BarManager.SaveToRegistry(String) Method

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Saves the BarManager component’s state to the system registry.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraBars.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

csharp

[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public virtual bool SaveToRegistry(
    string path
)

<EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)>
Public Overridable Function SaveToRegistry(
    path As String
) As Boolean

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String

Location of the BarManager data within the system registry.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean

true if the operation is successfully completed; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method is obsolete. Use the BarManager.SaveLayoutToRegistry method instead.

Example

The following code demonstrates how to write and read a BarManager’s state to/from the system registry. The full path for the bars layout will be: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\DevExpress\XtraBars\States\MainState.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

string regKey = "DevExpress\\XtraBars\\States\\MainState";
    barManager1.SaveLayoutToRegistry(regKey);

    //...

    barManager1.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(regKey);

Dim regKey As String = "DevExpress\XtraBars\States\MainState"
    BarManager1.SaveLayoutToRegistry(regKey)

    '...

    BarManager1.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(regKey)