DockManager.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(String) Method

SECURITY NOTE

Deserializing layout settings from untrusted resources may create security issues. Review the following help topic for additional information: Safe Deserialization.

Restores the layout of dock panels from the specified system registry path.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars.Docking

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public virtual void RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(
    string path
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(
    path As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
path	String	A string value which specifies the system registry path. If the specified path doesn’t exist, this method does nothing.

Remarks

Note

When restoring a layout during a form load (for instance, in your Form.Load event handler), you may need to call the DockManager.ForceInitialize method prior to the layout restoration. See this method to learn more.

For more information, see Saving and Restoring the Layout of Dock Panels

Example

The following code can be used to write and read a docking layout to and from the system registry. The full path to the docking layout will be: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\DevExpress\XtraBars\DockStates\MainState.

C#

string regKey = "DevExpress\\XtraBars\\DockStates\\MainState";
dockManager1.SaveLayoutToRegistry(regKey);

// ...

dockManager1.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(regKey);

VB.NET

Dim regKey As String = "DevExpress\XtraBars\DockStates\MainState"
DockManager1.SaveLayoutToRegistry(regKey)

'...

DockManager1.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry(regKey)