How to save or load the dock state of WinForms Docking Manager in XML format?
Serialize Load dock state in memory stream
You can save and re apply the child control dock states in Docking Manager using AppStateSerializer class, LoadDockState and SaveDockState functions.
C#
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// load
AppStateSerializer serializer = new AppStateSerializer(SerializeMode.XMLFile, "myfile");
m_dockingManagerForDisplay.LoadDockState(serializer);
}
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
//save
AppStateSerializer serializer = new AppStateSerializer(SerializeMode.XMLFile, "myfile");
this.m_dockingManagerForDisplay.SaveDockState(serializer);
serializer.PersistNow();
}
VB
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load 'load Dim serializer As New AppStateSerializer(SerializeMode.XMLFile, "myfile") m_dockingManagerForDisplay.LoadDockState(serializer) End Sub Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing 'save Dim serializer As New AppStateSerializer(SerializeMode.XMLFile, "myfile") Me.m_dockingManagerForDisplay.SaveDockState(serializer) serializer.PersistNow() End Sub
Sample: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/Docking1246562441.zip
UG document link: https://help.syncfusion.com/windowsforms/dockingmanager/serialization#serialize-dock-state-in-memory-stream