboardDesigner.DashboardLoaded, AddressOf dashboardDesigner_DashboardLoaded
            AddHandler dashboardDesigner.DashboardClosing, AddressOf dashboardDesigner_DashboardClosing
            AddHandler dashboardDesigner.SetInitialDashboardState, AddressOf dashboardDesigner_SetInitialDashboardState
            dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon()
            dashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard(path)
        End Sub
        Private Sub dashboardDesigner_DashboardLoaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardLoadedEventArgs)
            Dim data As XElement = e.Dashboard.UserData
            If data IsNot Nothing Then
                If data.Element("DashboardState") IsNot Nothing Then
                    Dim dStateDocument As XDocument = XDocument.Parse(data.Element("DashboardState").Value)
                    dState.LoadFromXml(XDocument.Parse(data.Element("DashboardState").Value))
                End If
            End If
        End Sub
        Private Sub dashboardDesigner_SetInitialDashboardState(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.SetInitialDashboardStateEventArgs)
            e.InitialState = dState
        End Sub

        Private Sub dashboardDesigner_DashboardClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardClosingEventArgs)
            dState = dashboardDesigner.GetDashboardState()
            Dim userData As New XElement("Root", 
                New XElement("DateModified",Date.Now), 
                New XElement("DashboardState",dState.SaveToXml().ToString(SaveOptions.DisableFormatting)))
            dashboardDesigner.Dashboard.UserData = userData
            dashboardDesigner.Dashboard.SaveToXml(path)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-designer-save-and-apply-dashboard-state/CS/WinDesignerDashboardState/DesignerForm1.cs#L15

dashboardDesigner.DashboardClosing += dashboardDesigner_DashboardClosing;
dashboardDesigner.SetInitialDashboardState += dashboardDesigner_SetInitialDashboardState;
dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon();

VB.NET

winforms-designer-save-and-apply-dashboard-state/VB/WinDesignerDashboardState/DesignerForm1.vb#L15

AddHandler dashboardDesigner.DashboardClosing, AddressOf dashboardDesigner_DashboardClosing
AddHandler dashboardDesigner.SetInitialDashboardState, AddressOf dashboardDesigner_SetInitialDashboardState
dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon()