SaveLayout error

[Jason Parrish]

Is this by design?  If I perform a "SaveLayout" and the file already exists but it's HIDDEN flag is set, I get an access denied error.

Just curious. 

[Stefan]

Hi Jason,

Thank you for writing.

This behavior comes from .NET and not from our suite. For more information see here. Overriding hidden files cannot be achieved by either changing the file flags prior writing to it, or by removing the hidden file before writing the new one. Here is one of the approaches:

private void radButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string file = @"C:\layout.xml";
    if (File.Exists(file))
    {
        File.Delete(file);
    }
    this.radGridView1.SaveLayout(file);
}

I hope that you find this information helpful. Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
 
Regards,
Stefan
the Telerik team

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