designer serialization

[blackirish]

Hi all,
i have a form with 3 textboxes and i have a class named user which has 3 members such as name, surname and age. I use the form to get user values design time and i want to serialize these values into the form designer. I can show the form at design time by using a ComponentDesigner. Here is a part of my code.

 
public class MyDesigner : ComponentDesigner
    {
        MyComponent CurrentController
        {
            get { return (MyComponent)this.Component; }
        }
        private DesignerVerbCollection actions;
        public override DesignerVerbCollection Verbs
        {
            get
            {
                if(actions == null)
                {
                    actions = new DesignerVerbCollection();
                    actions.Add(new DesignerVerb("EditorForm", new EventHandler(ChangeDisplay)));
 
                }
                return actions;
            }
        }
 
                 }
 
            void ChangeDisplay(object sender, EventArgs e)
           {
            EditorForm editor = new EditorForm(this);
            editor.ShowDialog();
           }
}
 

I also have a collection class which i hold user class members. What i need is to serialize the collection into designer at design time. I can serialize the values by using the collectioneditor but can't do that via my editor form.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[nateraaaa]

Have you tried adding the Serializable attribute to the Component class.

<Serializable()>
Public Class User()

This site may help you
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/UploadFile/ddutta/AttributesProgramming04112005061709AM/AttributesProgramming.aspx

[blackirish]

Have you tried adding the Serializable attribute to the Component class.

<Serializable()>
Public Class User()

This site may help you
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/UploadFile/ddutta/AttributesProgramming04112005061709AM/AttributesProgramming.aspx

Thanks for the reply nateraaaa. I tried it but it makes no difference. Moreover i can already serialize the form members via the custom collection editor which is displayed in the property grid when the component is selected. I just want to know how to serialize these values over the editor form i created.