[.net] Saving Objects?
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I've searched the best I can but I'm not totally sure I know what to search for. Basic situation is this.
I have a program that I use to create lots of little fun things just for me. As a part of it there are a few object types with a fairly substantial number of values in them. Nothing epic but more than I care to keep individual tabs on. So I would LIKE to save these objects just as they are into a data file so I could later read them from the HD into a Secondary program. That way I don't have to write every value individually or modify the save and load routines if I add or subtract stuff from them.
I haven't had much luck looking for the solution based on not knowing what to look for and a wonky Internet connection. So is such a thing or similar thing possible?
***note my connection is down most of the time so I may not be able to answer questions right away.
Use System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter to serialize your objects.
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;using System.IO;...MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream ();BinaryFormatter bf = new Binaryformatter();bf.Serialize(ms, /* This is where the instance of your object goes */);FileStream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\path\data.dat", System.IO.FileMode.Create);byte[] data = ms.ToArray();fs.Write(data, 0, data.Length);fs.Close();
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Quote:Original post by Programmer One
Use System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter to serialize your objects.
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Alright. I'll see if I can't get that rolling. Thank you.
Just as an afterthought, you need to mark your objects with the Serializable attribute.
[Serializable]public class MyClass{ ...}
Quote:Original post by Programmer One
Just as an afterthought, you need to mark your objects with the Serializable attribute.
Unless you inherit from something that already implements a serializable interface.
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