ActionBase.Id Property

Specifies an Action‘s identifier.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Actions

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

public string Id { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Id As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A string property that represents the current Action’s identifier.

Remarks

By default, this property is set to a GUID. You can set another value in the Controller’s contructor or Designer. This value will be saved to the Application Model‘s IModelAction node.

Note

An Action’s identifier must be unique. For instance, you can set values like namespaces: “MyApp.FinancialOperations.AddTurnoverAction”.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

XAF_how-to-create-a-custom-action-type-with-a-custom-control-barcheckitem-associated-with-it-e1977/CS/CustomActionControl.Module.Win/Controllers/CustomActionControlController.cs#L17

BarLinkActionControlContainer container = (BarLinkActionControlContainer)e.Container;
IActionControl actionControl = CreateActionControl(e.Action.Id, container.BarContainerItem);
container.AddActionControl(actionControl);

XAF_how-to-create-a-custom-action-with-a-custom-control-in-xaf-aspnet-application-e4357/CS/Solution28.Module.Web/Controllers/MyProcessActionContainerHolderController.cs#L12

protected override MenuActionItemBase OnCreateCustomMenuActionItem(ActionBase action) {
    if(action.Id == "FilterRange") {
        return new ParametrizedRangeActionMenuActionItem((ParametrizedAction)action);

VB.NET

XAF_how-to-create-a-custom-action-type-with-a-custom-control-barcheckitem-associated-with-it-e1977/VB/CustomActionControl.Module.Win/Controllers/CustomActionControlController.vb#L19

Dim container As BarLinkActionControlContainer = CType(e.Container, BarLinkActionControlContainer)
Dim actionControl As IActionControl = CreateActionControl(e.Action.Id, container.BarContainerItem)
container.AddActionControl(actionControl)

XAF_how-to-create-a-custom-action-with-a-custom-control-in-xaf-aspnet-application-e4357/VB/Solution28.Module.Web/Controllers/MyProcessActionContainerHolderController.vb#L14

Protected Overrides Function OnCreateCustomMenuActionItem(ByVal action As ActionBase) As MenuActionItemBase
    If action.Id = "FilterRange" Then
        Return New ParametrizedRangeActionMenuActionItem(CType(action, ParametrizedAction))