serialize dictionary

Question

Hi I have dictionary Dictionary . I need to serialize it so that during switching diferent forms. How can I do that. If any one can provide a sample code example would have been great help. Regards

Vulpes · Answer

Here's a simple example using binary serialization: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Runtime.Serialization; using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary; using System.IO; class Test { static void Main() { var dict = new Dictionary (); dict.Add(1 abcdefgh); dict.Add(2 vulpes); IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter(); // serialize to disk using (FileStream s = File.Create(dictionary.bin)) { formatter.Serialize(s dict); } // deserialize to a new dictionary Dictionary dict2; using(FileStream s = File.OpenRead(dictionary.bin)) { dict2 = (Dictionary )formatter.Deserialize(s); } // check it worked foreach(string key in dict2.Keys) { Console.WriteLine(Key = {0} Value = {1} key dict2[key]); } Console.ReadKey(); } }