Serialize windows Form object to Binary stream

Hi, This is how you can serialize windows form object to a binary stream! Have fun. Most important you have to implement the ISerializable interface! Form1.cs ----------- using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary; using System.IO; ..... private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Form2 frm = new Form2("Sid", 50); frm.ShowMessage(); FileStream fStream = File.Create("WinForm.dat"); BinaryFormatter bFormat = new BinaryFormatter(); bFormat.Serialize(fStream, frm); fStream.Close(); } Form2.cs ----------- using System.Runtime.Serialization; .... [Serializable] public class Form2 : System.Windows.Forms.Form, ISerializable { public string varString; public int varInteger; public Form2(string s, int i) { varString = s; varInteger = i; } public void ShowMessage() { MessageBox.Show("Hello World"); } #region ISerializable Member // return state info into the Binary Formatter public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { info.AddValue("C# Rocks", varString.ToUpper()); info.AddValue("1.0", varInteger); } // return a new object based on incoming SerializationInfo type private Form2(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { varString = info.GetString("C# Rocks"); varInteger = info.GetInt32("1.0"); } #endregion } Hope it helps.

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Hi, This is how you can serialize windows form object to a binary stream! Have fun. Most important you have to implement the ISerializable interface! Form1.cs ----------- using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary; using System.IO; ..... private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Form2 frm = new Form2("Sid", 50); frm.ShowMessage(); FileStream fStream = File.Create("WinForm.dat"); BinaryFormatter bFormat = new BinaryFormatter(); bFormat.Serialize(fStream, frm); fStream.Close(); } Form2.cs ----------- using System.Runtime.Serialization; .... [Serializable] public class Form2 : System.Windows.Forms.Form, ISerializable { public string varString; public int varInteger; public Form2(string s, int i) { varString = s; varInteger = i; } public void ShowMessage() { MessageBox.Show("Hello World"); } #region ISerializable Member // return state info into the Binary Formatter public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { info.AddValue("C# Rocks", varString.ToUpper()); info.AddValue("1.0", varInteger); } // return a new object based on incoming SerializationInfo type private Form2(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) { varString = info.GetString("C# Rocks"); varInteger = info.GetInt32("1.0"); } #endregion } Hope it helps.
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