WinApplication.CreateBuilder(Action<IWinApplicationBuilderOptions>) Method

Creates an application builder object that you can use to customize the application options.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win

Assembly: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.v25.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win, DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.Design

Declaration

C#

public static IWinApplicationBuilder CreateBuilder(
    Action<IWinApplicationBuilderOptions> configureWinApplicationBuilderOptions = null
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Function CreateBuilder(
    configureWinApplicationBuilderOptions As Action(Of IWinApplicationBuilderOptions) = Nothing
) As IWinApplicationBuilder

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
configureWinApplicationBuilderOptions	Action<DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win.ApplicationBuilder.IWinApplicationBuilderOptions>	null	A delegate used to configure application builder options.

Returns

Type	Description
IWinApplicationBuilder	An application builder object.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

XAF_how-to-show-filter-dialog-before-listview/CS/XPO/DialogBeforeListView/DialogBeforeListView.Win/Startup.cs#L16

public static WinApplication BuildApplication(string connectionString) {
    var builder = WinApplication.CreateBuilder();
    builder.UseApplication<DialogBeforeListViewWindowsFormsApplication>();

xaf-how-to-use-criteria-property-editors/CS/XPO/CriteriaProperties/CriteriaProperties.Win/Startup.cs#L16

public static WinApplication BuildApplication(string connectionString) {
    var builder = WinApplication.CreateBuilder();
    builder.UseApplication<CriteriaPropertiesWindowsFormsApplication>();

XAF_how-to-connect-different-data-models-to-several-databases-within-a-single-application/CS/EFCore/TwoModelsForDifferentDatabases.Win/Startup.cs#L14

public static WinApplication BuildApplication(string connectionString) {
    var builder = WinApplication.CreateBuilder();
    builder.UseApplication<TwoModelsForDifferentDatabasesWindowsFormsApplication>();

xaf-print-a-report-without-displaying-a-preview/CS/XPO/InstantReport/InstantReport.Win/Startup.cs#L16

public static WinApplication BuildApplication(string connectionString) {
    var builder = WinApplication.CreateBuilder();
    builder.UseApplication<InstantReportWindowsFormsApplication>();

xaf-filter-lookup-list-views/CS/XPO/FilterLookup/FilterLookup.Win/Startup.cs#L16

public static WinApplication BuildApplication(string connectionString) {
    var builder = WinApplication.CreateBuilder();
    builder.UseApplication<FilterLookupWindowsFormsApplication>();