This example demonstrates how to open and save diagrams to a custom storage (e.g., a database) instead of a file system. In the example, the following events are used to implement this functionality:
DiagramControl.ShowingOpenDialog - This event fires before the standard Open dialog is shown and allows you to customize the dialog options or replace the standard dialog with a custom one. You can also cancel the Open operation by setting the e.Cancel parameter to true.
DiagramControl.ShowingSaveDialog - Similarly to the ShowingOpenDialog event, the ShowingSaveDialog event allows you to customize the standard Save dialog in DiagramControl or replace it with a custom one. Setting the e.Cancel parameter to true will cancel the Save operation.
DiagramControl.CustomLoadDocument - This event fires after a user selected a document in the Open dialog or the DiagramControl.DocumentSource property was set in code. The event exposes the selected document source (e.g., a document name or a file stream) through the e.DocumentSource property and allows you to implement your own loading logic. For example, you can retrieve a diagram file from a database and load it into DiagramControl using the DiagramControl.LoadDocument property (as demonstrated in the example) or populate the diagram with items manually. After implementing your custom loading logic, set the e.Handled parameter to true, so that DiagramControl does not load the previously selected document source.
DiagramControl.CustomSaveDocument - The CustomSaveDocument event allows you to specify custom saving logic for your diagram. The event fires after the Save operation was initiated and selection was made in the Save dialog (if there was a dialog). The e.DocumentSource property specifies the default location (file name, stream, etc.) where the diagram will be saved. You can set the e.Handled parameter to true to cancel the standard saving logic and implement your custom one. For example, save the diagram to a stream using the DiagramControl.SaveDocument method as demonstrated in the example or iterate through diagram items manually and read required information.
<dx:DXWindow x:Class="DXDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage.MainWindow"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:dx="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/core"
xmlns:dxmvvm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/mvvm"
xmlns:dxb="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/bars"
xmlns:dxe="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/editors"
xmlns:dxdiag="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/diagram"
Title="MainWindow" Height="800" Width="1400" Loaded="OnLoaded" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">
<Window.Resources>
<Style x:Key="DialogWindowStyle" TargetType="dx:DXWindow">
<Setter Property="WindowStyle" Value="ToolWindow"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="250"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="300"/>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
<dx:DialogService Name="openDialogService" DialogWindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" DialogStyle="{StaticResource DialogWindowStyle}">
<dx:DialogService.ViewTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<ListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Names}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedName}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</dx:DialogService.ViewTemplate>
</dx:DialogService>
<dx:DialogService Name="saveDialogService" DialogWindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" DialogStyle="{StaticResource DialogWindowStyle}">
<dx:DialogService.ViewTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<dxe:TextEdit Text="{Binding SelectedName, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"/>
<ListBox Grid.Row="1" ItemsSource="{Binding Names}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedName}"/>
</Grid>
</DataTemplate>
</dx:DialogService.ViewTemplate>
</dx:DialogService>
</dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>
<Grid>
<dxdiag:DiagramDesignerControl x:Name="diagram"
SelectedStencils="BasicShapes,ArrowShapes"
ShowingOpenDialog="OnShowingOpenDialog"
CustomLoadDocument="OnCustomLoadDocument"
ShowingSaveDialog="OnShowingSaveDialog"
