LayoutControl.SaveLayoutToStream(Stream) Method

Saves the current layout to the specified stream.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraLayout

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraLayout.v19.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual void SaveLayoutToStream(
    Stream stream
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub SaveLayoutToStream(
    stream As Stream
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A Stream descendant to which the current layout is written.

Remarks

Use the SaveLayoutToStream method to write the current layout to a stream. The layout can then be read using the LayoutControl.RestoreLayoutFromStream method.

See Save and Restore Layout to learn more.

Tip

You can utilize the Persistence Behavior or Workspace Manager component to save and restore layouts for all supported DevExpress controls at once.

Example

The following sample code saves the current layout to a memory stream and then restores it.

C#

System.IO.Stream stream;
stream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
layoutControl1.SaveLayoutToStream(stream);
stream.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin);

// ...
layoutControl1.RestoreLayoutFromStream(stream);
stream.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin);

VB.NET

Dim stream As System.IO.Stream
stream = New System.IO.MemoryStream()
LayoutControl1.SaveLayoutToStream(stream)
stream.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin)

' ...
LayoutControl1.RestoreLayoutFromStream(stream)
stream.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin)