dxChart - How to display data from a remote data service (Knockout)
This example demonstrates how to display data from a remote data source in a dxChart. The dxChart widget is created via Knockout. The Data-Bound Application tutorial demonstrates how to create a custom...
View ArticleHow to save the currently opened View as a new View Variant at runtime
This example provides a platform-agnostic module that allows your end-users to add View Variants dynamically. Refer to the Best practices of creating reusable XAF modules by example of a View Variants...
View ArticleASPxGridView - How to allow end-users to resize the grid
The scenario is the following: - Set the ASPxGridView.SettingsPager.Mode property to 'ShowAllRecords';- Set the ASPxGridView.Settings.ShowStatusBar to 'Visible' and the...
View ArticleASPxDockZone - How to allow end-users to resize a control
It's possible to allow end-users to resize the ASPxDockZone by changing the control's height and width in the mouse move event handler with the ASPxClientDockZone.SetWidth and...
View ArticleHow to customize a data store schema for dashboard data sources
This example demonstrates how to customize a data store schema for a dashboard data source that uses a connection to the Northwind database.In this example, the IDBSchemaProvider interface is...
View ArticleHow to connect the map control to a Bing Geocode web service
This example demonstrates how to provide the capability for end-users to click on a map and get detailed information about this place in the pushpin's tooltip, thanks to the Bing Geocode web...
View ArticleHow to use a custom ASPxGridView localizer
The ASPxGridView can be localized via resources. This is the recommended approach to localization and it's described in the Localizing Developer Express ASP.NET Controls help topic.However, if you...
View ArticleHow to maintain the visibility of components in the End-User Designer
The following example demonstrates how to maintain the visibility of components (such as DataSet and DataAdapter) in the End-User Report Designer for Windows Forms.In the End-User Report Designer, you...
View ArticleHow to create a master-detail report bound to an ORM (Entity Framework) model...
This example demonstrates how to create a master-detail report bound to Object Relational Model in ASP.NET MVC applications.This example uses the Entity Framework ORM model to provide a report with...
View ArticleHow to connect to a Report Server from a Windows Forms application using...
The sample demonstrates how to use the Report Server WCF API in a Windows Forms application.
View ArticleHow to get information about a geopoint using the Bing Geocode data provider
This example demonstrates how to obtain information about a geographical point from the Bing Geocode data provider using the BingGeocodeDataProvider.RequestLocationInformation method.There are two ways...
View ArticleHow to change the XtraReport layout dynamically via a custom Report...
The Report Parameters Object feature is introduced to show the custom filter dialog before previewing XafReport. But, since it can be accessed via the report's scripts (see Access Report Filter...
View ArticleValidation - How to highlight invalid properties when the View is shown
This example demonstrates, how to check rules when the View is activated, or the View's object is changed. For that purpose, the ImmediateValidationController is implemented. To avoid checking these...
View ArticleHow to implement a custom attribute to customize the Application Model
This example demonstrates how to use a custom attribute to remove properties from the DetailView.Items and ListView.Columns node. In this case, properties will be removed from the Column Chooser and...
View ArticleHow to create a DetailView with a custom set of properties
Suppose that it is necessary to provide a capability to work with documents. These documents can have various sets of fields, in various orders. To implement this scenario using standard XAF tools, it...
View ArticleHow to represent a collection property using a checked list box
This example contains custom property editors for both Windows Forms and ASP.NET applications. The WinCheckedListBoxPropertyEditor uses the CheckedListBoxControl, and the...
View ArticleHow to print from the RichEditDocumentServer
This example demonstrates how to use a PrintableComponentLink to print from the RichEditDocumentServer. An instance of the RichEditDocumentServer loads a document, inserts a datetime stamp in its...
View ArticleHow to show cells' values over an image and be able to export the cells'...
This example demonstrates how to show images in GridView's cell and display cell's values over the images. Actually, this task can be easily accomplished using the Custom Draw capabilites. However, in...
View ArticleHow to implement a radio column
This example demonstrates how to add an unbound grid column with a radio button (represented by a CheckEdit repository item) to provide a user with the ability to select one of the grid rows.
View ArticleHow to compare two text files line-by-line using the GridControl
This example demonstrates how to load a text file in the GridControl, so that each cell represents one text line. Different lines are highlighted.
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