XRDesignPanel.GetService(Type) Method

Obtains the service object of the specified type from the designer host used by the XRDesignPanel.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v19.1.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

C#

public object GetService(
    Type serviceType
)

VB.NET

Public Function GetService(
    serviceType As Type
) As Object

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
serviceType	Type	A Type object that specifies the type of the service object to obtain.

Returns

Type	Description
Object	A service object of the specified type, or null (Nothing in Visual Basic) if there is no service object of this type.

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C#

Reporting_winforms-end-user-designer-how-to-programmatically-invoke-the-smart-tag-once-an-t317195/CS/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.cs#L40

public void ShowSmartTag(XRDesignPanel panel, IComponent component) {
    XRDesignerHost host = panel.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)) as XRDesignerHost;
    XRControlDesigner designer = host.GetDesigner(component) as XRControlDesigner;

Reporting_winforms-eud-how-to-create-a-control-template-gallery-with-reusable-control-sets-t341218/CS/ControlTemplateGallerySample/Form1.cs#L37

XtraReport1 rep = (XtraReport1)panel.Report;
ISelectionService serv = panel.GetService(typeof(ISelectionService)) as ISelectionService;
serv.SetSelectedComponents(new object[] { rep.xrRichText1, rep.xrRichText2 }, SelectionTypes.Auto);

Reporting_how-to-refresh-the-field-list-in-the-end-user-designer-e1584/CS/Form1.cs#L37

IDesignerHost host =
    (IDesignerHost)xrDesignPanel1.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost));
fieldList.UpdateDataSource(host);

Reporting_how-to-add-a-pre-created-parameter-instance-to-the-field-list-and-keep-the-e4247/CS/Parameters/Form2.cs#L23

private void AddField(IComponent objeto, string desiredName) {
    IDesignerHost host = xrDesignPanel1.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)) as IDesignerHost;
    if (host != null) {

Reporting_how-to-implement-an-immediate-preview-feature-in-the-end-user-designer-e1473/CS/Form1.cs#L31

IDesignerHost dh = xrDesignPanel1.GetService(typeof(IDesignerHost)) as IDesignerHost;
dh.TransactionClosed += new DesignerTransactionCloseEventHandler(dh_TransactionClosed);

VB.NET

Reporting_winforms-end-user-designer-how-to-programmatically-invoke-the-smart-tag-once-an-t317195/VB/WindowsFormsApplication1/Form1.vb#L43

Public Sub ShowSmartTag(ByVal panel As XRDesignPanel, ByVal component As IComponent)
    Dim host As XRDesignerHost = TryCast(panel.GetService(GetType(IDesignerHost)), XRDesignerHost)
    Dim designer As XRControlDesigner = TryCast(host.GetDesigner(component), XRControlDesigner)

Reporting_winforms-eud-how-to-create-a-control-template-gallery-with-reusable-control-sets-t341218/VB/ControlTemplateGallerySample/Form1.vb#L39

Dim rep As XtraReport1 = DirectCast(panel.Report, XtraReport1)
Dim serv As ISelectionService = TryCast(panel.GetService(GetType(ISelectionService)), ISelectionService)
serv.SetSelectedComponents(New Object() { rep.xrRichText1, rep.xrRichText2 }, SelectionTypes.Auto)

Reporting_how-to-refresh-the-field-list-in-the-end-user-designer-e1584/VB/Form1.vb#L38

Dim fieldList As FieldListDockPanel = CType(xrDesignDockManager1(DesignDockPanelType.FieldList), FieldListDockPanel)
Dim host As IDesignerHost = CType(xrDesignPanel1.GetService(GetType(IDesignerHost)), IDesignerHost)
fieldList.UpdateDataSource(host)

Reporting_how-to-add-a-pre-created-parameter-instance-to-the-field-list-and-keep-the-e4247/VB/Parameters/Form2.vb#L25

Private Sub AddField(ByVal objeto As IComponent, ByVal desiredName As String)
    Dim host As IDesignerHost = TryCast(xrDesignPanel1.GetService(GetType(IDesignerHost)), IDesignerHost)
    If host IsNot Nothing Then

Reporting_how-to-implement-an-immediate-preview-feature-in-the-end-user-designer-e1473/VB/Form1.vb#L29

Dim dh As IDesignerHost = TryCast(xrDesignPanel1.GetService(GetType(IDesignerHost)), IDesignerHost)
AddHandler dh.TransactionClosed, AddressOf dh_TransactionClosed

Implements

GetService(Type)