DashboardDesigner.UpdateDashboardTitle() Method

Fires the CustomizeDashboardTitle event that allows you to customize the dashboard title content.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

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

Declaration

C#

public void UpdateDashboardTitle()

VB.NET

Public Sub UpdateDashboardTitle

Example

The following code snippets demonstrate how to load data in the Dashboard designer on demand when all required filters are set. For this, the Show Data button is created in the DashboardDesigner.CustomizeDashboardTitle event handler.

DesignerForm1.cs

using DevExpress.DashboardWin;
using System;
using System.Linq;

namespace CustomShowDataExample
{
    public partial class DesignerForm1 : DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonForm
    {
        public DesignerForm1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            dashboardDesigner.CustomizeDashboardTitle += DashboardDesigner_CustomizeDashboardTitle;
            dashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard(@"..\..\Dashboards\dashboard1.xml");
        }

        #region #CustomizeDashboardTitle
        private void DashboardDesigner_CustomizeDashboardTitle(object sender, CustomizeDashboardTitleEventArgs e)
        {
            DevExpress.Data.IParameter showDataParameter = dashboardDesigner.Parameters.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Name == "ShowData");
            if (showDataParameter != null)
            {
                bool showData = (bool)showDataParameter.Value;
                DashboardToolbarItem showDataItem = new DashboardToolbarItem(showData, "Select states in the State list box and click this button to display data",
                    new Action<DashboardToolbarItemClickEventArgs>((args) => {
                        showDataParameter.Value = !showData;
                    }));
                showDataItem.Caption = "Show Data";
                showDataItem.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1[0];
                e.Items.Insert(0, showDataItem);
            }
        }
        #endregion #CustomizeDashboardTitle
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DashboardWin
Imports System
Imports System.Linq

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

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            AddHandler dashboardDesigner.CustomizeDashboardTitle, AddressOf DashboardDesigner_CustomizeDashboardTitle
            dashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard("..\..\Dashboards\dashboard1.xml")
        End Sub

        #Region "#CustomizeDashboardTitle"
        Private Sub DashboardDesigner_CustomizeDashboardTitle(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomizeDashboardTitleEventArgs)
            Dim showDataParameter As DevExpress.Data.IParameter = dashboardDesigner.Parameters.FirstOrDefault(Function(p) p.Name = "ShowData")
            If showDataParameter IsNot Nothing Then
                Dim showData As Boolean = DirectCast(showDataParameter.Value, Boolean)
                Dim showDataItem As DashboardToolbarItem = New DashboardToolbarItem(showData, "Select states in the State list box and click this button to display data", New Action(Of DashboardToolbarItemClickEventArgs)(Sub(args)
                    showDataParameter.Value = Not showData
                End Sub))
                showDataItem.Caption = "Show Data"
                showDataItem.SvgImage = svgImageCollection1(0)
                e.Items.Insert(0, showDataItem)
            End If
        End Sub
        #End Region ' #CustomizeDashboardTitle
    End Class
End Namespace

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/CS/DesignerForm.cs#L18

dashboardDesigner.CustomizeDashboardTitle += DashboardDesignerCustomizeDashboardTitle;
dashboardDesigner.UpdateDashboardTitle();
dashboardDesigner.DashboardClosing += DashboardDesignerDashboardClosing;

winforms-dashboard-custom-properties/CS/WinForms-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/DashboardDescriptionModule.cs#L90

    if(e.Name == PropertyName)
        designer.UpdateDashboardTitle();
}

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-designer-merge-dashboards-to-tabs/VB/DesignerForm.vb#L19

AddHandler dashboardDesigner.CustomizeDashboardTitle, AddressOf DashboardDesignerCustomizeDashboardTitle
dashboardDesigner.UpdateDashboardTitle()
AddHandler dashboardDesigner.DashboardClosing, AddressOf DashboardDesignerDashboardClosing

winforms-dashboard-custom-properties/VB/WinForms-Dashboard-Custom-Properties/Modules/DashboardDescriptionModule.vb#L89

If e.Name = PropertyName Then
    designer.UpdateDashboardTitle()
End If

Implements

UpdateDashboardTitle()