To save or not to save

[zulbaric]

Hi, ive just finished building more "tabbed web browser with favourites menu" but i cant ge the favourites menu to work properly. THe add functions are ok the problem is I cant ge t the favourites to save / load.

 #region Using directives 
 
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Security.Policy;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
 
#endregion
 
namespace MyOwnTabbedBrowser
{
public partial class BrowserExplorer : Form
{
int current_tab_count = 0;
 
private string theURL = String.Empty;
 
ArrayList tabpages = new ArrayList();
 
ArrayList webpages = new ArrayList();
 
private Favourite theFavourites = new Favourite();
 
public BrowserExplorer()
{
InitializeComponent();
tabControl1.TabPages.Clear();
Create_a_new_tab();
WebBrowser webpage = GetCurrentWebBrowser();
webpage.GoHome();
WebBrowser thiswebpage = GetCurrentWebBrowser();
}
 
public string TheURL
{
get
{
return comboBoxurl.Text;
}
set
{
this.theURL = value;
}
 
}
 
private void BrowserExplorer_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
this.theFavourites.DoSaveFavourites();
}
 
public void BrowserExplorer_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.tsBack.Enabled = false;
this.tsbForward.Enabled = false;
this.theFavourites = Favourite.DoLoadFavourites();
foreach (Favourite currentItem in this.theFavourites.TheFavouritesCollection)
{
this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items.Add(currentItem.TheDisplayName);
this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items[this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items.Count - 1].ToolTipText = currentItem.TheURL;
}
}
 
 
private void addNewFavouriteToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser thiswebpage = GetCurrentWebBrowser();
 
MessageBox.Show("About to add favourite, change the displaname and theUrl in code:");
Favourite theNewFavourite = new Favourite((thiswebpage.Document.Title), (TheURL));
 
theNewFavourite.DoAddFavourite(theNewFavourite);
 
this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items.Add(theURL);
 
this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items[this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items.Count - 1].ToolTipText = theNewFavourite.TheURL;
this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items[this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.Items.Count - 1].Text = theNewFavourite.TheDisplayName;
this.theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem.DropDown.ItemClicked += new ToolStripItemClickedEventHandler(DropDown_ItemClicked);
}
 
void DropDown_ItemClicked(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser thiswebpage = GetCurrentWebBrowser();
thiswebpage.Navigate(e.ClickedItem.ToolTipText);
}
 
private void theFavouriteMenuToolStripItem_DropDownItemClicked(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArgs e)
{
WebBrowser thiswebpage = GetCurrentWebBrowser();
 
//thiswebpage.Navigate(TheURL);
}
 
 
 
 
 
public class Favourite
{
//****************** String Declaration **********************//
private string theDisplayName = string.Empty;
private string theURL = string.Empty;
private List<Favourite> theFavourites = new List<Favourite>();
 
//****************** String Definition ***********************//
 
public List<Favourite> TheFavouritesCollection
{
get
{
return this.theFavourites;
}
}
 
public string TheDisplayName
{
get
{
return theDisplayName;
}
set
{
theDisplayName = value;
}
}
 
public string TheURL
{
get
{
return this.theURL;
}
set
{
this.theURL = value;
}
 
}
 
public Favourite() { }
 
public Favourite(string displayName, string url)
{
theDisplayName = displayName;
theURL = url;
}
 
public int CompareTo(Favourite fav)
{
return TheDisplayName.CompareTo(TheDisplayName);
}
//**************Favourite Add/Load/Save Functions ****************//
public void DoAddFavourite(Favourite theFavToAdd)
{
this.theFavourites.Add(theFavToAdd);
}
public static Favourite DoLoadFavourites()
{
if (System.IO.File.Exists(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + "\\favourites.xml"))
{
//deserialize Type[] theTypes = new Type[1];
Type[] theTypes = new Type[1];
theTypes[0] = typeof(List<Favourite>);
XmlSerializer theSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Favourite), theTypes);
System.IO.StreamReader theReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + "\\favourites.xml");
Favourite theFavourites = (Favourite)theSerializer.Deserialize(theReader);
theReader.Close();
return theFavourites;
}
else
{
return new Favourite();
}
}
public void DoSaveFavourites()
{
//serialize Type[] theTypes = new Type[1];
Type[] theTypes = new Type[1];
theTypes[0] = typeof(List<Favourite>);
XmlSerializer theSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Favourite), theTypes);
System.IO.StreamWriter theWriter = new System.IO.StreamWriter(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + "\\favourites.xml");
theSerializer.Serialize(theWriter, this);
theWriter.Close();
}
 
internal void Add(Favourite theFavToAdd)
{
throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");
}
}
}
 

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!