Serialize Method (NamedStyleCollection)

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Function Serialize( _
   ByVal w As XmlTextWriter _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As NamedStyleCollection
Dim w As XmlTextWriter
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.Serialize(w)

public bool Serialize( 
   XmlTextWriter w
)

Parameters

w: XmlTextWriter object to which to save the collection object

Return Value

Boolean: true if successful; false otherwise

This example serializes the collection of styles to XML.

C#

FarPoint.Win.Spread.NamedStyleCollection nsc = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.NamedStyleCollection();
FarPoint.Win.Spread.NamedStyle ns = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.NamedStyle();
ns.BackColor = Color.LightBlue;
nsc.Add(ns);
fpSpread1.NamedStyles = nsc;
fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DefaultStyle = nsc[0];
string fileName; 
fileName = "..\\files\\mycoll.xml"; 
System.IO.Stream stream;  
stream = System.IO.File.Open(fileName, System.IO.FileMode.Create); 
System.Xml.XmlTextWriter writer = new System.Xml.XmlTextWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8); 
writer.Formatting = System.Xml.Formatting.Indented; writer.Indentation = 2; 
writer.WriteStartDocument(); 
writer.WriteStartElement("Collection"); 
nsc.Serialize(writer); 
writer.WriteEndElement(); 
writer.WriteEndDocument(); 
writer.Close();

Visual Basic

Dim nsc As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.NamedStyleCollection()
Dim ns As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.NamedStyle()
ns.BackColor = Color.LightBlue
nsc.Add(ns)
FpSpread1.NamedStyles = nsc
FpSpread1.ActiveSheet.DefaultStyle = nsc(0)
Dim fileName As String
fileName = "..\files\mycoll.xml"
Dim stream As System.IO.Stream
stream = System.IO.File.Open(fileName, System.IO.FileMode.Create)
Dim writer As New System.Xml.XmlTextWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
writer.Formatting = System.Xml.Formatting.Indented
writer.Indentation = 2
writer.WriteStartDocument()
writer.WriteStartElement("Collection")
nsc.Serialize(writer)
writer.WriteEndElement()
writer.WriteEndDocument()
writer.Close()

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

Reference

NamedStyleCollection Class
NamedStyleCollection Members
CanSerializeXml Property