How to: Add Custom Buttons to Alert Windows

• Nov 13, 2018
• 2 minutes to read

The following example shows how to add custom buttons to an AlertControl.

It’s assumed that an AlertControl control has been added to the form at design time. In the example, two custom buttons are added to the control’s AlertControl.Buttons collection. The first button is a regular button, which when clicked, produces the AlertControl.ButtonClick event. The second button has checked and unchecked states. Clicking this button fires the AlertControl.ButtonDownChanged event.

The result is shown below:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraBars.Alerter;

// Create a regular custom button.
AlertButton btn1 = new AlertButton(Image.FromFile(@"c:\folder-16x16.png"));
btn1.Hint = "Open file";
btn1.Name = "buttonOpen";
// Create a check custom button.
AlertButton btn2 = new AlertButton(Image.FromFile(@"c:\clock-16x16.png"));
btn2.Style = AlertButtonStyle.CheckButton;
btn2.Down = true;
btn2.Hint = "Alert On";
btn2.Name = "buttonAlert";
// Add buttons to the AlertControl and subscribe to the events to process button clicks
alertControl1.Buttons.Add(btn1);
alertControl1.Buttons.Add(btn2);
alertControl1.ButtonClick += new AlertButtonClickEventHandler(alertControl1_ButtonClick);
alertControl1.ButtonDownChanged += 
    new AlertButtonDownChangedEventHandler(alertControl1_ButtonDownChanged);

// Show a sample alert window.
AlertInfo info = new AlertInfo("New Window", "Text");
alertControl1.Show(this, info);

void alertControl1_ButtonDownChanged(object sender, 
AlertButtonDownChangedEventArgs e) {
    if (e.ButtonName == "buttonOpen") {
        //...
    }
}

void alertControl1_ButtonClick(object sender, AlertButtonClickEventArgs e) {
    if (e.ButtonName == "buttonAlert") {
        //...
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraBars.Alerter

' Create a regular custom button.
Dim btn1 As AlertButton = New AlertButton(Image.FromFile("c:\folder-16x16.png"))
btn1.Hint = "Open file"
btn1.Name = "buttonOpen"
' Create a check custom button.
Dim btn2 As AlertButton = New AlertButton(Image.FromFile("c:\clock-16x16.png"))
btn2.Style = AlertButtonStyle.CheckButton
btn2.Down = True
btn2.Hint = "Alert On"
btn2.Name = "buttonAlert"
' Add buttons to the AlertControl and subscribe to the events to process button clicks
alertControl1.Buttons.Add(btn1)
alertControl1.Buttons.Add(btn2)
AddHandler alertControl1.ButtonClick, AddressOf alertControl1_ButtonClick
AddHandler alertControl1.ButtonDownChanged, _ 
AddressOf alertControl1_ButtonDownChanged

' Show a sample alert window.
Dim info As AlertInfo = New AlertInfo("New Window", "Text")
alertControl1.Show(Me, info)

Private Sub alertControl1_ButtonDownChanged(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As AlertButtonDownChangedEventArgs)
    If e.ButtonName = "buttonOpen" Then
        '...
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub alertControl1_ButtonClick(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As AlertButtonClickEventArgs)
    If e.ButtonName = "buttonAlert" Then
        '...
    End If
End Sub