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DialogEditFormBehavior.CreateEditItemViewModel Event

Occurs before a user invokes the dialog edit form. This event allows you to specify a view model for the edit operation.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Grid.v24.2.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Grid.Core

#Declaration

public event EventHandler<CreateEditItemViewModelArgs> CreateEditItemViewModel

#Event Data

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

Property Description
GetViewModelAsync Gets or sets the task that returns the edit operation’s view model. The view model includes an item that you want to edit or add to the GridControl, the data context that describes the edit operation, and the dialog edit form‘s title.
IsNewItem Gets whether a user invokes the dialog edit form to add a new item to the GridControl.
Key Gets the value of the field assigned to the DialogEditFormBehavior.KeyProperty property.
ViewModel Gets or sets the view model used in the edit operation. The view model includes an item that you want to edit or add to the GridControl, the data context that describes the edit operation, and the dialog edit form‘s title.

#Remarks

Before a user invokes the dialog edit form, the behavior raises the CreateEditItemViewModel event and executes the CreateEditItemViewModelCommand.

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