CustomSaveDocument="OnCustomSaveDocument"/>
</Grid>
</dx:DXWindow>
Imports DevExpress.Diagram.Core
Imports DevExpress.Xpf.Core
Imports DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Data.Entity
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports System.Windows
Namespace DXDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage
Friend Class DiagramStorageInitializer
Inherits DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges(Of DiagramStorage)
Protected Overrides Sub Seed(ByVal storage As DiagramStorage)
MyBase.Seed(storage)
Dim diagram = New DiagramControl()
For i As Integer = 0 To 4
diagram.Items.Add(New DiagramShape() With {.Position = New Point(200, 100 + i * 100), .Width = 100, .Height = 50, .Content = "Item " & (i + 1).ToString()})
If i = 0 Then
Continue For
End If
Using stream = New MemoryStream()
diagram.SaveDocument(stream)
Dim diagramData = New DiagramData() With {.Name = (i + 1).ToString() & " items", .Data = stream.ToArray()}
storage.DiagramData.Add(diagramData)
End Using
Next i
storage.SaveChanges()
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Data.Entity
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Namespace DXDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage
Public Class DiagramStorage
Inherits DbContext
Public Property DiagramData() As DbSet(Of DiagramData)
End Class
Public Class DiagramData
Public Property Id() As Integer
Public Property Name() As String
Public Property Data() As Byte()
End Class
End Namespace
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows
Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports System.Windows.Data
Imports System.Windows.Documents
Imports System.Windows.Input
Imports System.Windows.Media
Imports System.Windows.Media.Imaging
Imports System.Windows.Navigation
Imports System.Windows.Shapes
Imports DevExpress.Xpf.Core
Imports DevExpress.Diagram.Core
Imports DevExpress.Mvvm
Imports DevExpress.Mvvm.POCO
Imports System.IO
Namespace DXDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage
''' <summary>
''' Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
''' </summary>
Partial Public Class MainWindow
Inherits DXWindow
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
End Sub
Private Sub OnLoaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(New Action(AddressOf diagram.OpenFile))
End Sub
Private Sub OnShowingOpenDialog(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramShowingOpenDialogEventArgs)
Dim viewModel = SelectDiagramViewModel.Create()
Dim result = openDialogService.ShowDialog(MessageButton.OKCancel, "Choose a diagram to open", viewModel)
If result = MessageResult.OK Then
e.DocumentSourceToOpen = viewModel.SelectedName
Else
e.Cancel = True
End If
End Sub
Private Sub OnCustomLoadDocument(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramCustomLoadDocumentEventArgs)
If e.DocumentSource Is Nothing Then
diagram.NewDocument()
Return
End If
Dim storage = New DiagramStorage()
Dim diagramInfo = storage.DiagramData.FirstOrDefault(Function(x) x.Name = CStr(e.DocumentSource))
If diagramInfo IsNot Nothing Then
diagram.LoadDocument(New MemoryStream(diagramInfo.Data))
End If
e.Handled = True
End Sub
Private Sub OnShowingSaveDialog(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramShowingSaveDialogEventArgs)
Dim viewModel = SelectDiagramViewModel.Create()
viewModel.SelectedName = CStr(diagram.DocumentSource)
Dim result = saveDialogService.ShowDialog(MessageButton.OKCancel, "Choose a save location", viewModel)
If result = MessageResult.OK Then
e.DocumentSourceToSave = viewModel.SelectedName
Else
e.Cancel = True
End If
End Sub
Private Sub OnCustomSaveDocument(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramCustomSaveDocumentEventArgs)
Dim storage = New DiagramStorage()
Dim diagramInfo = storage.DiagramData.FirstOrDefault(Function(x) x.Name = CStr(e.DocumentSource))
If diagramInfo Is Nothing Then
diagramInfo = New DiagramData() With {.Name = CStr(e.DocumentSource)}
storage.DiagramData.Add(diagramInfo)
End If
Dim stream = New MemoryStream()
diagram.SaveDocument(stream)
diagramInfo.Data = stream.ToArray()
storage.SaveChanges()
e.Handled = True
End Sub
End Class
Public Class SelectDiagramViewModel
Public Shared Function Create() As SelectDiagramViewModel
Return ViewModelSource.Create(Function() New SelectDiagramViewModel())
End Function
