DashboardViewer.LoadDashboard(String) Method
Loads a dashboard from an XML file.
Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin
Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v21.2.Win.dll
NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Dashboard
Declaration
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 DashboardViewer.Dashboard property.
- Specify the dashboard URI via the DashboardViewer.DashboardSource property.
- Use the LoadDashboard method to open a dashboard from a file or stream.
All these actions raise the DashboardViewer.DashboardChanged event.
To access the dashboard after it has been opened, use the DashboardViewer.Dashboard property.
To save a dashboard to a file or a stream, use the Dashboard.SaveToXml method.
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:
dashboardViewer1.LoadDashboard("../../Data/dashboard1.xml");
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