BarManager.SaveToXml(String) Method

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Saves the BarManager component state to an xml file.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraBars.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

csharp

[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public virtual void SaveToXml(
    string xmlFile
)

<EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)>
Public Overridable Sub SaveToXml(
    xmlFile As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
xmlFile	String

An xml file to which the BarManager component’s state is saved.

Remarks

This method is obsolete.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

Example

The following code can be used to read and write a BarManager’s state from/to an XML file.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

string xmlFile = "c:\\XtraBars\\States\\MainState.xml";
barManager1.SaveLayoutToXml(xmlFile);

//...

barManager1.RestoreLayoutFromXml(xmlFile);

Dim xmlFile As String = "c:\XtraBars\States\MainState.xml"
BarManager1.SaveLayoutLayoutToXml(xmlFile)

    '...

BarManager1.RestoreLayoutLayoutFromXml(xmlFile)