VGridControlBase.SaveLayoutToXml(String) Method

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Saves a vertical grid’s layout to an XML file.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraVerticalGrid

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraVerticalGrid.v25.2.dll

NuGet Packages : DevExpress.Win.Navigation, DevExpress.Win.VerticalGrid

csharp

public virtual void SaveLayoutToXml(
    string xmlFile
)

Public Overridable Sub SaveLayoutToXml(
    xmlFile As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
xmlFile	String

A string value which specifies the path to the file where the vertical grid’s layout should be stored. If an empty string is specified, an exception is raised.

Remarks

Use the SaveLayoutToXml method to save the vertical grid’s layout to a specific XML file at runtime. The saved settings can then be restored using the VGridControlBase.RestoreLayoutFromXml method.

Example

The following sample code saves the vertical grid’s layout to an XML file and then applies it to another vertical grid control. The VGridControlBase.SaveLayoutToXml and VGridControlBase.RestoreLayoutFromXml methods are used for this purpose.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

string filename = "c:\\XtraVerticalGridLayout.xml";
vGridControl1.SaveLayoutToXml(filename);
vGridControl2.DataSource = vGridControl1.DataSource;
vGridControl2.RestoreLayoutFromXml(filename);

Dim filename As String = "c:\XtraVerticalGridLayout.xml"
VGridControl1.SaveLayoutToXml(filename)
VGridControl2.DataSource = VGridControl1.DataSource
VGridControl2.RestoreLayoutFromXml(filename)