Spread Windows Forms 12.0 Product Documentation
Serialize Method (SheetSkin)
Example 


FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly > FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace > SheetSkin Class : Serialize Method
XmlTextWriter to which to write (save) the object
Saves the skin to XML.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Function Serialize( _
   ByVal w As XmlTextWriter _
) As Boolean
'Usage
 
Dim instance As SheetSkin
Dim w As XmlTextWriter
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.Serialize(w)
public bool Serialize( 
   XmlTextWriter w
)

Parameters

w
XmlTextWriter to which to write (save) the object

Return Value

Boolean: true if successful; false otherwise
Example
This example serializes the skin to XML.
FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetSkin sk = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetSkin("TestSkin", Color.White, Color.DarkGray, Color.Black,
Color.Blue, FarPoint.Win.Spread.GridLines.Both, Color.Blue, Color.Red, Color.White, Color.Black, Color.LightGray, Color.Gray,
false, false, true, true, true);

sk.Apply(fpSpread1);

string fileName;
fileName = "..\\files\\myskin.xml";

System.IO.Stream stream; 
stream = System.IO.File.Open(fileName, System.IO.FileMode.Create);

System.Xml.XmlTextWriter writer = new System.Xml.XmlTextWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
writer.Formatting = System.Xml.Formatting.Indented;
writer.Indentation = 2;
writer.WriteStartDocument();
writer.WriteStartElement("Skin");
sk.Serialize(writer);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndDocument();
writer.Close();
Dim sk As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.SheetSkin("TestSkin", Color.White, Color.DarkGray, Color.Black, Color.Blue, FarPoint.Win.Spread.GridLines.Both,
Color.Blue, Color.Red, Color.White, Color.Black, Color.LightGray, Color.Gray, False, False, True, True, True)

sk.Apply(FpSpread1)

Dim fileName As String
fileName = "..\files\myskin.xml"

Dim stream As System.IO.Stream
stream = System.IO.File.Open(fileName, System.IO.FileMode.Create)

Dim writer As New System.Xml.XmlTextWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
writer.Formatting = System.Xml.Formatting.Indented
writer.Indentation = 2
writer.WriteStartDocument()
writer.WriteStartElement("Skin")
sk.Serialize(writer)
writer.WriteEndElement()
writer.WriteEndDocument()
writer.Close()
See Also

Reference

SheetSkin Class
SheetSkin Members