FavoritePropertyDirectoryExtension Class

Provides the functionality to store the Property panel’s favorite properties in a file system.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.Extensions

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public class FavoritePropertyDirectoryExtension :
    FavoritePropertyExtension

VB.NET

Public Class FavoritePropertyDirectoryExtension
    Inherits FavoritePropertyExtension

Remarks

The End-User Report Designer’s Properties panel provides the Favorite view that allows end-users to display only their favorite or most frequently used properties.

The FavoritePropertyDirectoryExtension class is inherited from the abstract FavoritePropertyExtension class and is intended to manage persisting favorite properties in a file system. By default, these properties are stored in the %localappdata%\Developer Express Inc\XtraReports Suite\ComponentProperties.xml file.

To provide a custom file storage, you can create an instance of the ReportGalleryDirectoryExtension class with the required path passed as a parameter, and register this instance using the static RegisterExtensionGlobal method.

The following code snippet demonstrates how to specify the path to the directory with the application’s executable file.

C#

using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.Extensions;

static class Program {
    static void Main() {
        // ...
        string path = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "FavoriteProperties.xml");
        FavoritePropertyExtension.RegisterExtensionGlobal(new FavoritePropertyDirectoryExtension(path));
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.IO
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.Extensions

Module Program
    Private Sub Main()
        ' ...
        Dim path As String = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "FavoriteProperties.xml")
        FavoritePropertyExtension.RegisterExtensionGlobal(New FavoritePropertyDirectoryExtension(path))
    End Sub
End Module

See the following topics for more information:

• WinForms: Use Favorite Properties in the End-User Report Designer
• WPF: Use Favorite Properties in the Report Designer

Inheritance

Object

FavoritePropertyExtension

FavoritePropertyDirectoryExtension