Exception: SerializationException

[Brent Starkes]

Hi,

I'm having a deserialization problem with a dll plug-in I'm writing, it
serializes just fine but I'm getting an exception on the deserialization
process.

A first chance exception of type
'System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationExcepti on' occurred in
mscorlib.dll
DeserializeTopHat: Unable to find assembly 'Tools, Version=0.2005.22.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Brent

Here is my class that I want to serialize:

[Serializable()]
public class TopHat : ISerializable
{
public string Description;
public decimal BaseTH;
public decimal Crown;
public decimal Flange;
public decimal Webdepth;
public decimal Parameter;
public bool Finished;

public TopHat()
{
Description = String.Empty;
BaseTH = 0.0M;
Crown = 0.0M;
Flange = 0.0M;
Webdepth = 0.0M;
Parameter = 0.0M;
Finished = false;
}
//Deserialization constructor
public TopHat(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
Description = (String)info.GetValue("Description",
typeof(string));
BaseTH = (decimal)info.GetValue("BaseTH", typeof(decimal));
Crown = (decimal)info.GetValue("Crown", typeof(decimal));
Flange = (decimal)info.GetValue("Flange", typeof(decimal));
Webdepth = (decimal)info.GetValue("Webdepth", typeof(decimal));
Parameter = (decimal)info.GetValue("Parameter",
typeof(decimal));
Finished = (bool)info.GetValue("Finished", typeof(bool));
}

//Serialization function
public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
info.AddValue("Description", Description);
info.AddValue("BaseTH", BaseTH);
info.AddValue("Crown", Crown);
info.AddValue("Flange", Flange);
info.AddValue("Webdepth", Webdepth);
info.AddValue("Parameter", Parameter);
info.AddValue("Finished", Finished);
}

public override string ToString()
{
return Description;
}
}

Here is where I serailize, first I dump to a temp file and then read that
into a byte[] array so I can store it on a OLEObject in my access database:

string filelocation = Application.UserAppDataPath + "\\blah.tmp";
Stream a = File.Open(filelocation, FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();
bformatter.Serialize(a, this._tp.Tophat);
System.Byte[] s_shape = new byte[a.Length];
a.Position = 0;
for (long i = 0; i < a.Length; i++)
s_shape[i] = (byte)a.ReadByte();
a.Close();

this.daShapes.Fill(this.dsShapes, "shapes");
System.Data.DataRow newRow = this.dsShapes.Tables["shapes"].NewRow();
newRow["typeid"] = Shapes.TopHat;
newRow["shape"] = s_shape;
this works just fine.

This is what I do when I deserial

TopHat tophat = new TopHat();
string filelocation = Application.UserAppDataPath +
"\\blah.tmp";
Stream stream = File.Open(filelocation, FileMode.Create);
try
{
stream.Write(s_shape, 0, s_shape.Length);
stream.Position = 0;

BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();
object o = bformatter.Deserialize(stream);
tophat = (TopHat)o;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("DeserializeTopHat: " + ex.Message);
}
finally
{
stream.Close();
}

[Mark R. Dawson]

Hi Brent,
the problem is that the code cannot deserialize the types because it
cannot find the assembly that contains the type information which will allow
it to reassemble to objects. You can do two things:

1. Register the assembly in the GAC
2. Make sure the assembly is in a place where the executing code can find it
such as in the executing directory.

Hope that helps
Mark Dawson
http://www.markdawson.org
"Brent Starkes" wrote:

Hi,

I'm having a deserialization problem with a dll plug-in I'm writing, it
serializes just fine but I'm getting an exception on the deserialization
process.

A first chance exception of type
'System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationExcepti on' occurred in
mscorlib.dll
DeserializeTopHat: Unable to find assembly 'Tools, Version=0.2005.22.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Brent

Here is my class that I want to serialize:

[Serializable()]
public class TopHat : ISerializable
{
public string Description;
public decimal BaseTH;
public decimal Crown;
public decimal Flange;
public decimal Webdepth;
public decimal Parameter;
public bool Finished;

public TopHat()
{
Description = String.Empty;
BaseTH = 0.0M;
Crown = 0.0M;
Flange = 0.0M;
Webdepth = 0.0M;
Parameter = 0.0M;
Finished = false;
}
//Deserialization constructor
public TopHat(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
Description = (String)info.GetValue("Description",
typeof(string));
BaseTH = (decimal)info.GetValue("BaseTH", typeof(decimal));
Crown = (decimal)info.GetValue("Crown", typeof(decimal));
Flange = (decimal)info.GetValue("Flange", typeof(decimal));
Webdepth = (decimal)info.GetValue("Webdepth", typeof(decimal));
Parameter = (decimal)info.GetValue("Parameter",
typeof(decimal));
Finished = (bool)info.GetValue("Finished", typeof(bool));
}

//Serialization function
public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
info.AddValue("Description", Description);
info.AddValue("BaseTH", BaseTH);
info.AddValue("Crown", Crown);
info.AddValue("Flange", Flange);
info.AddValue("Webdepth", Webdepth);
info.AddValue("Parameter", Parameter);
info.AddValue("Finished", Finished);
}

public override string ToString()
{
return Description;
}
}

Here is where I serailize, first I dump to a temp file and then read that
into a byte[] array so I can store it on a OLEObject in my access database:

string filelocation = Application.UserAppDataPath + "\\blah.tmp";
Stream a = File.Open(filelocation, FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();
bformatter.Serialize(a, this._tp.Tophat);
System.Byte[] s_shape = new byte[a.Length];
a.Position = 0;
for (long i = 0; i < a.Length; i++)
s_shape[i] = (byte)a.ReadByte();
a.Close();

this.daShapes.Fill(this.dsShapes, "shapes");
System.Data.DataRow newRow = this.dsShapes.Tables["shapes"].NewRow();
newRow["typeid"] = Shapes.TopHat;
newRow["shape"] = s_shape;
this works just fine.

This is what I do when I deserial

TopHat tophat = new TopHat();
string filelocation = Application.UserAppDataPath +
"\\blah.tmp";
Stream stream = File.Open(filelocation, FileMode.Create);
try
{
stream.Write(s_shape, 0, s_shape.Length);
stream.Position = 0;

BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();
object o = bformatter.Deserialize(stream);
tophat = (TopHat)o;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("DeserializeTopHat: " + ex.Message);
}
finally
{
stream.Close();
}