XtraReport.SaveLayout(Stream) Method

Saves the report definition to a Stream as a Code Document Object Model (CodeDOM) graph.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public void SaveLayout(
    Stream stream
)

VB.NET

Public Sub SaveLayout(
    stream As Stream
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A Stream object to which to save a report.

Remarks

A report definition contains all report settings and information about report controls. The SaveLayout method saves a report as a Code Document Object Model (CodeDOM) graph. To save a report definition in XML format, use the XtraReport.SaveLayoutToXml method.

Use the XtraReport.LoadLayout and XtraReport.FromStream methods to load a report.

For more information, review the following help topic: Store Report Layouts.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-custom-report-storage/CS/XpoReportStorage.cs#L62

using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) {
    report.SaveLayout(stream);
    return stream.ToArray();

reporting-mvc-db-storage/CS/DXWebApplication_ReportDesigner/CustomReportStorageWebExtension.cs#L52

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
report.SaveLayout(ms);
reportEntity.Layout = ms.ToArray();

reporting-winforms-store-reports-in-a-database/CS/Form1.cs#L24

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
report.SaveLayout(stream);

reporting-wpf-report-storage/CS/WpfApplication38/Storages/DataSetFileStorage.cs#L134

{
    report.SaveLayout(stream);
    return stream.ToArray();

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-custom-report-storage/VB/XpoReportStorage.vb#L69

Using stream As New MemoryStream()
    report.SaveLayout(stream)
    Return stream.ToArray()

reporting-mvc-db-storage/VB/DXWebApplication_ReportDesigner/CustomReportStorageWebExtension.vb#L54

Dim ms As New MemoryStream()
report.SaveLayout(ms)
reportEntity.Layout = ms.ToArray()

reporting-winforms-store-reports-in-a-database/VB/Form1.vb#L27

Dim stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
report.SaveLayout(stream)
' Prepare the stream for reading.

reporting-wpf-report-storage/VB/WpfApplication38/Storages/DataSetFileStorage.vb#L116

Using stream As New MemoryStream()
    report.SaveLayout(stream)
    Return stream.ToArray()