How can I serialize Color type?

[Dmitry Nogin]

Hi,

Can I xml serialize the property of type Color?

The following doesn't work:

[TypeConverter(typeof(ColorConverter))]
[XmlElement(typeof(string))]
public Color TextColor
{ get; set; }

How?

-- thanks

[Dmitry Nogin]

"Dmitry Nogin" <dm*********@hotmail.comwrote in message
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Can I xml serialize the property of type Color?

OK, I did it. Looks ugly...
private Color _textColor = SystemColors.WindowText;

[DisplayName("Text Color")]
[XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public Color TextColor
{
get { return _textColor; }
set { _textColor = value; }
}

[XmlElement("TextColor")]
[Browsable(false)]
public string TextColorHtml
{
get { return ColorTranslator.ToHtml(_textColor); }
set { _textColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml(value); }
}

[John Saunders [MVP]]

"Dmitry Nogin" <dm*********@hotmail.comwrote in message
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Hi,

Can I xml serialize the property of type Color?

The following doesn't work:

[TypeConverter(typeof(ColorConverter))]
[XmlElement(typeof(string))]
public Color TextColor
{ get; set; }

What happens if you remove the two attributes?
--
John Saunders [MVP]