C#

using System;<br />
using System.Drawing;<br />
using System.Collections;<br />
using System.ComponentModel;<br />
using System.Windows.Forms;<br />
using System.Data;<br />
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using System.Runtime.Serialization;<br />
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;<br />
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namespace Serialize_ListBox<br />
{<br />
	<br />
	[Serializable()]<br />
	public class MainForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form, ISerializable<br />
	{<br />
		private System.Windows.Forms.ListBox lbText;<br />
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnSave;<br />
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnAdd;<br />
		private Form ThisForm;<br />
		/// <summary><br />
		/// Required designer variable.<br />
		/// </summary><br />
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;<br />
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		public MainForm()<br />
		{<br />
			//<br />
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support<br />
			//<br />
			InitializeComponent();<br />
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			//<br />
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call<br />
			//<br />
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		}<br />
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		/// <summary><br />
		/// Clean up any resources being used.<br />
		/// </summary><br />
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )<br />
		{<br />
			if( disposing )<br />
			{<br />
				if (components != null) <br />
				{<br />
					components.Dispose();<br />
				}<br />
			}<br />
			base.Dispose( disposing );<br />
		}<br />
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		#region Windows Form Designer generated code<br />
		/// <summary><br />
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify<br />
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.<br />
		/// </summary><br />
		private void InitializeComponent()<br />
		{<br />
			//initializing stuff....<br />
		}<br />
		#endregion<br />
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		/// <summary><br />
		/// The main entry point for the application.<br />
		/// </summary><br />
		[STAThread]<br />
		static void Main() <br />
		{<br />
			Application.Run(new MainForm());<br />
		}<br />
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		private void btnAdd_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)<br />
		{<br />
			AddDialog dlgAddText = new AddDialog();<br />
			<br />
			if(dlgAddText.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)<br />
			{<br />
				lbText.BeginUpdate();<br />
				lbText.Items.Add(dlgAddText.txtAdd.Text);<br />
				lbText.EndUpdate();<br />
			}<br />
		}<br />
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		private void btnSave_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)<br />
		{<br />
			System.IO.Stream stream = System.IO.File.Open("listbox.bla", System.IO.FileMode.OpenOrCreate);<br />
			BinaryFormatter BF = new BinaryFormatter();<br />
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			BF.Serialize(stream, lbText);<br />
			stream.Close();<br />
			MessageBox.Show("ListBox Saved");<br />
		}<br />
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		//Deserialization constructor<br />
		public MainForm(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)<br />
		{<br />
			lbText = (ListBox)info.GetValue("List", typeof(ListBox));<br />
		}<br />
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		//serialization function<br />
		public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)<br />
		{<br />
			info.AddValue("List", lbText);<br />
		}<br />
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	}<br />
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}<br />
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