Column layout after object compilation

If you save an object, the layout goes always back to the default.
The only thing you can do, is putting the layout like the user would want it. In this way you can save/compile it when you want without changing the layout.
Another thing you can do but it will cost a lot of programming:when existing the form, saving all the places of the textboxes in the DB for that user and when he opens the form, restoring those places.