Imports System.io Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary Public Class TestForm Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox Friend WithEvents bttnDeserialize As System.Windows.Forms.Button Friend WithEvents bttnSerialize As System.Windows.Forms.Button 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.Container 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.bttnDeserialize = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.bttnSerialize = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'bttnDeserialize ' Me.bttnDeserialize.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 11.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(161, Byte)) Me.bttnDeserialize.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 264) Me.bttnDeserialize.Name = "bttnDeserialize" Me.bttnDeserialize.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(312, 40) Me.bttnDeserialize.TabIndex = 0 Me.bttnDeserialize.Text = "Read && Display Serialized ArrayList" ' 'bttnSerialize ' Me.bttnSerialize.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 11.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(161, Byte)) Me.bttnSerialize.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 216) Me.bttnSerialize.Name = "bttnSerialize" Me.bttnSerialize.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(312, 40) Me.bttnSerialize.TabIndex = 1 Me.bttnSerialize.Text = "Create && Serialize ArrayList" ' 'TextBox1 ' Me.TextBox1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Verdana", 9.75!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(161, Byte)) Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8) Me.TextBox1.Multiline = True Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1" Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(312, 200) Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 2 Me.TextBox1.Text = "" ' 'TestForm ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(328, 309) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.TextBox1, Me.bttnSerialize, Me.bttnDeserialize}) Me.Name = "TestForm" Me.Text = "ArrayList Serialization" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub Serialize(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bttnSerialize.Click Dim R1 As New Rectangle() R1.X = 1 R1.Y = 1 R1.Width = 10 R1.Height = 20 Dim R2 As New Rectangle() R2.X = 10 R2.Y = 10 R2.Width = 100 R2.Height = 200 Dim Shapes As New ArrayList() Shapes.Add(R1) Shapes.Add(R2) Shapes.Add(Color.Chartreuse) Shapes.Add(Color.DarkKhaki.GetBrightness) Shapes.Add(Color.DarkKhaki.GetHue) Shapes.Add(Color.DarkKhaki.GetSaturation) Dim saveFile As FileStream saveFile = File.OpenWrite("C:\SHAPESCOLORS.BIN") saveFile.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.End) Dim Formatter As BinaryFormatter = New BinaryFormatter() Formatter.Serialize(saveFile, Shapes) saveFile.Close() MsgBox("ArrayList serialized successfully") End Sub Private Sub Deserialize(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles bttnDeserialize.Click Dim readFile As FileStream readFile = File.OpenRead("c:\SHAPESCOLORS.BIN") Dim BFormatter As BinaryFormatter BFormatter = New BinaryFormatter() Dim Shapes As New ArrayList() Dim R1 As Rectangle Shapes = CType(BFormatter.Deserialize(readFile), ArrayList) Dim i As Integer TextBox1.AppendText("The ArrayList contains " & Shapes.Count & " objects" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf) For i = 0 To Shapes.Count - 1 TextBox1.AppendText(Shapes(i).ToString & vbCrLf) Next End Sub End Class