XML Serialization VB.NET

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I am writing an app which I would like to be able to send data in a single file to a windows embedded device so this rules out BinaryFormatting, however I am having problems with XML Object serialization not allowing me to serialize a byte array.

Can any body point me in the direction of some good examples/tutorials

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Posted 25-Jun-12 5:23am

tiggerc

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Jun-12 15:29pm

"I'm having problems" is not descriptive. What problems, more exactly?
--SA

tiggerc 25-Jun-12 16:17pm

The xml serialisation will not serialize a byte array, and the ms documentation is for rocket scientists. So rather than ask someone to code for me, i was trying to get some pointers to some humble human guides.

Medhi has pointed me at something that works but i would like to learn more about serialization. I can use the serialization in the full blown framework alright, was just struggling with. Net compact framework

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Jun-12 20:05pm

Thank you for clarification. Now you get an alternative answer from me. Pay attention -- it has many benefit and is easiest to use, ever, and at the same time is quite comprehensive and universal.
--SA

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In addition to the solution by Mehdi: you also can use Data Contract. What's good about it is: it's the easiest to use because it is non-intrusive: you have your data types intact, only add attributes to required types/members. Please see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733127.aspx[^].

Please see my past answers advocating this approach with some more detail:
How can I utilize XML File streamwriter and reader in my form application?[^],
Creating property files...[^],
deseralize a json string array[^].

—SA

Posted 29-Jun-12 14:04pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Mehdi Gholam · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-25T05:39:00

You can Convert.ToBase64String() your byte[] data as a work around.

Depending on your .net framework completeness on Windows Embedded you can try fastJSON[^], although the fast reflection does not work on the compact framework as it is not there.

There are other serializers which work on WinCE which may not be polymorphic like fastJSON (if you need it) like : http://www.sharpserializer.com/en/index.html[^]