string searchName = string.Empty;
gridView.ActiveFilterCriteria = new BinaryOperator("Name", searchName);

// Initialize variables used to paint View's empty space in a custom manner
Font noMatchesFoundTextFont = new Font("Tahoma", 10);
Font trySearchingAgainTextFont = new Font("Tahoma", 15, FontStyle.Underline);
Font trySearchingAgainTextFontBold = new Font(trySearchingAgainTextFont, FontStyle.Underline | FontStyle.Bold);
SolidBrush linkBrush = new SolidBrush(DevExpress.Skins.EditorsSkins.GetSkin(
    DevExpress.LookAndFeel.UserLookAndFeel.Default.ActiveLookAndFeel).Colors["HyperLinkTextColor"]);
string noMatchesFoundText = "No matches found";
string trySearchingAgainText = "Try searching again";
Rectangle noMatchesFoundBounds = Rectangle.Empty;
Rectangle trySearchingAgainBounds = Rectangle.Empty;
bool trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor = false;
int offset = 10;

gridView.CustomDrawEmptyForeground += (s, e) => {
    e.DefaultDraw();
    e.Appearance.Options.UseFont = true;
    e.Appearance.Font = noMatchesFoundTextFont;
    //Draw the noMatchesFoundText string
    Size size = e.Appearance.CalcTextSize(e.Cache, noMatchesFoundText, e.Bounds.Width).ToSize();
    int x = (e.Bounds.Width - size.Width) / 2;
    int y = e.Bounds.Y + offset;
    noMatchesFoundBounds = new Rectangle(new Point(x, y), size);
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, noMatchesFoundText, noMatchesFoundBounds);
    //Draw the trySearchingAgain link
    e.Appearance.Font = trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor ?
        trySearchingAgainTextFontBold : trySearchingAgainTextFont;
    size = e.Appearance.CalcTextSize(e.Cache, trySearchingAgainText, e.Bounds.Width).ToSize();
    x = noMatchesFoundBounds.X - (size.Width - noMatchesFoundBounds.Width) / 2;
    y = noMatchesFoundBounds.Bottom + offset;
    size.Width += offset;
    trySearchingAgainBounds = new Rectangle(new Point(x, y), size);
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, trySearchingAgainText, trySearchingAgainBounds, linkBrush);
};

gridView.MouseMove += (s, e) => {
    trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor = trySearchingAgainBounds.Contains(e.Location);
    gridControl.Cursor = trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor ? Cursors.Hand : Cursors.Default;
    gridView.InvalidateRect(trySearchingAgainBounds);
};

gridView.MouseDown += (s, e) => {
    if(trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor) {
        searchName = XtraInputBox.Show(string.Format("Enter {0}", "Name"), string.Format(
            "Enter {0} dialog", "Name"), searchName);
        gridView.ActiveFilterCriteria = new BinaryOperator("Name", searchName);
    }
};

Dim searchName As String = String.Empty
gridView.ActiveFilterCriteria = New BinaryOperator("Name", searchName)

' Initialize variables used to paint View's empty space in a custom manner
Dim noMatchesFoundTextFont As New Font("Tahoma", 10)
Dim trySearchingAgainTextFont As New Font("Tahoma", 15, FontStyle.Underline)
Dim trySearchingAgainTextFontBold As New Font(trySearchingAgainTextFont, FontStyle.Underline Or FontStyle.Bold)
Dim linkBrush As New SolidBrush(DevExpress.Skins.EditorsSkins.GetSkin(DevExpress.LookAndFeel.UserLookAndFeel.Default.ActiveLookAndFeel).Colors("HyperLinkTextColor"))
Dim noMatchesFoundText As String = "No matches found"
Dim trySearchingAgainText As String = "Try searching again"
Dim noMatchesFoundBounds As Rectangle = Rectangle.Empty
Dim trySearchingAgainBounds As Rectangle = Rectangle.Empty
Dim trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor As Boolean = False
Dim offset As Integer = 10

AddHandler gridView.CustomDrawEmptyForeground, Sub(s, e)
    e.DefaultDraw()
    e.Appearance.Options.UseFont = True
    e.Appearance.Font = noMatchesFoundTextFont
    'Draw the noMatchesFoundText string
    Dim size As Size = e.Appearance.CalcTextSize(e.Cache, noMatchesFoundText, e.Bounds.Width).ToSize()
    Dim x As Integer = (e.Bounds.Width - size.Width) \ 2
    Dim y As Integer = e.Bounds.Y + offset
    noMatchesFoundBounds = New Rectangle(New Point(x, y), size)
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, noMatchesFoundText, noMatchesFoundBounds)
    'Draw the trySearchingAgain link
    e.Appearance.Font = If(trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor, trySearchingAgainTextFontBold, trySearchingAgainTextFont)
    size = e.Appearance.CalcTextSize(e.Cache, trySearchingAgainText, e.Bounds.Width).ToSize()
    x = noMatchesFoundBounds.X - (size.Width - noMatchesFoundBounds.Width) \ 2
    y = noMatchesFoundBounds.Bottom + offset
    size.Width += offset
    trySearchingAgainBounds = New Rectangle(New Point(x, y), size)
    e.Appearance.DrawString(e.Cache, trySearchingAgainText, trySearchingAgainBounds, linkBrush)
End Sub

AddHandler gridView.MouseMove, Sub(s, e)
    trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor = trySearchingAgainBounds.Contains(e.Location)
    gridControl.Cursor = If(trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor, Cursors.Hand, Cursors.Default)
    gridView.InvalidateRect(trySearchingAgainBounds)
End Sub

AddHandler gridView.MouseDown, Sub(s, e)
    If trySearchingAgainBoundsContainCursor Then
        searchName = XtraInputBox.Show(String.Format("Enter {0}", "Name"), String.Format("Enter {0} dialog", "Name"), searchName)
        gridView.ActiveFilterCriteria = New BinaryOperator("Name", searchName)
    End If
End Sub