LayoutSerializationOptions Properties

Contains options that control how the LayoutControl’s layout is saved to and restored from a data store (an XML file, stream or the system registry).

Name	Description
DiscardOldItems	Gets or sets whether the items that exist in a layout when it’s restored, but that don’t exist in the current layout control, should be discarded or added to the control.
RecreateIFixedItems	Gets or sets whether or not secondary layout items should be re-created when restoring the LayoutControl’s layout.
RestoreAppearanceItemCaption	Gets or sets whether the appearance settings of item captions are loaded when a layout is loaded from a data store.
RestoreAppearanceTabPage	Gets or sets whether the appearance settings of tab pages are loaded when a layout is loaded from a data store.
RestoreGroupEnabled	Gets or sets whether layout items’ state settings (LayoutGroup.Enabled) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreGroupPadding	Gets or sets whether layout groups’ padding settings (BaseLayoutItem.Padding) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreGroupSpacing	Gets or sets whether layout groups’ spacing settings (BaseLayoutItem.Spacing) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreLayoutGroupAppearanceGroup	Gets or sets whether the appearance settings of groups are loaded when a layout is loaded from a data store.
RestoreLayoutItemCustomizationFormText	Gets or sets whether values of layout items’ BaseLayoutItem.CustomizationFormText properties are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreLayoutItemEnabled	Gets or sets whether layout items’ state settings (LayoutControlItem.Enabled) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreLayoutItemPadding	Gets or sets whether layout items’ padding settings (BaseLayoutItem.Padding) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreLayoutItemSpacing	Gets or sets whether layout items’ spacing settings (BaseLayoutItem.Spacing) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreLayoutItemText	Gets or sets whether layout items’ captions are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreRootGroupPadding	Gets or sets whether the layout root group’s padding settings (BaseLayoutItem.Padding) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreRootGroupSpacing	Gets or sets whether the layout root group’s spacing settings (BaseLayoutItem.Spacing) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreTabbedGroupPadding	Gets or sets whether tabbed groups’ padding settings (BaseLayoutItem.Padding) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreTabbedGroupSpacing	Gets or sets whether tabbed groups’ spacing settings (BaseLayoutItem.Spacing) are restored when restoring the control’s layout from a data store.
RestoreTextToControlDistance	Gets or sets whether values of the TextToControlDistance properties (BaseLayoutItem.TextToControlDistance and LayoutGroup .OptionsItemText.TextToControlDistance) are restored when you load the control’s layout from a data store.