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V24.2

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

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

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:

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).
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