ViewVariantsApplicationBuilderExtensions.AddViewVariants<TBuilder>(IModuleBuilder<TBuilder>, Action<ViewVariantsOptions>) Method

Adds the View Variants Module to your application.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.ApplicationBuilder

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.ViewVariantsModule.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp.ViewVariantsModule

Declaration

C#

public static IModuleBuilder<TBuilder> AddViewVariants<TBuilder>(
    this IModuleBuilder<TBuilder> builder,
    Action<ViewVariantsOptions> configureOptions = null
)
    where TBuilder : IApplicationBuilder<TBuilder>

VB.NET

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function AddViewVariants(Of TBuilder As IApplicationBuilder(Of TBuilder))(
    builder As IModuleBuilder(Of TBuilder),
    configureOptions As Action(Of ViewVariantsOptions) = Nothing
) As IModuleBuilder(Of TBuilder)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
builder	IModuleBuilder<TBuilder>	Allows you to register and configure Modules in your application, and chain further Module registrations.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
configureOptions	Action<ViewVariantsOptions>	null	Options that you can use to configure the View Variants Module.

Type Parameters

Name	Description
TBuilder	The IWinApplicationBuilder or IBlazorApplicationBuilder type.

Returns

Type	Description
IModuleBuilder<TBuilder>	Allows you to register and configure Modules in your application, and chain further Module registrations.

Remarks

The following example demonstrates how to use this method:

WinForms

File: MySolution.Win\Startup.cs.

C#

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.ApplicationBuilder;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.ApplicationBuilder;
// ...
public class ApplicationBuilder : IDesignTimeApplicationFactory {
    public static WinApplication BuildApplication(string connectionString) {
        var builder = WinApplication.CreateBuilder();
        builder.UseApplication<MySolutionWindowsFormsApplication>();
        builder.Modules
            // ...
            .AddViewVariants(options => {
                options.ShowAdditionalNavigation = true;
            });
        // ...
    }
    // ...
}

ASP.NET Core Blazor

File: MySolution.Blazor.Server\Startup.cs.

C#

using DevExpress.ExpressApp.ApplicationBuilder;
using DevExpress.ExpressApp.Blazor.ApplicationBuilder;
// ...
public class Startup {
   // ...
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
        // ...
        services.AddXaf(Configuration, builder => {
            builder.UseApplication<MySolutionBlazorApplication>();
            builder.Modules
                // ...
                .AddViewVariants(options => {
                    options.ShowAdditionalNavigation = true;
                });
            // ...
        });
        // ...
    }
}