Serialize windows Form object to Binary stream

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Dear All How can we serialize a windows form object in to a binary stream (byte array) Please help me in this regard Thanks With Regards Balu Ramachandran

mibuyt · Answer

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.