"Jiho Han" <jiho.han@infinityinfo.com> wrote in message news:#aem9eM$DHA.1844@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The only problem is when this class serializes, the guid field serializes as
> 8c4a969b-2aa4-4679-b170-d9f6441f7c6d, when I need it as
> {8A3ACA06-A7DE-41A5-B584-063E7CF391BB}, all upper, and with braces.
: :
> Any other suggestions?

"Derek Harmon" <loresayer@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Jiho Han" <jiho.han@infinityinfo.com> wrote in message
news:#aem9eM$DHA.1844@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > The only problem is when this class serializes, the guid field
serializes as
> > 8c4a969b-2aa4-4679-b170-d9f6441f7c6d, when I need it as
> > {8A3ACA06-A7DE-41A5-B584-063E7CF391BB}, all upper, and with braces.
> : :
> > Any other suggestions?
>
> Option 5, instead of wrapping the formatting logic within a property,
> wrap it within a nested class. Here is an example,
>
> - - - SerializingFormattedGuid.cs
> [XmlRoot( ElementName="SerializeFormattedGuidExample")]
> public class SerializingFormattedGuid
> {
> // This is the nested class, containing a property that manages
> // the formatting of the GUID.
> public class GuidContainer
> {
> private string mGuid;
> public GuidContainer() {
> this.mGuid = System.Guid.NewGuid( ).ToString( "B").ToUpper( );
> }
> public GuidContainer( System.Guid itsGuid) {
> this.mGuid = itsGuid.ToString( "B").ToUpper( );
> }
> [XmlText]
> public string Guid
> {
> get { return mGuid; }
> set { mGuid = value; }
> }
> }
>
> [XmlElement("Uno")]
> public int fieldOne;
>
> [XmlElement("Dos")]
> public GuidContainer guid;
>
> [XmlElement("Tres")]
> public int fieldThree;
>
> public SerializingFormattedGuid( )
> {
> // Optionally, pass as an argument the specific GUID
> // you wish to assign.
> //
> guid = new GuidContainer( );
> fieldOne = 1;
> fieldThree = 3;
> }
> }
> - - -
>
> It cries out "hack," of course. What would be nice would be a way to
> specify an IFormatProvider, no?
>
>
> Derek Harmon
>
>