DockManager.SaveToRegistry(String) Method

SECURITY-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS

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Saves the layout of the dock panels to the registry.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraBars.Docking

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

A string value specifying the registry path at which to save the layout.

Returns

Type	Description
Boolean

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

Remarks

This method is obsolete. Use the DockManager.SaveLayoutToRegistry 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)