SaveState(String,Chart) Method

Saves the chart instance to an xml file.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Sub SaveState( _
   ByVal xmlFilePath As String, _
   ByVal chartObject As Chart _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As Chart
Dim xmlFilePath As String
Dim chartObject As Chart
 
instance.SaveState(xmlFilePath, chartObject)

public void SaveState( 
   string xmlFilePath,
   Chart chartObject
)

Parameters

xmlFilePath: Path of the XML file.
chartObject: The chart object is being serialized.

Remarks

This first parameter takes either an absolute path 'c:/inetpub/wwwroot/app/chart.xml', a physical UNC path ('\\myUncPath\cahrt.xml'), a relative path ('temp/chart.xml',) or when started with '/' a relative path from c:/inetpub/wwwroot/ ('/app/chart.xml), or only a file name 'chart.xml' in the temp directory.

Example

This examples demonstrate different ways of saving in the same xml file in temp directory: 'c:/inetpub/wwwroot/app/temp/Chart.xml' when the applications is located in ...wwwroot/app. when started with '/' the folder resets to c:/inetpub/wwwroot/.

Chart.SaveState("c://inetpub/wwwroot/app/temp/chart.xml",chartObj); 
Chart.SaveState("/app/temp/chart.xml",chartObj); 
Chart.SaveState("chart.xml",chartObj);

Visual Basic

Chart.SaveState("c://inetpub/wwwroot/app/temp/chart.xml",chartObj)
Chart.SaveState("/app/temp/chart.xml",chartObj)
Chart.SaveState("chart.xml",chartObj)

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Chart Class
Chart Members
Overload List