Frame.View Property

Provides access to a Frame‘s View.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.v22.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.ExpressApp

Declaration

C#

public View View { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property View As View

Property Value

Type	Description
View	A View object representing the current Frame’s View.

Remarks

Cast the View object that is returned by this property by the DetailView or ListView type, to use members of the current Frame’s View.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

XAF_how-to-determine-the-view-from-which-another-view-is-shown-e1319/CS/WinWebSolution.Module/MainWindowController.cs#L15

void Application_ViewShowing(object sender, ViewShowingEventArgs e) {
    if(e.SourceFrame != null && e.SourceFrame.View != null && e.SourceFrame.View.Id == "Party_PhoneNumbers_ListView") {
        DetailView targetView = (DetailView)e.View;

XAF_how-to-show-an-asterisk-in-the-window-title-when-an-object-in-a-view-is-modified-e1703/CS/WinSolution.Module/DirtyTitleWindowController.cs#L16

void Window_ViewChanged(object sender, ViewChangedEventArgs e) {
    if(Window.View is ObjectView) {
        Window.View.ObjectSpace.ModifiedChanged += ObjectSpace_ModifiedChanged;

XAF_Non-Persistent-Objects-Nested-In-Persistent-Objects-Demo/CS/NonPersistentObjectsDemo.Win/WinApplication.cs#L68

public override IObjectSpace GetObjectSpaceToShowDetailViewFrom(Frame sourceFrame, Type objectType, TargetWindow targetWindow) {
    if(sourceFrame.View is ListView &&
        sourceFrame.View.ObjectTypeInfo.Type == typeof(NonPersistentObjectsDemo.Module.BusinessObjects.Agent) &&

XAF_how-to-adjust-the-size-of-pop-up-dialogs-e4208/CS/PopupSizeExample.Module.Win/Controllers/CustomizeFormSizeController.cs#L20

private void OnFormReadyForCustomizations(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    if(YourCustomBusinessCondition(Window.View)) {
        //Here we are resizing the form based on the View object properties. You can also adjust other Form settings as well.

xaf-save-and-share-custom-view-settings/CS/ViewSettingsSolution.Module/Controllers/ViewVariantsController.cs#L30

Boolean result = false;
View savedView = Frame.View;
isLayoutProcessed = true;

VB.NET

XAF_how-to-determine-the-view-from-which-another-view-is-shown-e1319/VB/WinWebSolution.Module/MainWindowController.vb#L15

Private Sub Application_ViewShowing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ViewShowingEventArgs)
    If e.SourceFrame IsNot Nothing AndAlso e.SourceFrame.View IsNot Nothing AndAlso e.SourceFrame.View.Id = "Party_PhoneNumbers_ListView" Then
        Dim targetView As DetailView = CType(e.View, DetailView)

XAF_how-to-show-an-asterisk-in-the-window-title-when-an-object-in-a-view-is-modified-e1703/VB/WinSolution.Module/DirtyTitleWindowController.vb#L18

Private Sub Window_ViewChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ViewChangedEventArgs)
    If TypeOf Window.View Is ObjectView Then
        AddHandler Window.View.ObjectSpace.ModifiedChanged, AddressOf ObjectSpace_ModifiedChanged

XAF_Non-Persistent-Objects-Nested-In-Persistent-Objects-Demo/VB/NonPersistentObjectsDemo.Win/WinApplication.vb#L65

Public Overrides Function GetObjectSpaceToShowDetailViewFrom(ByVal sourceFrame As Frame, ByVal objectType As Type, ByVal targetWindow As TargetWindow) As IObjectSpace
    If TypeOf sourceFrame.View Is ListView AndAlso sourceFrame.View.ObjectTypeInfo.Type Is GetType(NonPersistentObjectsDemo.Module.BusinessObjects.Agent) AndAlso objectType Is GetType(NonPersistentObjectsDemo.Module.BusinessObjects.Agent) Then
        Return sourceFrame.View.ObjectSpace

XAF_how-to-adjust-the-size-of-pop-up-dialogs-e4208/VB/PopupSizeExample.Module.Win/Controllers/CustomizeFormSizeController.vb#L22

Private Sub OnFormReadyForCustomizations(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
    If YourCustomBusinessCondition(Window.View) Then
        'Here we are resizing the form based on the View object properties. You can also adjust other Form settings as well.

xaf-save-and-share-custom-view-settings/VB/ViewSettingsSolution.Module/Controllers/ViewVariantsController.vb#L41

Dim result As Boolean = False
Dim savedView As View = Frame.View
isLayoutProcessed = True