XtraReport.SaveLayoutToXml(Stream) Method

Save the report in XML format to the specified stream.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public void SaveLayoutToXml(
    Stream stream
)

VB.NET

Public Sub SaveLayoutToXml(
    stream As Stream
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
stream	Stream	A Stream object.

Remarks

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

Review the following topics for more information:

• XML Serialization
• Save Report Layouts
• Load Report Layouts

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-web-forms-designer-storage/CS/SimpleWebReportCatalog/App_Code/CustomReportStorageWebExtension.cs#L66

{
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(ms);
    row["LayoutData"] = ms.GetBuffer();

reporting-web-mvc-viewer-clustering/CS/DevExpressWebFarmsWebGardenReporting/ReportStorageWebExtension1.cs#L46

using(var fileStream = File.OpenWrite(Path.Combine(workingDirectory, url))) {
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(fileStream);
}

reporting-web-object-data-source/CS/Reporting-How-To-Use-Object-Data-Source/MVC/CS/Reporting_ObjectDS_Mvc/Services/CustomReportStorageWebExtension.cs#L58

using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream()) {
    ReportsFactory.Reports[url]().SaveLayoutToXml(ms);
    return ms.ToArray();

reporting-winforms-custom-xml-serialization/CS/WindowsApplication54/ReportExtension.cs#L7

public override void SetData(XtraReport report, Stream stream) {
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(stream);
}

reporting-winforms-parameter-custom-type-serialization/CS/Form1.cs#L113

public override void SetData(XtraReport report, Stream stream) {
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(stream);
}

VB.NET

reporting-web-forms-designer-storage/VB/SimpleWebReportCatalog/App_Code/CustomReportStorageWebExtension.vb#L56

Using ms As New MemoryStream()
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(ms)
    row("LayoutData") = ms.GetBuffer()

reporting-web-mvc-viewer-clustering/VB/DevExpressWebFarmsWebGardenReporting/ReportStorageWebExtension1.vb#L48

Using fileStream = File.OpenWrite(Path.Combine(workingDirectory, url))
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(fileStream)
End Using

reporting-web-object-data-source/CS/Reporting-How-To-Use-Object-Data-Source/MVC/VB/Reporting_ObjectDS_Mvc/Services/CustomReportStorageWebExtension.vb#L56

Using ms As New MemoryStream()
    ReportsFactory.Reports(url)().SaveLayoutToXml(ms)
    Return ms.ToArray()

reporting-winforms-custom-xml-serialization/VB/WindowsApplication54/ReportExtension.vb#L8

Public Overrides Sub SetData(ByVal report As XtraReport, ByVal stream As Stream)
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(stream)
End Sub

reporting-winforms-parameter-custom-type-serialization/VB/Form1.vb#L128

Public Overrides Sub SetData(ByVal report As XtraReport, ByVal stream As Stream)
    report.SaveLayoutToXml(stream)
End Sub