IDashboardControl.DashboardItemControlCreated Event

Allows you to access underlying WinForms controls.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWin

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

Declaration

C#

event DashboardItemControlCreatedEventHandler DashboardItemControlCreated

VB.NET

Event DashboardItemControlCreated As DashboardItemControlCreatedEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
CardControl	Gets an underlying Card control.
ChartContext	Gets the chart context.
ChartControl	Gets an underlying chart control.
DashboardItemName	Gets the component name of the dashboard item for which the event was raised.
DateFilterControl	Gets an underlying date filter control.
GaugeContext	Gets the gauge context.
GaugeControl	Gets an underlying gauge control.
GridContext	Gets the grid context.
GridControl	Gets an underlying grid control.
MapControl	Gets an underlying map control.
PictureEdit	Gets an underlying picture edit control.
PivotGridControl	Gets an underlying PivotGridControl.
RichEditControl	Gets an underlying RichEdit control.
TreeMapControl	Gets an underlying TreeMap control.

Example

The following code snippets shows how to customize the controls used to visualize data in the dashboard items at runtime.

The following options are changed:

• Grid: The font is changed to “Arial, 10”. For this, handle the DashboardDesigner.DashboardItemControlUpdated event and access the control’s MainView.
• Chart: The background color of the chart pane is set to LightYellow. For this, handle the DashboardDesigner.DashboardItemControlUpdated event and access the control’s Diagram property.
• Pivot: Cell values related to “Mountain” products are hidden, ### is displayed instead. The PivotGridControl.CustomCellValue, DashboardDesigner.DashboardItemControlCreated and DashboardDesigner.DashboardItemBeforeControlDisposed events are handled to customize the cell values.
• Gauge: The background color of the first gauge’s label is set to “LightGreen”, a custom label is set and displayed in “Tahoma, 16” font. The number of major ticks is set to 8. For this, handle the DashboardDesigner.DashboardItemControlUpdated event and use the Gauges property to access the collection of gauges displayed in the control.

Form1.cs

using DevExpress.XtraCharts;
using DevExpress.XtraGauges.Core.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraGauges.Win.Gauges.Circular;
using DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid;
using DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid;
using System.Drawing;

namespace DashboardDesigner_ControlAccess
{
    public partial class DesignerForm1: DevExpress.XtraBars.Ribbon.RibbonForm
    {
        public DesignerForm1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon();
            dashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard(@"..\..\Dashboards\dashboard1.xml");
        }

        private void dashboardDesigner_DashboardItemControlCreated(object sender, DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardItemControlEventArgs e) {
            // For all Pivot items in the dashboard:
            if (e.PivotGridControl != null) {
                PivotGridControl pivotGridControl = e.PivotGridControl;
                pivotGridControl.CustomCellValue += PivotGridControl_CustomCellValue; ;
            }
        }

        private void PivotGridControl_CustomCellValue(object sender, PivotCellValueEventArgs e) {
            if (e.RowField == null) return;
            if (e.GetFieldValue(e.RowField).ToString().Contains("Mountain"))
                e.Value = "###";
        }

        private void dashboardDesigner_DashboardItemControlUpdated(object sender, DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardItemControlEventArgs e) {
            // For all Grid items in the dashboard:
            if(e.GridControl!= null) {
                GridView gridView = e.GridControl.MainView as GridView;
                gridView.Appearance.Row.Font = new Font("Arial", 10);
            }
            // For a specific Chart item in the dashboard:
            if(e.DashboardItemName == "chartDashboardItem1") {
                ChartControl chartControl = e.ChartControl;
                ((XYDiagram)chartControl.Diagram).Panes[0].BackColor = Color.LightYellow;
            }
            // For a specific Gauge item in the dashboard:
            if (e.DashboardItemName == "gaugeDashboardItem1") {
                var gauge = e.GaugeControl.Gauges[0] as CircularGauge;
                gauge.Labels[0].AppearanceBackground.ContentBrush = new SolidBrushObject(Color.LightGreen);
                gauge.Labels[0].Text = "Custom Revenue Label";
                gauge.Labels[0].AppearanceText.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 16);
                gauge.Scales[0].MajorTickCount = 8;
            }
        }

        private void dashboardDesigner_DashboardItemBeforeControlDisposed(object sender, DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardItemControlEventArgs e) {
            if(e.PivotGridControl != null) {
                PivotGridControl pivotGridControl = e.PivotGridControl;
                pivotGridControl.CustomCellValue -= PivotGridControl_CustomCellValue;
            }
        }
    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports DevExpress.XtraCharts
Imports DevExpress.XtraGauges.Core.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraGauges.Win.Gauges.Circular
Imports DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Grid
Imports DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid
Imports System.Drawing

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

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            dashboardDesigner.CreateRibbon()
            dashboardDesigner.LoadDashboard("..\..\Dashboards\dashboard1.xml")
        End Sub

        Private Sub dashboardDesigner_DashboardItemControlCreated(ByVal sender As Object,
                                                                  ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardItemControlEventArgs) _
                                                                  Handles dashboardDesigner.DashboardItemControlCreated
            ' For all Pivot items in the dashboard:
            If e.DashboardItemName = "pivotDashboardItem1" Then
                Dim pivotGridControl As PivotGridControl = e.PivotGridControl
                AddHandler pivotGridControl.CustomCellValue, AddressOf PivotGridControl_CustomCellValue

            End If
        End Sub

        Private Sub PivotGridControl_CustomCellValue(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PivotCellValueEventArgs)
            If e.RowField Is Nothing Then
                Return
            End If
            If e.GetFieldValue(e.RowField).ToString().Contains("Mountain") Then
                e.Value = "###"
            End If
        End Sub

        Private Sub dashboardDesigner_DashboardItemControlUpdated(ByVal sender As Object,
                                                                  ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardItemControlEventArgs) _
                                                                  Handles dashboardDesigner.DashboardItemControlUpdated
            ' For all Grid items in the dashboard:
            If e.GridControl IsNot Nothing Then
                Dim gridView As GridView = TryCast(e.GridControl.MainView, GridView)
                gridView.Appearance.Row.Font = New Font("Arial", 10)
            End If
            ' For a specific Chart item in the dashboard:
            If e.DashboardItemName = "chartDashboardItem1" Then
                Dim chartControl As ChartControl = e.ChartControl
                CType(chartControl.Diagram, XYDiagram).Panes(0).BackColor = Color.LightYellow
            End If
            ' For a specific Gauge item in the dashboard:
            If e.DashboardItemName = "gaugeDashboardItem1" Then
                Dim gauge = TryCast(e.GaugeControl.Gauges(0), CircularGauge)
                gauge.Labels(0).AppearanceBackground.ContentBrush = New SolidBrushObject(Color.LightGreen)
                gauge.Labels(0).Text = "Custom Revenue Label"
                gauge.Labels(0).AppearanceText.Font = New Font("Tahoma", 16)
                gauge.Scales(0).MajorTickCount = 8
            End If
        End Sub

        Private Sub dashboardDesigner_DashboardItemBeforeControlDisposed(ByVal sender As Object,
                                                                         ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.DashboardItemControlEventArgs) _
                                                                         Handles dashboardDesigner.DashboardItemBeforeControlDisposed
            If e.DashboardItemName = "pivotDashboardItem1" Then
                Dim pivotGridControl As PivotGridControl = e.PivotGridControl
                RemoveHandler pivotGridControl.CustomCellValue, AddressOf PivotGridControl_CustomCellValue
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace