How To Save Default Docking Layout
Categories: Docking Toolbars and Menus, DotNetBar for Windows Forms, How To
Following code can be used in Form Load event to save default layout to a string:
C#
private void SaveDefaultLayout() { ArrayList customBars = new ArrayList(); foreach (Bar bar in dotNetBarManager1.Bars) { if (!bar.CustomBar) { bar.CustomBar = true; customBars.Add(bar); } } m_DefaultLayout = dotNetBarManager1.LayoutDefinition; foreach (Bar bar in customBars) bar.CustomBar = false; }
VB
Private Sub SaveDefaultLayout() Dim customBars As New ArrayList() For Each bar As Bar In dotNetBarManager1.Bars If Not bar.CustomBar Then bar.CustomBar = True customBars.Add(bar) End If Next m_DefaultLayout = dotNetBarManager1.LayoutDefinition For Each bar As Bar In customBars bar.CustomBar = False Next End Sub
DotNetBarManager1.SaveLayout can also be used to save layout to a file instead of accessing DotNetBarManager1.LayoutDefinition.
To load the default layout saved this way you can use following code:
C#
if (m_DefaultLayout != "") dotNetBarManager1.LayoutDefinition = m_DefaultLayout;
VB
If m_DefaultLayout <> "" Then dotNetBarManager1.LayoutDefinition = m_DefaultLayout End If
You can use DotNetBarManager1.LoadLayout to load layout from file instead from the string as in sample above.
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