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Create a WinForms Dashboard Designer (.NET Framework)

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Create a WinForms Dashboard Designer (.NET Framework)

  • Sep 27, 2024
  • 2 minutes to read

This topic describes how to create a WinForms Dashboard Designer application in the .NET Framework.

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  1. In Visual Studio, create a new project and select Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) on the start page as the project template.

  2. Drag the DashboardDesigner control from the DX.25.2: Data & Analytics Toolbox tab and drop it onto the main form.

  3. Click the control’s smart tag and select Dock in Parent Container in the invoked actions list to allow the DashboardDesigner to fill the form.

  4. At the moment you can create Ribbon UI or insert a line of code to create it at runtime. To create Ribbon UI in Visual Studio Designer, click Create Ribbon :

  5. The designer application is now ready. Build and run the project.

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