Having a Layout Serialized programmatically

[Nathan J Pledger]

Hi,

I'm using the example here:

http://www.telerik.com/help/silverlight/raddocking-save-load-layout-overview.html

(By the way, your documentation is unfinished and needs some polish. I also couldn't get the CHM in the latest version to work again)

I want to be able to allow users to load/save layouts.My difference is that I am creating the panels programmatically. An excerpt of my code is below:

    switch (paneType)
            {
                case PaneType.Document:
                    RadDocumentPane documentPane = new RadDocumentPane();
                    documentPane.Header = name;
                    documentPane.Title = name;
                    //DocumentHost documentHost = (DocumentHost)_radDocking.DocumentHost;
                    RadSplitContainer splitContainer = (RadSplitContainer)_radDocking.DocumentHost;
                    RadPaneGroup documentPaneGroup = (RadPaneGroup)splitContainer.Items[0];
                    documentPaneGroup.AddItem(documentPane, DockPosition.Center);
                    break;
                case PaneType.Explorer:
                case PaneType.Explorer | PaneType.Document:
                    // default to left
                    RadPane pane = new RadPane();
                    pane.Header = name;
                    pane.Title = name;
                    pane.Content = new TextBlock() { Text = "Hello from " + name };
                    foreach (RadSplitContainer dockedSplitContainer in _radDocking.Items)
                    {
                        switch (dockedSplitContainer.SplitterPosition)
                        {
                            case Dock.Right:
                                RadPaneGroup paneGroup = (RadPaneGroup)dockedSplitContainer.Items[0];
                                paneGroup.AddItem(pane, DockPosition.Center);
                                break;
                        }
                    }


                    break;

            }

How do I set the SerializationTags to permit the reliableserialisation of the layout?

[Miroslav Nedyalkov]

Hi Nathan,

You can do this by using the following code:

RadDocking.SetSerializationTag(pane, "some serialization tag");

You can use the same approach for all attached properties you would like to set in the code.

Regards,
Miroslav Nedyalkov
the Telerik team

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