SmartPasteBehavior Class

SmartPaste analyzes the content you copy (text or image data) and intelligently assigns the right values to the appropriate fields or row cells in grid cells and form fields.

Namespace: DevExpress.AIIntegration.WinForms

Assembly: DevExpress.AIIntegration.WinForms.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.AIIntegration.WinForms

Declaration

C#

public sealed class SmartPasteBehavior :
    Behavior<ISmartPasteBehaviorSource>

VB.NET

Public NotInheritable Class SmartPasteBehavior
    Inherits Behavior(Of ISmartPasteBehaviorSource)

Remarks

“SmartPaste” is an AI-powered feature that transforms the traditional copy-and-paste process into a smarter, more efficient tool. Designed to improve productivity, SmartPaste analyzes the content you copy and intelligently assigns the right values to the appropriate fields or row cells in the DevExpress Data Grid and LayoutControl-driven forms.

Run Demo

Read the following help topic for additional information and examples: Smart Paste AI-powered Extension.

Example

The following code snippet registers a SmartPasteBehavior and assigns it to an AdvBandedGridView. It uses the AI-powered SmartPaste extension to analyze clipboard content (text or image data) and automatically fill grid columns with structured data. The extension is configured to always return results in English.

C#

public Form1() {
    InitializeComponent();
    behaviorManager1.Attach<SmartPasteBehavior>(advBandedGridView1, behavior => {
        behavior.Properties.PromptAugmentation = "Always translate the result into English.";
        behavior.Properties.ItemDescriptions.AddRange(new List<AIItemDescription>() {
                new AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns["ProductName"], "Official name or product name."),
                new AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns["ShippingWeight"], "Weight of the product when packaged for shipping (in lbs or kg)."),
                new AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns["ProductDimensions"], "Physical size of TV without stand, typically in length, width, and height (in inches or mm)."),
                new AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns["ShippingDimensions"], "Physical size of shipping package, typically in length, width, and height (in inches or mm)."),
                new AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns["Warranty"], "Information related to the product warranty (in years or months)."),
            }
        );
        behavior.Properties.ExcludedItems.Add(advBandedGridView1.Columns["Notes"]);
        behavior.Properties.ProcessClipboardImage = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
    });
}

VB.NET

Public Sub New()
    InitializeComponent()
    behaviorManager1.Attach(Of SmartPasteBehavior)(advBandedGridView1, Sub(behavior)
        behavior.Properties.PromptAugmentation = "Always translate the result into English."
        behavior.Properties.ItemDescriptions.AddRange(New List(Of AIItemDescription)() From {
            New AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns("ProductName"), "Official name or product name."),
            New AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns("ShippingWeight"), "Weight of the product when packaged for shipping (in lbs or kg)."),
            New AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns("ProductDimensions"), "Physical size of TV without stand, typically in length, width, and height (in inches or mm)."),
            New AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns("ShippingDimensions"), "Physical size of shipping package, typically in length, width, and height (in inches or mm)."),
            New AIItemDescription(advBandedGridView1.Columns("Warranty"), "Information related to the product warranty (in years or months).")
        })
        behavior.Properties.ExcludedItems.Add(advBandedGridView1.Columns("Notes"))
        behavior.Properties.ProcessClipboardImage = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
    End Sub)
End Sub

Inheritance

Object

DevExpress.Utils.MVVM.BehaviorBase

DevExpress.Utils.Behaviors.Behavior

DevExpress.Utils.Behaviors.Behavior<DevExpress.AIIntegration.WinForms.ISmartPasteBehaviorSource>

SmartPasteBehavior