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                                Morris DeShong 05.02.2012

                                  • I use the default menu from the new project wizard. I save the layout to registry. When I restore the layout from registry the menu selection Paint Style no longer works. If I don't do the restore from registry the menu selection works as expected. How do I correct?

                                    Thanks

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                                Gosha (DevExpress Support) 05.02.2012

                                Hi Morris,

                                Thank you for contacting us. I'm afraid it is difficult to determine the cause of the issue based on this information. However, it seems that the layout saved in the registry has a style different from that one you're using in the Designer. Remove the saved layout and save it again.

                                If this won't help you, please send us a small project that illustrates the issue.

                                Thanks,
                                Gosha

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                                Morris DeShong 05.02.2012

                                This sample show the issue.

                                DevXTest.zip
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                                Pavel (DevExpress Support) 05.02.2012

                                Hi Morris,

                                Thank you for providing us with a sample project. Unfortunately, I still do not see how you are saving and restoring the BarManager layout. Would you please clarify in greater detail how to reproduce this issue, so that we can better understand it and find a solution?

                                I'm looking forward to your feedback.

                                Thank you,
                                Pavel.

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                                Morris DeShong 05.02.2012

                                uncomment this line in the form load event: Me.barManager.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry()

                                run the sample and move a bar.

                                re-run the sample and I think you see the bar stayed where you moved it to. Click the paint style button and you'll see it doesn't work.

                                comment out the line you just uncommented and re-run the sample. You'll see that paint style button does work.

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                                Pavel (DevExpress Support) 05.02.2012

                                Hi Morris,

                                I have double-checked the attached sample project and I do not see either the Form.Load event handler or buttons in bars. Please refer to the attached screenshots for more details. Probably, you have attached the wrong project. If so, please attach the sample project you are referring to, so that we can investigate this issue and find a solution.

                                I'm looking forward to your feedback.

                                Thank you,
                                Pavel.

                                dxSample.zip
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                                Morris DeShong 05.02.2012

                                Sorry. This one should be correct.

                                DevxBarTest.zip
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                                Pavel (DevExpress Support) 05.03.2012

                                Hi Morris,

                                Thank you for providing us with a sample project.

                                This behavior is not a bug. This issue is caused by the fact that the SkinHelper.InitSkinPopupMenu method does not assign unique IDs and Names to created items. For more details, please refer to the Restoring BarManager layout with run-time added items topic. To overcome this issue, I suggest you iterate through the mPaintStyle menu items and assign unique IDs and Names to them. I have updated your sample project to demonstrate this approach in action.

                                I hope that you will find this information useful. Please feel free to contact us in case of any further difficulty.

                                Thank you,
                                Pavel.

                                dxSample.ZIP
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                                Morris DeShong 05.06.2012

                                Thanks for the reply. This solution does not seem to get the child items of the BonusSkins menu selection. How would I do that.
                                Also when a selection is made I don't see a event that fires to record which menu selection has been made. I would like to save the selected sking to a setting.

                                Thanks

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                                Pavel (DevExpress Support) 05.07.2012

                                Hi Morris,

                                I have updated the sample project to demonstrate how to properly serialize BarSubItems in the Skins menu.

                                I would like to save the selected sking to a setting.

                                To accomplish this task, manually save the current LookAndFeel settings in the Form.FormClosing event handler and restore them in the Form.Load event handler:

                                	
                                [VB.NET]
                                Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
    Me.barManager.SaveLayoutToRegistry() 
    Dim skinName As String = UserLookAndFeel.Default.SkinName
    File.WriteAllText("skin.cfg", skinName)
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    Me.barManager.RegistryPath = "Hkey_Current_User/Software/vb and VBA Program Settings/PTC Inc/Plant Tag N Track/BarMenu"
    ' uncomment the line below to see the issue******************************************
    Me.barManager.RestoreLayoutFromRegistry()
    If (File.Exists("skin.cfg")) Then
        UserLookAndFeel.Default.SkinName = File.ReadAllText("skin.cfg")
    End If
End Sub

                                Thank you,
                                Pavel.

                                dxSample.ZIP
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