DashboardDesigner Class

A Dashboard Designer control that constitutes a designer application for creating dashboards.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v18.1.Win.dll

Declaration

C#

[ToolboxTabName("DX.18.1: Data & Analytics")]
[ToolboxBitmap(typeof(ResFinder), "Bitmaps256.DashboardDesigner.bmp")]
public class DashboardDesigner :
    DashboardUserCommandControl,
    IUnderlyingControlProvider,
    IOfficeCoreReference,
    IXtraChartsWizardReference,
    IClientSideApi,
    IDXMenuManagerProvider

VB.NET

<ToolboxTabName("DX.18.1: Data & Analytics")>
<ToolboxBitmap(GetType(ResFinder), "Bitmaps256.DashboardDesigner.bmp")>
Public Class DashboardDesigner
    Inherits DashboardUserCommandControl
    Implements IUnderlyingControlProvider,
               IOfficeCoreReference,
               IXtraChartsWizardReference,
               IClientSideApi,
               IDXMenuManagerProvider

Related API Members

The following members accept/return DashboardDesigner objects:

• DashboardDesignerShownEventArgs.DashboardDesigner

Remarks

The DashboardDesigner control provides the capability to create a fully functional WinForms application for creating dashboards from scratch. The following documentation is available for the WinForms Designer.

• Getting Started - Create a WinForms Designer

  Shows how to create the Dashboard Designer application.

• Getting Started - Create a Dashboard using the WinForms Designer

  Shows how to create a dashboard using the WinForms Designer application.

• Building the Designer Application

  Describes how to prepare the Dashboard Designer application and customize its UI elements.

• Creating Dashboards in the WinForms Designer

  Provides comprehensive guides about how to design dashboards using the WinForms Designer.

Important

Note that the DashboardDesigner control does not support .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile. To learn how to target a version of the .NET Framework, see How to: Target a Version of the .NET Framework.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the DashboardDesigner class.

Note

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C#

how-to-define-iconnectionstorageservice-filtering-unnecessary-connections-from-appconfig-t281449/CS/WizardConnectionStorageService/Form1.cs#L55

{
    readonly DashboardDesigner designer;

winforms-dashboard-linked-interactivity/CS/WinDashboard_LinkedInteractivity/Form1.cs#L7

{
    public DashboardDesigner DControl { get; set; }
    public Form1()

win-dashboard-viewer-chartcontrol-checkedlegend-maximized/CS/CheckBoxLegendExample/CheckBoxLegend/ChartLegendHelper.cs#L13

DashboardViewer viewer;
DashboardDesigner designer;
string chartItemName;

how-to-include-dashboarddesigner-in-a-wpf-application-using-the-windowsformshost-control-t408053/CS/WpfDashboardWFH/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L27

System.Windows.Forms.UserControl uc = new System.Windows.Forms.UserControl();
DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardDesigner dd = new DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardDesigner();
uc.Controls.Add(dd);

XAF_how-to-show-a-custom-form-as-the-winforms-dashboard-designer-t473819/CS/CustomDashboardDesignerForm.Module.Win/CustomDashboardDesignerForm.cs#L8

}
public DashboardDesigner Designer {
    get { return dashboardDesigner; }

VB.NET

how-to-define-iconnectionstorageservice-filtering-unnecessary-connections-from-appconfig-t281449/VB/WizardConnectionStorageService/Form1.vb#L40

Private ReadOnly designer As DashboardDesigner

winforms-dashboard-linked-interactivity/VB/WinDashboard_LinkedInteractivity/Form1.vb#L7

Public Property DControl() As DashboardDesigner
Public Sub New()

win-dashboard-viewer-chartcontrol-checkedlegend-maximized/VB/CheckBoxLegendExample/CheckBoxLegend/ChartLegendHelper.vb#L11

Private viewer As DashboardViewer
Private designer As DashboardDesigner
Private chartItemName As String

how-to-include-dashboarddesigner-in-a-wpf-application-using-the-windowsformshost-control-t408053/VB/WpfDashboardWFH/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L26

Dim uc As New System.Windows.Forms.UserControl()
Dim dd As New DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardDesigner()
uc.Controls.Add(dd)

XAF_how-to-show-a-custom-form-as-the-winforms-dashboard-designer-t473819/VB/CustomDashboardDesignerForm.Module.Win/CustomDashboardDesignerForm.vb#L10

End Sub
Public ReadOnly Property Designer() As DashboardDesigner
    Get

Inheritance

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Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

Control

ScrollableControl

ContainerControl

UserControl

XtraUserControl

DevExpress.DashboardWin.Native.DashboardUserControl

DevExpress.DashboardWin.Native.DashboardUserCommandControl

DashboardDesigner