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 Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Reference

NamedStyleCollection Class
NamedStyleCollection Members
CanSerializeXml Property