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How to: Save and Restore Layout

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The following example shows how to save a pivot grid's layout to a string and then restore it.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs"
           Inherits="SaveAndRestoreLayout._Default" %>

<%@ Register Assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPivotGrid.v11.1, Version=11.1.4.0,
           Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
           Namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxPivotGrid"
           TagPrefix="dx" %>

<%@ Register assembly="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors.v11.1, Version=11.1.4.0,
           Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a"
           namespace="DevExpress.Web.ASPxEditors"
           tagprefix="dx" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
      "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Save and Restore Layout Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <dx:ASPxPivotGrid ID="ASPxPivotGrid1" runat="server" 
            DataSourceID="AccessDataSource1">
            <Fields>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldCity" Area="ColumnArea" 
                    AreaIndex="2" FieldName="City">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldRegion" Area="ColumnArea"
                    AreaIndex="1" FieldName="Region">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldCountry" Area="ColumnArea"
                    AreaIndex="0" FieldName="Country">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldQuantity" Area="DataArea"
                    AreaIndex="0" FieldName="Quantity">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldUnitPrice" Area="DataArea"
                    AreaIndex="1" FieldName="UnitPrice">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
                <dx:PivotGridField ID="fieldProductName" Area="RowArea"
                    AreaIndex="0" FieldName="ProductName">
                </dx:PivotGridField>
            </Fields>
        </dx:ASPxPivotGrid>
        <asp:AccessDataSource ID="AccessDataSource1" runat="server" 
            DataFile="~/App_Data/nwind.mdb" 
            SelectCommand="SELECT [City], [Region], [Country],
                     [Quantity], [UnitPrice], [ProductName]
                     FROM [Invoices]">
        </asp:AccessDataSource>
    </div>
    <div>
        <table cellspacing="0">
            <tr>
                <td>
                    &nbsp;
                </td>
                <td>
                    &nbsp;
                </td>
                <td>
                    &nbsp;
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <dx:ASPxButton ID="ASPxButton1" runat="server"
                               OnClick="ASPxButton1_Click"
                               Text="SaveLayout">
                    </dx:ASPxButton>
                </td>
                <td>
                    &nbsp;&nbsp;
                </td>
                <td>
                    <dx:ASPxButton ID="ASPxButton2" runat="server"
                               OnClick="ASPxButton2_Click"
                               Text="RestoreLayout">
                    </dx:ASPxButton>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>