public event SetInitialDashboardStateEventHandler SetInitialDashboardState

Public Event SetInitialDashboardState As SetInitialDashboardStateEventHandler

using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.XtraEditors;
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace WinFormsViewerSaveAndApplyDashboardState
{
    public partial class ViewerForm1: XtraForm
    {
        public static readonly string PropertyName = "DashboardState";
        const string path = @"..\..\Dashboards\dashboardWithSavedState.xml";
        public ViewerForm1() {
            InitializeComponent();
            dashboardViewer.SetInitialDashboardState += dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState;
            dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = path;
        }

        DashboardState GetDataFromString(string customPropertyValue) {
            DashboardState dState = new DashboardState();
            if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(customPropertyValue)) {
                var xmlStateEl = XDocument.Parse(customPropertyValue);
                dState.LoadFromXml(xmlStateEl);
            }
            return dState;
        }
        private void dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState(object sender,
            DevExpress.DashboardWin.SetInitialDashboardStateEventArgs e) {
            var state = GetDataFromString(dashboardViewer.Dashboard.CustomProperties.GetValue(PropertyName));
            e.InitialState = state;
        }

        private void ViewerForm1_FormClosing(object sender,FormClosingEventArgs e) {
            var dState = dashboardViewer.GetDashboardState();
            var stateValue = dState.SaveToXml().ToString(SaveOptions.DisableFormatting);
            dashboardViewer.Dashboard.CustomProperties.SetValue("DashboardState", stateValue);
            dashboardViewer.Dashboard.SaveToXml(path);
        }
    }
}

Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors
Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Xml.Linq

Namespace WinFormsViewerSaveAndApplyDashboardState
    Partial Public Class ViewerForm1
        Inherits XtraForm
        Public Shared ReadOnly PropertyName As String = "DashboardState"
        Private Const path As String = "..\..\Dashboards\dashboardWithSavedState.xml"
        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            AddHandler dashboardViewer.SetInitialDashboardState, AddressOf dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState
            dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = path
        End Sub

        Private Function GetDataFromString(ByVal customPropertyValue As String) As DashboardState
            Dim dState As New DashboardState()
            If (Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(customPropertyValue)) Then
                Dim xmlStateEl = XDocument.Parse(customPropertyValue)
                dState.LoadFromXml(xmlStateEl)
            End If
            Return dState
        End Function

        Private Sub dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.DashboardWin.SetInitialDashboardStateEventArgs)
            Dim state = GetDataFromString(dashboardViewer.Dashboard.CustomProperties.GetValue(PropertyName))
            e.InitialState = state
        End Sub

        Private Sub ViewerForm1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
            Dim dState = dashboardViewer.GetDashboardState()
            Dim stateValue = dState.SaveToXml().ToString(SaveOptions.DisableFormatting)
            dashboardViewer.Dashboard.CustomProperties.SetValue("DashboardState", stateValue)
            dashboardViewer.Dashboard.SaveToXml(path)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

using System.Collections.Generic;
using DevExpress.DashboardCommon;
using DevExpress.DashboardWin;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters;

namespace WinViewer_DefaultParameterValues {
    public partial class Form1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void dashboardViewer1_SetInitialDashboardState(object sender, SetInitialDashboardStateEventArgs e) {
            DashboardState state = new DashboardState();
            DashboardParameterState parameters = new DashboardParameterState();
            parameters.Name = "customerIdParameter";
            parameters.Value = new List<string>() { "ALFKI", "AROUT", "BONAP" };
            state.Parameters.Add(parameters);
            e.InitialState = state;
        }
        private void dashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection(object sender, DashboardConfigureDataConnectionEventArgs e) {
            if (e.DataSourceName == "SQL Data Source 1")
                e.ConnectionParameters = new Access97ConnectionParameters(@"..\..\Data\nwind.mdb", "", "");
        }
    }
}

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports DevExpress.DashboardCommon
Imports DevExpress.DashboardWin
Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters

Namespace WinViewer_DefaultParameterValues
    Partial Public Class Form1
        Inherits DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
        End Sub

        Private Sub dashboardViewer1_SetInitialDashboardState(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As SetInitialDashboardStateEventArgs)
            Dim state As New DashboardState()
            Dim parameters As New DashboardParameterState()
            parameters.Name = "customerIdParameter"
            parameters.Value = New List(Of String)() From {"ALFKI", "AROUT", "BONAP"}
            state.Parameters.Add(parameters)
            e.InitialState = state
        End Sub

        Private Sub dashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DashboardConfigureDataConnectionEventArgs) Handles dashboardViewer1.ConfigureDataConnection
            If e.DataSourceName = "SQL Data Source 1" Then
                e.ConnectionParameters = New Access97ConnectionParameters("..\..\Data\nwind.mdb", "", "")
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

InitializeComponent();
dashboardViewer1.SetInitialDashboardState += DashboardViewer1_SetInitialDashboardState;
dashboardViewer1.ConfigureDataConnection += DashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection;

InitializeComponent();
dashboardViewer.SetInitialDashboardState += dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState;
dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = path;

InitializeComponent()
AddHandler dashboardViewer1.SetInitialDashboardState, AddressOf DashboardViewer1_SetInitialDashboardState
AddHandler dashboardViewer1.ConfigureDataConnection, AddressOf DashboardViewer1_ConfigureDataConnection

InitializeComponent()
AddHandler dashboardViewer.SetInitialDashboardState, AddressOf dashboardViewer_SetInitialDashboardState
dashboardViewer.DashboardSource = path