Serializing GridGroupingControl

[David Woodstrom]

I am currently using WriteXmlSchema to save the current layout of a GridGroupingControl. However, the xml file is also serializing things I would rather not save. Is there any way I can save, say, what is contained in the TableDescriptor element and ignore the other elements such as Appearance, TopLevelGroupOptions, NestedTableGroupOptions, and TableOptions? Thanks

GridGroupingControl_XmlSchema.zip

[stanleyj]

Hi David,

You can Serialize and Deserialize the GridTableDescriptor using System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer to read and write the xml file and hence to store and retrieve information contained in the TableDescriptor alone is possible.

// Loading Table Descriptor
FileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog();
dlg.Filter = "xml files (*.xml)|*.xml|All files (*.*)|*.*" ;
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(GridTableDescriptor));
XmlReader read = new XmlTextReader(dlg.FileName);
GridTableDescriptor gtd = serializer.Deserialize(read) as GridTableDescriptor;
this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.InitializeFrom(gtd);
read.Close();
}

// Saving TableDescriptor
GridEngine engine = this.gridGroupingControl1.Engine;
GridTableDescriptor gtd = engine.TableDescriptor;
FileDialog dlg = new SaveFileDialog();
dlg.AddExtension = true;
dlg.Filter = "xml files (*.xml)|*.xml|All files (*.*)|*.*" ;
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(GridTableDescriptor));
XmlTextWriter write = new XmlTextWriter(dlg.FileName, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
serializer.Serialize(write, gtd);
}

Best regards,
Stanley

[David Woodstrom]

Thanks, that worked.