DateFilterControl.CustomDisplayText Event

Allows you to specify the date picker text.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

Assembly: DevExpress.Dashboard.v23.2.Win.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Dashboard

Declaration

C#

public event EventHandler<CustomDisplayTextEventArgs> CustomDisplayText

VB.NET

Public Event CustomDisplayText As EventHandler(Of CustomDisplayTextEventArgs)

Event Data

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

Property	Description
DisplayText	Gets or sets an editor’s display text.
Value	Gets an editor’s current value.

Remarks

The CustomDisplayText event fires before a date picker caption is displayed and allows you to change it.

Example

This code snippet specifies the date picker button’s caption.

C#

using DevExpress.DashboardWin;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls;
using System;
// ...
    dashboardViewer1.DashboardItemControlCreated += DashboardViewer1_DashboardItemControlCreated;
// ...
    private void DashboardViewer1_DashboardItemControlCreated(object sender, DashboardItemControlEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.DateFilterControl != null)
        {
            dateFilter.CustomDisplayText += DateFilter_CustomDisplayText;
        }
    }

    private void DateFilter_CustomDisplayText(object sender, CustomDisplayTextEventArgs e)
    {
        e.DisplayText = (e.Value is DateTime) ? string.Format("{0:d}", e.Value) : "Click for the Date Picker";
    }

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DashboardWin
Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors.Controls
Imports System
' ...
    AddHandler dashboardViewer1.DashboardItemControlCreated, AddressOf DashboardViewer1_DashboardItemControlCreated
' ...
    Private Sub DashboardViewer1_DashboardItemControlCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardItemControlEventArgs)
        If e.DateFilterControl IsNot Nothing Then
            AddHandler dateFilter.CustomDisplayText, AddressOf DateFilter_CustomDisplayText
        End If
    End Sub

    Private Sub DateFilter_CustomDisplayText(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomDisplayTextEventArgs)
        e.DisplayText = If(TypeOf e.Value Is Date, String.Format("{0:d}", e.Value), "Click for the Date Picker")
    End Sub