WindowState 1.2.0

WindowState

Library to help save window state of WinForms windows. It will store Size, Location, FormWindowState (Normal, Minimized, Maximized), ColumnHeader.Width and SplitContainer.Distance. WindowStates can be put directly into settings.

Usage

Initialization

Anyway, initialize a WindowStates object somewhere. Can be put directly into Properties.Settings.Default, it will serialize automatically:

var settings = Properties.Settings.Default;

// Initialize WindowStates collection if null
if (settings.WindowStates == null)
{
    settings.WindowStates = new WindowStates();
}

Load

Use the WindowStates.Load(Form, throwErrorIfNotFound, restoreColumns = true, restoreSplitContainers = true) function:

settings.WindowStates.Restore(this, false);

Save

Use the WindowStates.Save(Form, saveColumns = true, saveSplitContainers = true) function:

settings.WindowStates.Save(this);