Serialize a dynamically create Form objects

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Hello guys,

I have question on serialization.
I have made a form object and added some controls in it dynamically.
So, I want to save that form along with the controls in it.
That's why I decided to serialize the form object.
But when I call serialize the form object, an exception occurred.

BinaryFormatter objBinaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
FileStream objFileStream = new FileStream(strCompleteFilePath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
objBinaryFormatter.Serialize(objFileStream, formObject);

Type 'System.Windows.Forms.Form' in Assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' is not marked as serializable.

Can anybody help me in this.
Cant we serialize a form object.
If we can, then please suggest some answers.

Thanks in advnace

Posted 15-Sep-13 23:45pm

leonidasvijay

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2013-09-16T00:17:00

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UI objects like Forms etc. are not meant to be serialized in this way, you are better off creating a "state" object within your form which will keep useful information and serialize that object instead.

Posted 16-Sep-13 0:17am

Mehdi Gholam

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leonidasvijay 17-Sep-13 0:26am

Thanks for reply. But if I only serialize the state and object type then at the time of deserialize I have to recreate a new object for every tool. That will be a hectic work.

Mehdi Gholam 17-Sep-13 2:37am

No one said programming was easy...

leonidasvijay 18-Sep-13 1:43am

I didn't mean that. I wanted to say that at the time of deserialzation I have to create every tool object again and set their state in a new form. So, that will not be a god programming practices. If I used an image in a picturebox and serialize only its state then the image will lost at the time of deserialzation.

leonidasvijay 17-Sep-13 4:26am

I didn't mean that. I wanted to say that at the time of deserialzation I have to create every tool object again and set their state in a new form. So, that will not be a god programming practices. If I used an image in a picturebox and serialize only its state then the image will lost at the time of deserialzation.

Mehdi Gholam 18-Sep-13 1:49am

You save all the information you require in your state object (that may include your image files).