serialize & deserialize

navid2010 · June 13th, 2010, 02:04 AM

hi
I have a project in c#.net windows application.
I need to save information in a textbox somewhere. it is not important where it will be saved in a file or in sql server. I just need to know how I can save every Property of my text such az bold,italic,color,right to left,center and .... .
someone told me I need to know serialize & deserialize but I could'nt find anything usefull in google.please help me.
I am badly in need of your answers.

thank you.

Imar · June 13th, 2010, 04:54 AM

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but I could'nt find anything usefull in google.

Looks like you're using a different Google than the rest of the world. Try this:

http://www.google.nl/#hl=nl&q=.NET+s...ce7b8b40a10917

Then follow the first 20 resultsor so, glance over them to see if they are useful for you, and then dig a little deeper in a few of them.

Cheers,

Imar

navid2010 · June 13th, 2010, 07:10 AM

ok.thank u.
but I have another question :
Is there any other way for my problem except serialize & deserialize?

Imar · June 13th, 2010, 07:24 AM

You could manaully save the items in a database, a text file or whatever makes sense.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish? E.g. why do you need to persist these values?

Imar

navid2010 · June 13th, 2010, 07:35 AM

my project is something like a mail server.if sender sends a word or text with size 20 and color red and he uses right to left mode then the reciever should read it with size 20 and color red and .... but when I save the text in a txt file all of the properties will be lost. so I think I need to save everything not only text.

Imar · June 13th, 2010, 07:49 AM

They send you a control??? If that's the case, serialization is the answer.

Otherwise, look into text formats such as HTML / CSS or RTF (Rich Text Format) that mixes the content and format.

Cheers,

Imar