DashboardViewer.DashboardSource Property

Gets or sets a dashboard supplier for the DashboardViewer.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

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

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(null)]
public object DashboardSource { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
Public Property DashboardSource As Object

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Object	null	A Object value specifying a dashboard supplier for the DashboardViewer.

Remarks

There are two ways to provide a dashboard to be opened in the DashboardViewer using the DashboardSource property.

1. Using a dashboard XML definition.

   Assign the string containing the absolute or relative path to the dashboard XML file to the DashboardSource property…

   C#

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = @"..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml";
   

   VB.NET

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = "..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml"
   

   …or provide a dashboard XML file using a Uri class instance.

   C#

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = new Uri(@"..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml", UriKind.Relative);
   

   VB.NET

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = New Uri("..\..\Data\Dashboard.xml", UriKind.Relative)
   

2. Using a dashboard created at design time.

   Assign the type of this dashboard to the DashboardSource property…

   C#

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = typeof(Dashboard1);
   

   VB.NET

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = GetType(Dashboard1)
   

   …or use the string containing the dashboard class name.

   C#

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = "WindowsFormsApplication1.Dashboard1";
   

   VB.NET

   dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = "WindowsFormsApplication1.Dashboard1"
   

Note

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

Related GitHub Examples

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

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C#

winforms-dashboard-how-to-manage-dashboard-parameters-in-code/CS/CustomParametersExample/ViewerForm1.cs#L11

dashboardViewer.CustomParameters += DashboardViewer_CustomParameters;
dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = typeof(SampleDashboard);
dashboardViewer.Dashboard.Parameters.Add(CreateParameter());

how-to-display-the-total-value-above-each-pie-chart/CS/TotalsInChartsExample/Form1.cs#L14

    dashboardViewer1.CalculateHiddenTotals = true;
    dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = typeof(Dashboards.Dashboard1);
}

winforms-viewer-save-and-apply-dashboard-state/CS/WinFormsViewerSaveAndApplyDashboarState/ViewerForm1.cs#L16

    dashboardViewer.SetInitialDashboardState += dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState;
    dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = path;
}

VB.NET

winforms-dashboard-how-to-manage-dashboard-parameters-in-code/VB/CustomParametersExample/ViewerForm1.vb#L14

AddHandler dashboardViewer.CustomParameters, AddressOf DashboardViewer_CustomParameters
dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = GetType(SampleDashboard)
dashboardViewer.Dashboard.Parameters.Add(CreateParameter())

how-to-display-the-total-value-above-each-pie-chart/VB/TotalsInChartsExample/Form1.vb#L14

    dashboardViewer1.CalculateHiddenTotals = True
    dashboardViewer1.DashboardSource = GetType(Dashboards.Dashboard1)
End Sub

winforms-viewer-save-and-apply-dashboard-state/VB/WinFormsViewerSaveAndApplyDashboarState/ViewerForm1.vb#L15

    AddHandler dashboardViewer.SetInitialDashboardState, AddressOf dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState
    dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = path
End Sub