DashboardControl.UpdateExtractDataSourcesAsync(Action<String, ExtractUpdateResult>, Action<String, ExtractUpdateResult>) Method

Updates all extract data sources in the current dashboard asynchronously. Allows you to specify custom actions to perform after updating the data and file.

Namespace: DevExpress.DashboardWpf

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

Declaration

C#

public Task UpdateExtractDataSourcesAsync(
    Action<string, ExtractUpdateResult> onDataUpdated,
    Action<string, ExtractUpdateResult> onFileUpdated
)

VB.NET

Public Function UpdateExtractDataSourcesAsync(
    onDataUpdated As Action(Of String, ExtractUpdateResult),
    onFileUpdated As Action(Of String, ExtractUpdateResult)
) As Task

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
onDataUpdated	Action<String, ExtractUpdateResult>	A custom action to perform when the data is updated.
onFileUpdated	Action<String, ExtractUpdateResult>	A custom action to perform when the file is updated.

Returns

Type	Description
Task	The task object that is the asynchronous operation to complete.

Example

View Example: WPF Dashboard - How to Update the Extract Data File

The following code snippet implements the UpdateExtractAsync method that updates all extract files bound to the dashboard. It displays a message box and reloads DashboardViewer’s data when data is updated, and displays a message box when the extract files are updated.

MainWindow.xaml.cs

using System.Windows;

namespace UpdateExtractDataSourceExample
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainWindow : DevExpress.Xpf.Core.ThemedWindow
    {
        delegate void SafeUpdate(string file);
        public MainWindow() {
            InitializeComponent();
            dashboardControl1.LoadDashboard("update_data_extract_dashboard.xml");
        }

        private async void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
            await dashboardControl1.UpdateExtractDataSourcesAsync(
                (fileName, result) => { OnDataReady(fileName); }, 
                (fileName, result) => { MessageBox.Show($"File {fileName} updated "); });
        }

        void OnDataReady(string fileName)
        {
            dashboardControl1.Dispatcher.Invoke(new SafeUpdate(UpdateViewer), new object[] { fileName });
        }
        void UpdateViewer(string fileName)
        {
            MessageBox.Show($"Data for the file {fileName} is ready ");
            dashboardControl1.ReloadData();
        }
    }
}

MainWindow.xaml.vb

Imports System.Windows

Namespace UpdateExtractDataSourceExample
    ''' <summary>
    ''' Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
    ''' </summary>
    Partial Public Class MainWindow
        Inherits DevExpress.Xpf.Core.ThemedWindow

        Private Delegate Sub SafeUpdate(ByVal file As String)
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            dashboardControl1.LoadDashboard("update_data_extract_dashboard.xml")
        End Sub

        Private Async Sub Button_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
            Await dashboardControl1.UpdateExtractDataSourcesAsync(
                Sub(fileName, result)
                    OnDataReady(fileName)
                End Sub,
                Sub(fileName, result)
                    MessageBox.Show($"File {fileName} updated ")
                End Sub)
        End Sub

        Private Sub OnDataReady(ByVal fileName As String)
            dashboardControl1.Dispatcher.Invoke(New SafeUpdate(AddressOf UpdateViewer), New Object() {fileName})
        End Sub
        Private Sub UpdateViewer(ByVal fileName As String)
            MessageBox.Show($"Data for the file {fileName} is ready ")
            dashboardControl1.ReloadData()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

MainWindow.xaml

<dx:ThemedWindow x:Class="UpdateExtractDataSourceExample.MainWindow" mc:Ignorable="d" Title="Update ExtractDataSource" Height="500" Width="800" 
    xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core" 
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" 
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" 
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:dashboard="clr-namespace:DevExpress.DashboardWpf;assembly=DevExpress.Dashboard.v24.2.Wpf">
    <Grid>
        <Grid.RowDefinitions>
            <RowDefinition Height="49*" />
            <RowDefinition Height="520*" />
        </Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <dashboard:DashboardControl x:Name="dashboardControl1" Grid.Row="1" />
        <dx:SimpleButton Content="Click to update extract data file" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="24,5,0,0" Grid.Row="0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="215" Click="Button_Click" Height="29" />
    </Grid>
</dx:ThemedWindow>