SaveLayoutEx

Saves the form and control layout data to the specified file.

Syntax

object.SaveLayoutEx(ByVal sFileName As String, ByVal eBagType As vlPropertyBagType)

The SaveLayoutEx method syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
object	An object expression that evaluates to VLFormDesigner.
sFileName	An string expression that corresponds to a file to which the layout data should be saved.
eBagType	An integer expression specifying the type of property bag to be used for storing the layout data, as described in Settings.

Settings

The settings for eBagType are:

Constant	Setting	Description
vlBinBag	0	Use binary property bag.
vlXmlBag	1	Use Xml property bag.

This method will save layout of the form in the specified file. It will automatically save basic information like control name, control's ProgID and position.

It will trigger SaveFormData event to let you store any form level data that you want to put in the archive. It will also trigger SaveControlData for each of the contained controls to let you specify any control level data that should be save in the archive.