DXSerializer.Serialize(DependencyObject, String, String, DXOptionsLayout, SerializationType) Method

Saves (serializes) the layouts of the specified container (or control) and all its child elements to a file. The method serializes the layouts of visual controls that exist in the application’s visual tree.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.Serialization

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Core.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static void Serialize(
    DependencyObject root,
    string path,
    string appName = "",
    DXOptionsLayout options = null,
    SerializationType serializationType = SerializationType.Xml
)

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub Serialize(
    root As DependencyObject,
    path As String,
    appName As String = "",
    options As DXOptionsLayout = Nothing,
    serializationType As SerializationType = SerializationType.Xml
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
root	DependencyObject	A container (or a control) which layouts should be serialized.
path	String	The path to the file where the layouts of the specified container and its child elements are serialized.

Optional Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
appName	String	String.Empty	The application name.
options	DXOptionsLayout	null	Settings that specify whether the child object layouts of the specified container should be serialized.
serializationType	DevExpress.Xpf.Core.Serialization.SerializationType	Xml	The serialization type.