Serialize Method (Appearance)

Saves the object to XML.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

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

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

public virtual bool Serialize( 
   XmlTextWriter w
)

Parameters

w: XmlTextWriter object to which to save the object

Return Value

Boolean: true if successful; false otherwise

Remarks

This method serializes the public properties and fields of the Appearance object.

Example

This example creates a new Appearance object, sets the BackColor, ForeColor, Font, HorizontalAlign and VerticalAlign properties, then applies those settings to an instance of a Cell object. In the click events of two buttons the object can be either deserialized or serialized. This code does the same thing as Serializer.SaveObject and Serializer.LoadObject, and works for any object that implements ISerializeSupport.

FarPoint.Web.Spread.Appearance appr = new FarPoint.Web.Spread.Appearance();
FarPoint.Web.Spread.Cell acell;
appr.BackColor = Color.Red;
appr.ForeColor = Color.White;
appr.Font.Bold = true;
appr.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right;
appr.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Top;
acell = FpSpread1.Cells[0,0];
acell.BackColor = appr.BackColor;
acell.ForeColor = appr.ForeColor;
acell.Font.Bold = appr.Font.Bold;
acell.HorizontalAlign = appr.HorizontalAlign;
acell.VerticalAlign = appr.VerticalAlign;
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.SetValue(0, 0, "Appearance Test");
FpSpread1.Columns[0].Width = 150;
FpSpread1.Rows[0].Height = 60;


private void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    string fileName = "D:\\Temp\\myser.xml";
    System.IO.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("Appearance");
    appr.Serialize(writer);
    writer.WriteEndElement();
    writer.WriteEndDocument();
    writer.Close();  
}

private void Button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    bool b;
    System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
    System.Xml.XmlNode node; 
    System.Xml.XmlNodeReader r;
    doc.Load("D:\\Temp\\myser.xml");
    node = doc.FirstChild;
    while (!node.Name.Equals("Appearance"))
        node = node.NextSibling;
    r = new System.Xml.XmlNodeReader(node);
    r.Read();
    b = appr.Deserialize(r);
    ListBox1.Items.Add(b.ToString());  
}

Visual Basic

Dim appr As New FarPoint.Web.Spread.Appearance()
appr.BackColor = Color.Red
appr.ForeColor = Color.White
appr.Font.Bold = True
appr.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right
appr.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Top
Dim acell As FarPoint.Web.Spread.Cell
acell = FpSpread1.Cells(0, 0)
acell.BackColor = appr.BackColor
acell.ForeColor = appr.ForeColor
acell.Font.Bold = appr.Font.Bold
acell.HorizontalAlign = appr.HorizontalAlign
acell.VerticalAlign = appr.VerticalAlign
FpSpread1.ActiveSheetView.SetValue(0, 0, "Appearance Test")
FpSpread1.Columns(0).Width = 150
FpSpread1.Rows(0).Height = 60

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    Dim fileName As String
    Dim stream As System.IO.Stream
    Dim writer As System.Xml.XmlTextWriter
    fileName = "D:\Temp\myser.xml"
    stream = System.IO.File.Open(fileName, System.IO.FileMode.Create)
    writer = New System.Xml.XmlTextWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8)
    writer.Formatting = System.Xml.Formatting.Indented
    writer.Indentation = 2
    writer.WriteStartDocument()
    writer.WriteStartElement("Appearance")
    appr.Serialize(writer)
    writer.WriteEndElement()
    writer.WriteEndDocument()
    writer.Close()
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
    Dim b As Boolean
    Dim doc As New System.Xml.XmlDocument()
    Dim node As System.Xml.XmlNode
    Dim r As System.Xml.XmlNodeReader
    doc.Load("D:\Temp\myser.xml")
    node = doc.FirstChild
    While Not (node.Name.Equals("Appearance"))
        node = node.NextSibling
    End While
    r = New System.Xml.XmlNodeReader(node)
    r.Read()
    b = appr.Deserialize(r)
    ListBox1.Items.Add(b)
End Sub

Reference

Appearance Class
Appearance Members
Deserialize Method