XtraReport.LoadLayoutFromXml(String) Method

Restores the report from its XML definition residing in the specified file.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Reporting.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public void LoadLayoutFromXml(
    string fileName
)

VB.NET

Public Sub LoadLayoutFromXml(
    fileName As String
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fileName	String	A String, specifying the file name and location.

Remarks

Use the XtraReport.SaveLayoutToXml and LoadLayoutFromXml methods, to store reports in an XML format.

To learn more, see XML Serialization.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-save-load-a-report-definition-from-a-file-e1279/CS/SaveLoadDefinition/Form1.cs#L50

// Load the report's layout from the specified file.
report.LoadLayoutFromXml(filePathXml);

reporting-winforms-custom-xml-serialization/CS/WindowsApplication54/Form1.cs#L44

XtraReport report = new XtraReport();
report.LoadLayoutFromXml(openfd.FileName);
report.ShowDesignerDialog();

Reporting_how-to-serialize-a-report-to-xml-with-an-untyped-dataset-as-a-data-source-t269554/CS/Form1.cs#L30

XtraReport report = new XtraReport();
report.LoadLayoutFromXml(fileName);
new ReportDesignTool(report).ShowDesigner();

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-save-load-a-report-definition-from-a-file-e1279/VB/SaveLoadDefinition/Form1.vb#L52

' Load the report's layout from the specified file.
report.LoadLayoutFromXml(filePathXml)

reporting-winforms-custom-xml-serialization/VB/WindowsApplication54/Form1.vb#L49

Dim report As XtraReport = New XtraReport()
report.LoadLayoutFromXml(openfd.FileName)
report.ShowDesignerDialog()

Reporting_how-to-serialize-a-report-to-xml-with-an-untyped-dataset-as-a-data-source-t269554/VB/Form1.vb#L32

Dim report As New XtraReport()
report.LoadLayoutFromXml(fileName)
CType(New ReportDesignTool(report), ReportDesignTool).ShowDesigner()