Protected Sub New()
Dim storage = New DiagramStorage()
Names = storage.DiagramData.Select(Function(x) x.Name).ToArray()
SelectedName = Names.FirstOrDefault()
End Sub
Private privateNames As String()
Public Property Names() As String()
Get
Return privateNames
End Get
Private Set(ByVal value As String())
privateNames = value
End Set
End Property
Public Overridable Property SelectedName() As String
End Class
End Namespace
using DevExpress.Diagram.Core;
using DevExpress.Xpf.Core;
using DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
namespace DXDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage {
class DiagramStorageInitializer : DropCreateDatabaseIfModelChanges<DiagramStorage> {
protected override void Seed(DiagramStorage storage) {
base.Seed(storage);
var diagram = new DiagramControl();
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
diagram.Items.Add(new DiagramShape() {
Position = new Point(200, 100 + i * 100),
Width = 100,
Height = 50,
Content = "Item " + (i + 1).ToString(),
});
if(i == 0)
continue;
using(var stream = new MemoryStream()) {
diagram.SaveDocument(stream);
var diagramData = new DiagramData() {
Name = (i + 1).ToString() + " items",
Data = stream.ToArray(),
};
storage.DiagramData.Add(diagramData);
}
}
storage.SaveChanges();
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using DevExpress.Xpf.Core;
using DevExpress.Diagram.Core;
using DevExpress.Mvvm;
using DevExpress.Mvvm.POCO;
using System.IO;
namespace DXDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage {
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : DXWindow {
public MainWindow() {
InitializeComponent();
}
private void OnLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(new Action(diagram.OpenFile));
}
private void OnShowingOpenDialog(object sender, DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramShowingOpenDialogEventArgs e) {
var viewModel = SelectDiagramViewModel.Create();
var result = openDialogService.ShowDialog(MessageButton.OKCancel, "Choose a diagram to open", viewModel);
if(result == MessageResult.OK)
e.DocumentSourceToOpen = viewModel.SelectedName;
else
e.Cancel = true;
}
private void OnCustomLoadDocument(object sender, DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramCustomLoadDocumentEventArgs e) {
if(e.DocumentSource == null) {
diagram.NewDocument();
return;
}
var storage = new DiagramStorage();
var diagramInfo = storage.DiagramData.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == (string)e.DocumentSource);
if(diagramInfo != null)
diagram.LoadDocument(new MemoryStream(diagramInfo.Data));
e.Handled = true;
}
private void OnShowingSaveDialog(object sender, DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramShowingSaveDialogEventArgs e) {
var viewModel = SelectDiagramViewModel.Create();
viewModel.SelectedName = (string)diagram.DocumentSource;
var result = saveDialogService.ShowDialog(MessageButton.OKCancel, "Choose a save location", viewModel);
if(result == MessageResult.OK)
e.DocumentSourceToSave = viewModel.SelectedName;
else
e.Cancel = true;
}
private void OnCustomSaveDocument(object sender, DevExpress.Xpf.Diagram.DiagramCustomSaveDocumentEventArgs e) {
var storage = new DiagramStorage();
var diagramInfo = storage.DiagramData.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == (string)e.DocumentSource);
if(diagramInfo == null) {
diagramInfo = new DiagramData() { Name = (string)e.DocumentSource };
storage.DiagramData.Add(diagramInfo);
}
var stream = new MemoryStream();
diagram.SaveDocument(stream);
diagramInfo.Data = stream.ToArray();
storage.SaveChanges();
e.Handled = true;
}
}
public class SelectDiagramViewModel {
public static SelectDiagramViewModel Create() {
return ViewModelSource.Create(() => new SelectDiagramViewModel());
}
protected SelectDiagramViewModel() {
var storage = new DiagramStorage();
Names = storage.DiagramData.Select(x => x.Name).ToArray();
SelectedName = Names.FirstOrDefault();
}
public string[] Names { get; private set; }
public virtual string SelectedName { get; set; }
}
}
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DXDiagram.CustomDiagramStorage {
public class DiagramStorage : DbContext {
public DbSet<DiagramData> DiagramData { get; set; }
}
public class DiagramData {
public int Id { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public byte[] Data { get; set; }
}
}