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I'm learning to code in C#. I'm writing the code which gets the UserInput from Command line and saves it in the XML file. I'm using XML serialization and Deserialization to get the User input(for e.g. BankAccountNumber,Type,Balance) in XML file. My code overwrites the last user input and doesn't add/increment the last user input as next entry. I guess, I'm missing some enhancement in my code to save/increment each user input in XML file. I would appreciate, If someone could help me to resolve this issue.

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Thanks gbianchi and samjudson for your attention and Help ! Please let me know, If you need more information.

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Following is the small section of my Code :-

AccNum.accNum = number;
AccNum.accTyp = acc_typ;
AccNum.accBal = acc_balance;

// Serialize - Account(Number,Type,Balance)
// Account Number Serialization
StreamWriter acnw = newStreamWriter(@"c:\Acclist.xml");
XmlSerializer acns = newXmlSerializer(typeof(AccountBook));
acns.Serialize(acnw, AccNum);
acnw.Close();

// DeSerialize - Account(Number,Type,Balance)
// Account Number Deserialization
AccountBook acc_Number;
TextReader acnd = newStreamReader(@"c:\Acclist.xml");
acc_Number = (AccountBook)acns.Deserialize(acnd);
acnd.Close();

return created;

Well, you are serealizing always on the same file, and only one object..

you need to probably deserialize the file first, has a "collection" of the objects containing there, add the new object (the new account), and serialize again.

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Hi Gbianchi,
Thanks for your reply. What I understand from your input is, I have to create a 'new object' each time, I serialize and deserialize a user input. In C#, Can't we have only one object do serialize and deserialize each time a User input is received. I'm sorry, I am not getting a clear picture about this implementation. Could you please elaborate more ?

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You are reading a single object to and from the XML file, therefore the file is only ever going to contain 1 object.

You either need to make to 1 object you are reading and writing a collection (e.g. List<AccNum>), or manually manipulate the XML using XmlDocument or some such.

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Thanks for your response, samjudson.