RepositoryItem.Assign(RepositoryItem) Method

Copies settings from the repository item specified as a parameter.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public virtual void Assign(
    RepositoryItem item
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub Assign(
    item As RepositoryItem
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
item	RepositoryItem	A RepositoryItem object whose settings are to be copied to the current object.

Remarks

The Assign method is useful if you need to create editors with similar settings. You can customize a single editor, copy its settings to others and then customize the properties whose values should differ.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-grid-display-editors-in-columns-headers/CS/WindowsApplication1/InplaceEditorHelper/ColumnInplaceEditorHelper.cs#L124

ActiveEditor.Parent = view.GridControl;
ActiveEditor.Properties.Assign(_Item);
ActiveEditor.Properties.AutoHeight = false;

VB.NET

winforms-grid-display-editors-in-columns-headers/VB/InplaceEditorHelper/ColumnInplaceEditorHelper.vb#L117

ActiveEditor.Parent = view.GridControl
ActiveEditor.Properties.Assign(_Item)
ActiveEditor.Properties.AutoHeight = False