Store file in XML

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Hi All,

I want to store physical file like JPEGs, PNGs etc. in XML file means XML serialization. How can do this ?

Rgds,
Sachin Panchal

Posted 30-Jan-11 18:36pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-Jan-11 0:50am

Good question, should useful for others - my 5.
Please see my Answer - may be it's the easiest.
--SA

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**JF2015** · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-30T18:42:00

Solution 1

Hi,

try this article:
Load and save objects to XML using serialization[^]

or just google for "story binary file in xml c#" - this will give you a lot more interesting links.

Posted 30-Jan-11 18:42pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-Jan-11 0:49am

I would say my advice is simpler and would suffice. What do you think?
I voted 5, anyway.
Thank you.
--SA

JF2015 31-Jan-11 0:53am

Yes, it's really a very simple solution that everyone should keep in mind when doing these kinds of serialization but I do like to answer with CP articles since they tend to be more informative than the short msdn pages. But as you are totally right - 5'ed yours!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-Jan-11 1:02am

Thank you. And yes, I understand your motivation about CodeProject, but it could be anything else as well.
--SA

Espen Harlinn 31-Jan-11 14:54pm

Good answer, solution is easy to extend and refine 5+

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-30T18:48:00

Solution 2

One way to do it is converting a file into Base64 format, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dhx0d524.aspx[^]; convert it back: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.convert.frombase64string.aspx[^].

This string format is XML-safe, store it as any human-readable string without special characters.
That's it!

Good luck.

—SA

Posted 30-Jan-11 18:48pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Espen Harlinn 31-Jan-11 14:52pm

Nice and simple 5+