Serialize a DataTable

[Zanna]

Hi all!

I have to serialize the data (and possbly the structure) contained into a
dataTable.

I did this for a desktop app and it works

Dim stream As New System.IO.FileStream(Omega.Basic.Utility.App.DataPath +
"\" + tableName + ".xml", IO.FileMode.Create)

Dim formatter As New
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()

formatter.Serialize(stream, Me.Tables(tableName))

stream.Close()


But it seems that the CF does not have the BinaryFormatter class.

How can I serialize a datatable with then CF?

Thanks!

 

[Alex Yakhnin [MVP]]

How can I serialize a datatable with then CF?

Manually. There's a CompactFormatter by Angelo Scotto, that you shouldbe
able to use:
http://www.freewebs.com/compactFormatter/downloads.html

 

[Zanna]

Manually. There's a CompactFormatter by Angelo Scotto, that you shouldbe
able to use:
http://www.freewebs.com/compactFormatter/downloads.html

Maybe it is possbile to have also some documentation on it...

 

[Alex Yakhnin [MVP]]

Hmm... from the page on the web site:

"This package contains CompactFormatter's precompiled binaries for the
Compact Framework and for the .NET Framework plus full source-code and NDoc
generated documentation..."

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,


Another solution is include the DataTable in a dataset and serialize the
dataset as a XML file. It works out of the box

Cheers,