LayoutSerializationOptions.StoreAppearance Property

Gets or sets whether the control’s appearance settings are stored (restored) when the layout is saved to (loaded from) storage.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraLayout

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraLayout.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)]
public virtual DefaultBoolean StoreAppearance { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(DefaultBoolean.Default)>
Public Overridable Property StoreAppearance As DefaultBoolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
DefaultBoolean	Default	A value that specifies whether to store and restore the control’s appearance settings.

Available values:

Name	Description	Return Value
True	The value is true.	0
False	The value is false.	1
Default	The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.	2

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to StoreAppearance
LayoutControl	.OptionsSerialization .StoreAppearance

Remarks

The StoreAppearance property specifies whether to save/load the control’s appearance settings from data storage when you call the SaveLayoutTo… and RestoreLayoutFrom… methods. The property affects the apperance settings of the following elements:

• Groups (LayoutItemContainer.AppearanceGroup)
• Items (BaseLayoutItem.AppearanceItemCaption)
• Tab pages (LayoutItemContainer.AppearanceTabPage).

Initially, when the StoreAppearance property is set to Default, (de)serialization of appearance settings is disabled.

(De)Serialization of appearance settings is enabled in the cases below:

• The StoreAppearance property is set to True.
• The StoreAppearance property is set to Default and any of the following properties is set to true: RestoreAppearanceItemCaption, RestoreAppearanceTabPage, and RestoreLayoutGroupAppearanceGroup. These properties are not displayed in the Properties window and hidden from IntelliSence in Visual Studio (they are left for backward compatibility).