XmlPersistenceHelper.ToXml() Method

Generate an XML string that contains information about a persistent object or collection (reminders, resources, etc.).

Namespace: DevExpress.Utils.Serializing

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Data

Declaration

C#

public virtual string ToXml()

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function ToXml As String

Returns

Type	Description
String	An XML string.

Remarks

KB Article: Scheduler - How to parse (save/restore) information about reminders, resources, and recurring patterns from/to XML

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-scheduler-bind-xpo-multi-resource-appointments/CS/XPO_MultiResource_Example/XPAppointment.cs#L85

    AppointmentResourceIdCollectionXmlPersistenceHelper helper = new AppointmentResourceIdCollectionXmlPersistenceHelper(resourceIds);
    return helper.ToXml();
}

winforms-scheduler-serialize-deserialize-appointments/CS/DXApplication1/SerializationHelper.cs#L22

        new AppointmentXmlPersistenceHelper(apt, null);
    serializedAppointments.Add(helper.ToXml());
}

VB.NET

wpf-scheduler-use-entity-framework-to-bind-to-data/VB/DXSample/Data/DataHelper.vb#L31

Dim changedOccurrence As DXSample.Data.AppointmentEntity = New DXSample.Data.AppointmentEntity() With {.AppointmentType = CInt(DevExpress.XtraScheduler.AppointmentType.ChangedOccurrence), .Start = changedStart, .[End] = changedStart + patternDuration, .Subject = "Gym", .Label = 3, .ResourceId = 1}
changedOccurrence.RecurrenceInfo = New DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Xml.PatternReferenceXmlPersistenceHelper(CType((New DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Xml.PatternReference(CObj((info.Id)), CInt((changedOccurrenceIndex)))), DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Xml.PatternReference)).ToXml()
Dim deletedOccurrenceIndex As Integer = changedOccurrenceIndex + 1

wpf-scheduler-filter-time-regions/VB/DXSample/Data/DataHelper.vb#L31

Dim changedOccurrence As DXSample.Data.AppointmentEntity = New DXSample.Data.AppointmentEntity() With {.AppointmentType = CInt(DevExpress.XtraScheduler.AppointmentType.ChangedOccurrence), .Start = changedStart, .[End] = changedStart + patternDuration, .Subject = "Gym", .Label = 3, .ResourceId = 1}
changedOccurrence.RecurrenceInfo = New DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Xml.PatternReferenceXmlPersistenceHelper(CType((New DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Xml.PatternReference(CObj((info.Id)), CInt((changedOccurrenceIndex)))), DevExpress.XtraScheduler.Xml.PatternReference)).ToXml()
Dim deletedOccurrenceIndex As Integer = changedOccurrenceIndex + 1

winforms-scheduler-bind-xpo-multi-resource-appointments/VB/XPO_MultiResource_Example/XPAppointment.vb#L93

    Dim helper As New AppointmentResourceIdCollectionXmlPersistenceHelper(resourceIds_Renamed)
    Return helper.ToXml()
End Function

winforms-scheduler-serialize-deserialize-appointments/VB/DXApplication1/SerializationHelper.vb#L16

    Dim helper As AppointmentXmlPersistenceHelper = New AppointmentXmlPersistenceHelper(apt, Nothing)
    Call serializedAppointments.Add(helper.ToXml())
Next