SoapFormatter not outputing properties

[James Willock]

Hi, I have a class derived from ApplicationException as below (excuse
formatting):

[Serializable()]

public class MyException : ApplicationException {

public string CompanyName {

get {return Application.CompanyName;}

}

public string ProductName {

get {return Application.ProductName;}

}

public string ProductVersion {

get {return Application.ProductVersion;}

}

}

I am serializing it as follows:

IFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();

Stream stream = new FileStream(dlgSave.FileName, FileMode.Create,
FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);

formatter.Serialize(stream, _ex);

stream.Close();

However, the extra properites I have added to the class are not getting
output. How come?

Thanks.

[Christoph Schittko [MVP]]

The SoapFormatter does not serialize properties, it only serializes the
fields that reflect the actual state of the object.

The XmlSerializer behaves the way you are looking for. It has a bunch of
other limitations though, so be careful before you switch from one to the
other.

--
HTH
Christoph Schittko [MVP]
Software Architect, .NET Mentor

"James Willock" <ja***@dot.com> wrote in message
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Hi, I have a class derived from ApplicationException as below (excuse
formatting):

[Serializable()]

public class MyException : ApplicationException {

public string CompanyName {

get {return Application.CompanyName;}

}

public string ProductName {

get {return Application.ProductName;}

}

public string ProductVersion {

get {return Application.ProductVersion;}

}

}

I am serializing it as follows:

IFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();

Stream stream = new FileStream(dlgSave.FileName, FileMode.Create,
FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);

formatter.Serialize(stream, _ex);

stream.Close();

However, the extra properites I have added to the class are not getting
output. How come?

Thanks.