"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-kevy@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Jamie,
>
> Could you post some code of your class and the serialization code, so that
> we can try to make a repro on this issue?
>
> Kevin Yu
> =======
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> rights."
>

"jamie" <strider3700@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Sure, Here's a hacked up test case that recreates it
>
> The serialization code
>
> public Form1()
>
> {
>
> testClass test = new testClass();
>
> InitializeComponent();
>
> try
>
> {
>
> XmlSerializer x = new XmlSerializer(typeof(testClass));
>
> TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter("\\Program Files\\log scale manager
> 2\\" + "HBS.xml");
>
> x.Serialize(writer, test);
>
> }
>
> catch (Exception e)
>
> {
>
> MessageBox.Show(e.ToString());
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
> The testClass code
>
> namespace XML_test1{
>
> using System.Xml.Serialization;
>
> using System;
>
> using System.Drawing;
>
> using System.Collections;
>
> using System.ComponentModel;
>
> using System.Windows.Forms;
>
> using System.Data;
>
> using System.Xml;
>
> using System.Xml.Schema;
>
> using System.IO;
>
>
> [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("xsd", "2.0.50727.42")]
>
> // [System.SerializableAttribute()]
>
> [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
>
> [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
>
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(AnonymousType=true)]
>
> public partial class testClass {
>
>
>
> private string eventTypeField;
>
> private string pSCommonField;
>
> private string loadArrivalNumberField;
>
>
>
>
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Order = 0)]
>
> public string EventType
>
> {
>
> get
>
> { return this.eventTypeField; }
>
> set
>
> { this.eventTypeField = value; }
>
> }
>
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Order = 1)]
>
> public string PSCommon
>
> {
>
> get
>
> { return this.pSCommonField; }
>
> set
>
> { this.pSCommonField = value; }
>
> }
>
> [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Order = 2)]
>
> public string LoadArrivalNumber
>
> {
>
> get
>
> { return this.loadArrivalNumberField; }
>
> set
>
> { this.loadArrivalNumberField = value; }
>
> }
>
>
>
> public testClass()
>
> {
>
> EventType = "1";
>
> PSCommon = "";
>
> LoadArrivalNumber = "3";
>
>
> }
>
>
> }
>
>
> }
>
> This results in
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>
> <testClass xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
>
> <EventType>1</EventType>
>
> <PSCommon/>
>
> <LoadArrivalNumber>3</LoadArrivalNumber>
>
> </testClass>
>
>
>
> I found that by checking if PSCommon.Trim() == "" and then setting it to
> null if true prevents
>
> <PSCommon/> from appearing.
>
> Annoying hack but it works.
>
>
> "Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-kevy@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:88Y7C2QXGHA.4900@TK2MSFTNGXA01.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Jamie,
>>
>> Could you post some code of your class and the serialization code, so
>> that
>> we can try to make a repro on this issue?
>>
>> Kevin Yu
>> =======
>> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights."
>>
>
>