AlertControl Class

The component that supports displaying alert windows.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Alerter

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public class AlertControl :
    Component,
    ISupportLookAndFeel,
    IAlertControl,
    IAlertAnimationTypeProvider,
    INotificationProvider,
    IStringImageProvider,
    IDxHtmlDesignerDataProvider

VB.NET

Public Class AlertControl
    Inherits Component
    Implements ISupportLookAndFeel,
               IAlertControl,
               IAlertAnimationTypeProvider,
               INotificationProvider,
               IStringImageProvider,
               IDxHtmlDesignerDataProvider

Remarks

Use the AlertControl component to be able to display alert windows in your applications. An alert window is a small window, typically displayed for a short time, and automatically closed after this time has elapsed. They are a kind of notification window, implemented in Microsoft Outlook.

An alert window can be created via the AlertControl.Show method. Using this method, you can specify an alert window’s caption, text, and image, and also associate custom data with this window via the tag parameter. You can subsequently use this custom data when processing mouse or other events for alert windows.

AlertControl allows you to use your knowledge of HTML and CSS markup to render alert windows. A template’s HTML markup specifies an alert window’s contents, while the template’s CSS code specifies style, display, and layout settings applied to the window’s elements.

See the following topics for more information:

• Alert Windows Overview
• Alert Windows with HTML Templates

Example

This example displays an alert window and demonstrates how to respond to clicking the alert window’s content. The shown alert window is made opaque in the BeforeFormShow event handler.

Form1.cs

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ShowAlertWindow {
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void simpleButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            Message msg = new Message();
            alertControl1.Show(this, msg.Caption, msg.Text, "", msg.Image, msg);
        }

        private void alertControl1_BeforeFormShow(object sender, DevExpress.XtraBars.Alerter.AlertFormEventArgs e) {
            //Make the Alert Window opaque
            e.AlertForm.OpacityLevel = 1;
        }

        private void alertControl1_AlertClick(object sender, DevExpress.XtraBars.Alerter.AlertClickEventArgs e) {
            //Process Alert Window click
            Message msg = e.Info.Tag as Message;
            XtraMessageBox.Show(msg.Text, msg.Caption);
        }
    }

    public class Message {
        public Message() {
            this.Caption = "LILA-Supermercado";
            this.Text = "Carrera 52 con Ave. Bolívar #65-98 Llano Largo";
            this.Image = global::ShowAlertWindow.Properties.Resources.opportunities_32x32;
        }
        public string Caption { get; set; }
        public string Text { get; set; }
        public Image Image { get; set; }
    }
}

Form1.vb

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Linq
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Namespace ShowAlertWindow
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits Form

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub simpleButton1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles simpleButton1.Click
            Dim msg As New Message()
            alertControl1.Show(Me, msg.Caption, msg.Text, "", msg.Image, msg)
        End Sub

        Private Sub alertControl1_BeforeFormShow(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraBars.Alerter.AlertFormEventArgs) Handles alertControl1.BeforeFormShow
            'Make the Alert Window opaque
            e.AlertForm.OpacityLevel = 1
        End Sub

        Private Sub alertControl1_AlertClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraBars.Alerter.AlertClickEventArgs) Handles alertControl1.AlertClick
            'Process Alert Window click
            Dim msg As Message = TryCast(e.Info.Tag, Message)
            XtraMessageBox.Show(msg.Text, msg.Caption)
        End Sub
    End Class

    Public Class Message
        Public Sub New()
            Me.Caption = "LILA-Supermercado"
            Me.Text = "Carrera 52 con Ave. Bolívar #65-98 Llano Largo"
            Me.Image = My.Resources.opportunities_32x32
        End Sub
        Public Property Caption() As String
        Public Property Text() As String
        Public Property Image() As Image
    End Class
End Namespace

Example

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

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

AlertControl