Dashboards are saved in Rogue Wave® JViews dashboard diagram (idbd) and (.idbin) files.
The idbd files are XML structures
containing the data necessary to render the dashboard diagram.
Dashboards are saved in XML format by calling writeDashboard and opened by calling readDashboard .
The idbin are binary files that
contain the dashboard diagram. Dashboards are saved in binary
format by calling writeBinary or writeBinary . They are opened by calling readBinary or readBinary .
Binary files are smaller, faster to save and load, and need less
application memory when loading and saving. The dashboard XML
format is more portable if you need to share dashboard files with
applications based on different versions of JViews Diagrammer.
Using the compiled symbol Dashboard Reader
Instead of loading your dashboard binary file in an IlvDashboardDiagram object, you can load it
in a simple IlvGrapher using the Compiled Symbol
Dashboard Reader. See Using compiled symbols in a runtime
dashboard.