WinApplication.ShowViewStrategy Property

Specifies the Show View Strategy used in a Windows Forms application.

Namespace: DevExpress.ExpressApp.Win

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

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

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public WinShowViewStrategyBase ShowViewStrategy { get; set; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Property ShowViewStrategy As WinShowViewStrategyBase

Property Value

Type	Description
WinShowViewStrategyBase	A WinShowViewStrategyBase object, specifying the Show View Strategy used in a Windows Forms application.

Remarks

General information on Show View Strategies is provided in the ShowViewStrategyBase topic. An example of accessing this property to enable the MdiShowViewStrategy is shown below.

C#

public static void Main(string[] arguments) {
    // ...
    winApplication.ShowViewStrategy = new MdiShowViewStrategy(winApplication);
    winApplication.Setup();
    winApplication.Start();
    //...
}

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal arguments() As String)
    ' ...
    _application.ShowViewStrategy = New MdiShowViewStrategy(_application)
    _application.Setup()
    _application.Start()
    '...
End Sub

As the Show View Strategy may change during the application life cycle, we recommend that you subscribe to the ShowViewStrategy event from the XafApplication.ShowViewStrategyChanged event handler in Windows Forms applications. For more information, refer to the following topic: WinShowViewStrategyBase.WinWindowShowing.