GanttSettings.ClientLayout Property

Enables you to save and restore the previously saved Gantt’s layout.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.Mvc

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.Mvc5.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public ASPxClientLayoutHandler ClientLayout { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property ClientLayout As ASPxClientLayoutHandler

Property Value

Type	Description
ASPxClientLayoutHandler	A method to which the Gantt delegates custom processing.

Remarks

Handle the ClientLayout event to save and restore the Gantt’s layout from a data store.

• Save Layout

  The event parameter’s LayoutMode property returns Saving. The LayoutData property contains the Gantt’s current layout that should be saved, for example, to a database.

• Restore Layout

  The LayoutMode property returns Loading. Read the Gantt’s layout data from a data store and assign it to the LayoutData property. You can also save and restore the Gantt’s layout using the MVCxGantt.SaveClientLayout and MVCxGantt.LoadClientLayout methods.

Example

C#

@Html.DevExpress().Gantt(settings => {
    ...
    settings.ClientLayout += (s, e) => {
        if (e.LayoutMode == DevExpress.Web.ClientLayoutMode.Saving) {
        SaveUserLayoutToDatabase(testID, "TestGanttAccount", e.LayoutData);
    }
    else {
        if (System.IO.File.Exists(fileName))
            e.LayoutData = RestoreUserLayoutFromDatabase(testID, "TestGanttAccount");
    }
    };
    ...
}).Bind(GanttDataProvider.Tasks, GanttDataProvider.Dependencies, GanttDataProvider.Resources, GanttDataProvider.ResourceAssignments).GetHtml()