XmlSerializer

David Smith

         Below, I am using XmlSerializer write the object data out to xml file. In the object I have 8 elements worth of data. The serializer is only writing the last element to the file and not all the elements. Do you know why. when I look in the m_file, I see all the data I need. But all the data so not go to the file.

         // serialize
         XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(DutyCycleTimes));
         TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(fileName);
         serializer.Serialize(writer, file, null);
         writer.Close();

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Iftikar Hussain13y ago
Accepted answer
Hi,
Try this

SerializeObject(DutyCycleTimes,DutyCycleTimes.GetType())
public string SerializeObject(object obj, Type type)

        {

            int count;

            byte[] byteArray;

            char[] charArray;

            System.Text.UTF8Encoding encoding = new UTF8Encoding();

            XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(type);

            using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())

            {

                xs.Serialize(memStream, obj);

                // Set the position to the beginning of the stream.

                memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

                // Read the all bytes from the stream.

                byteArray = new byte[memStream.Length];

                count = memStream.Read(byteArray, 0, (int)memStream.Length);

                // Decode the byte array into a char array

                // and write it to the console.

                charArray = new char[encoding.GetCharCount(byteArray, 0, count)];

                encoding.GetDecoder().GetChars(byteArray, 0, count, charArray, 0);

            }

            return new string(charArray);

        }

Regards,
Iftikar
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David Smith13y ago
Actually what I had is works, I was new the object every time, which gives a new instance. So it was my mistake. Your logic works also. My logic is shorter and to the point. also go to the thread regarding profile pic, and respond to my last question. is there a simpler way to accomplish what I am trying to do for the HTML profile image.
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