WindowsFormsSettings.UseDXDialogs Property

Gets or sets whether DevExpress controls and components that display Open File, Save File and Folder Browser dialogs should display standard WinForms dialogs or their DevExpress counterparts (XtraOpenFileDialog, XtraSaveFileDialog, and XtraFolderBrowserDialog).

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v21.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Win.Design, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static DefaultBoolean UseDXDialogs { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Shared Property UseDXDialogs As DefaultBoolean

Property Value

Type	Description
DefaultBoolean	A DefaultBoolean enumeration value that specifies whether DevExpress controls and components should replace standard Open File, Save File and Folder Browser dialogs with skinnable DX Dialogs.

Available values:

Name	Description
True	true. DefaultBoolean.True has a constant value of 0, while the standard true value corresponds to a value of 1. In Visual Basic, do not use implicit conversion of Boolean values to DefaultBoolean, and vice versa, as the conversion may produce incorrect results.
False	false. DefaultBoolean.False has a constant value of 1, while the standard false value corresponds to a value of 0. In Visual Basic, do not use implicit conversion of Boolean values to DefaultBoolean, and vice versa, as the conversion may produce incorrect results.
Default	The default behavior determined by the control’s logic.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-richedit-link-hyphenation-dictionaries/CS/XtraRichEdit/Program.cs#L18

{
    DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.UseDXDialogs = DefaultBoolean.True;
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();

VB.NET

winforms-richedit-link-hyphenation-dictionaries/VB/XtraRichEdit/Program.vb#L19

Shared Sub Main()
    DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.UseDXDialogs = DefaultBoolean.True
    Application.EnableVisualStyles()