"M. Said" <muneers@mail.com> wrote in message
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>
> This should work:
>
>
> // Create the stream.
> MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
>
> XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType());
> XmlTextWriter tw = new XmlTextWriter(ms,null);
> s.Serialize(xmlTextWriter,objectToSerialize);
>
> // Rewind the Stream.
> ms.Seek(0,SeekOrigin.Begin);
>
> XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
> // load from stream;
> doc.Load(m);
> String xmlString = xmlDocument.OuterXml;
>
> Reagrds,
>
>
> grs wrote:
> > I am using some Microsoft examples that:
> > 1. Serialize an object using XmlSerializer and write a file out to the
> > harddrive.
> > 2. Read back in the file using XmlDocument.Load and populate a string.
> >
> > What I would like to do is use MemoryStream to do this instead of
writing
> > to the harddrive, but I am lost in the readers, writers etc.
> > Can someone show me how to to this using a memory stream.
> >
> > thanks
> > grs
> >
> > // Code to accept eConnectType object and write to a disk file
> > public void WriteObjectsToFile(string fileName,eConnectType
> > objectToSerialize)
> > {
> > try
> > {
> > XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new
> > XmlSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType());
> > XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(fileName,null);
> > xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter,objectToSerialize);
> > xmlTextWriter.Close();
> > }
> >
> > // code reading the file and creating the string.
> > string aXmlString;
> > try
> > {
> > // Load the written xml document
> > XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
> > xmlDocument.Load(fileName);
> > aXmlString = xmlDocument.OuterXml;
> >
> >

"grs" <gsmith@budgetext.com> wrote in message
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> M. Said,
> I thank you, I had exactly the same code as you recommended BUT
> I did not Rewind the Stream !! I would have struggled forever.
> grs
>
>
> "M. Said" <muneers@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:Oi$gcQNnEHA.3428@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >
> > This should work:
> >
> >
> > // Create the stream.
> > MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
> >
> > XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType());
> > XmlTextWriter tw = new XmlTextWriter(ms,null);
> > s.Serialize(xmlTextWriter,objectToSerialize);
> >
> > // Rewind the Stream.
> > ms.Seek(0,SeekOrigin.Begin);
> >
> > XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
> > // load from stream;
> > doc.Load(m);
> > String xmlString = xmlDocument.OuterXml;
> >
> > Reagrds,
> >
> >
> > grs wrote:
> > > I am using some Microsoft examples that:
> > > 1. Serialize an object using XmlSerializer and write a file out to the
> > > harddrive.
> > > 2. Read back in the file using XmlDocument.Load and populate a string.
> > >
> > > What I would like to do is use MemoryStream to do this instead of
> writing
> > > to the harddrive, but I am lost in the readers, writers etc.
> > > Can someone show me how to to this using a memory stream.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > grs
> > >
> > > // Code to accept eConnectType object and write to a disk file
> > > public void WriteObjectsToFile(string fileName,eConnectType
> > > objectToSerialize)
> > > {
> > > try
> > > {
> > > XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new
> > > XmlSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType());
> > > XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(fileName,null);
> > > xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter,objectToSerialize);
> > > xmlTextWriter.Close();
> > > }
> > >
> > > // code reading the file and creating the string.
> > > string aXmlString;
> > > try
> > > {
> > > // Load the written xml document
> > > XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
> > > xmlDocument.Load(fileName);
> > > aXmlString = xmlDocument.OuterXml;
> > >
> > >
>
>