DashboardsModule.AddDashboardDataFromResources<T>(IObjectSpace, String, Assembly, String) Method

Creates a dashboard data object from the specified XML resource file if there is no dashboard data with the specified title parameter in the database.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Dashboards

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Dashboards.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Dashboards

Declaration

C#

public static T AddDashboardDataFromResources<T>(
    IObjectSpace objectSpace,
    string title,
    Assembly assembly,
    string embeddedResourceName
)
    where T : IDashboardData

VB.NET

Public Shared Function AddDashboardDataFromResources(Of T As IDashboardData)(
    objectSpace As IObjectSpace,
    title As String,
    assembly As Assembly,
    embeddedResourceName As String
) As T

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
objectSpace	IObjectSpace	An IObjectSpace object that specifies the Object Space.
title	String	A string specifying the dashboard title.
assembly	Assembly	An Assembly specifying the assembly which contains the dashboard configuration as an embedded resource.
embeddedResourceName	String	A string specifying the embedded resource name which contains the dashboard configuration in XML format.

Type Parameters

Name
T

Returns

Type	Description
T	A dashboard data object.

Remarks

To recreate the predefined dashboard, first delete the Dashboard in the DashboardData ListView and then restart the application.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

xaf-how-to-show-a-custom-form-as-the-winforms-dashboard-designer/CS/CustomDashboardDesignerForm.Module/DatabaseUpdate/Updater.cs#L55

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
DashboardsModule.AddDashboardDataFromResources<DashboardData>(ObjectSpace, "Contacts", assembly, "CustomDashboardDesignerForm.Module.Dashboards.Contacts.xml");

xaf-win-web-open-detail-view-when-grid-row-is-clicked-in-the-dashboard/CS/ShowDetailViewFromDashboard.Module/DatabaseUpdate/Updater.cs#L50

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
DashboardsModule.AddDashboardDataFromResources<DashboardData>(ObjectSpace, "Contacts", assembly, "ShowDetailViewFromDashboard.Module.Dashboards.Contacts.xml");

VB.NET

xaf-how-to-show-a-custom-form-as-the-winforms-dashboard-designer/VB/CustomDashboardDesignerForm.Module/DatabaseUpdate/Updater.vb#L52

Dim assembly As System.Reflection.Assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
DashboardsModule.AddDashboardDataFromResources(Of DashboardData)(ObjectSpace, "Contacts", assembly, "CustomDashboardDesignerForm.Module.Dashboards.Contacts.xml")

xaf-win-web-open-detail-view-when-grid-row-is-clicked-in-the-dashboard/VB/ShowDetailViewFromDashboard.Module/DatabaseUpdate/Updater.vb#L52

Dim assembly As System.Reflection.Assembly = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
DashboardsModule.AddDashboardDataFromResources(Of DashboardData)(ObjectSpace, "Contacts", assembly, "Contacts.xml")