ViewEditMode

About

The ViewEditMode module controls the DetailView.ViewEditMode.

Details

This is a platform agnostic module extends the IModelDetailView interface with the IModelDetailViewViewEditMode.

The module uses the next two strategies:

1. It monitors the DetailView creation and modifies its ViewEditMode property according to model configuration. However later ViewEditMode property modifications are allowed.
2. It monitors the ViewEditMode modification and cancels it if the LockViewEditMode attribute is used.

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Possible future improvements:

Any other need you may have.

Let me know if you want me to implement them for you.

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Examples

The module is valuable in scenarios similar to:

1. When you want to navigate from a ListView to a DetailView without the intermediate view which is set to View ViewEditMode.
2. When you develop a master-detail layout and you want to control the ViewEditMode state of your

XtraDashboardModule ,ExcelImporterModule are modules that use the ViewEditModeModule.

Next screenshot is an example from ExcelImporter from the view tha maps the Excel columns with the BO members.

Installation

1. First you need the nuget package so issue this command to the VS Nuget package console

   Install-Package Xpand.XAF.Modules.ViewEditMode.

   The above only references the dependencies and nexts steps are mandatory.

2. Ways to Register a Module or simply add the next call to your module constructor

   RequiredModuleTypes.Add(typeof(Xpand.XAF.Modules.ViewEditModeModule));

The module is not integrated with any eXpandFramework module. You have to install it as described.

Versioning

The module is not bound to DevExpress versioning, which means you can use the latest version with your old DevExpress projects Read more.

The module follows the Nuget Version Basics.

Dependencies

.NetFramework: net461

DevExpress.ExpressApp	Any
Fasterflect.Xpand	2.0.7
JetBrains.Annotations	2020.1.0
System.Reactive	4.4.1
System.ValueTuple	4.5.0
Xpand.Extensions.Reactive	2.202.58
Xpand.Extensions.XAF	2.202.58
Xpand.XAF.Modules.Reactive	2.202.58
Xpand.VersionConverter	2.202.10

Issues-Debugging-Troubleshooting

To Step in the source code you need to enable Source Server support in your Visual Studio/Tools/Options/Debugging/Enable Source Server Support. See also How to boost your DevExpress Debugging Experience.

If the package is installed in a way that you do not have access to uninstall it, then you can unload it with the next call at the constructor of your module.

Xpand.XAF.Modules.Reactive.ReactiveModuleBase.Unload(typeof(Xpand.XAF.Modules.ViewEditMode.ViewEditModeModule))

Tests

The module is tested on Azure for each build with these tests. All Tests run as per our Compatibility Matrix