DockManager.RestoreFromRegistry(String) Method

SECURITY-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS

Deserializing layout settings from untrusted resources may create security issues. Review the following help topic for additional information: Safe Deserialization.

Restores the layout stored at the specified system registry path to the dock panels.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraBars.Docking

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraBars.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

csharp

[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
public virtual void RestoreFromRegistry(
    string path
)

<EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)>
Public Overridable Sub RestoreFromRegistry(
    path As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String

A string value specifying the system registry path. If the specified path doesn’t exist, calling this method has no effect.

Remarks

This method is obsolete. Use the DockManager.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry method instead.

Example

The following code can be used to write and read a docking layout to and from the system registry. The full path to the docking layout will be: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\DevExpress\XtraBars\DockStates\MainState.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

string regKey = "DevExpress\\XtraBars\\DockStates\\MainState";
dockManager1.SaveLayoutToRegistry(regKey);

// ...

dockManager1.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(regKey);

Dim regKey As String = "DevExpress\XtraBars\DockStates\MainState"
DockManager1.SaveLayoutToRegistry(regKey)

'...

DockManager1.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(regKey)