Custom Serialization and DataGridView

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ManjuG - 09 Nov 2006 15:08 GMT

I want to serilaize the Columns and rows in a grid. As grid and
columncollection from DataGridView are not serializable, the derive from the
respecitive classes and implement ISerializable interface. But I can't
implement the protected constructor for serialization for Columns as the
basde class(DataGridViewColumnCollection) doesn't have a default constructor.
What is an alternative forthis?

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Marc Gravell - 09 Nov 2006 15:15 GMT

If what you are actually after is the data, then I would write custom
objects to hold them as properties, or use a DataSet, and use DataSource to
display the data in the DataGridView. Then you can serialize / deserialize
the data objects completely independently of the DataGridView, which is
(after all) a UI element an not really suited to serialization.

Marc

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Ciaran O''Donnell - 09 Nov 2006 15:42 GMT

Serialise the source data and rebind the grid at the destination

Ciaran O'Donnell

> I want to serilaize the Columns and rows in a grid. As grid and
> columncollection from DataGridView are not serializable, the derive from the
> respecitive classes and implement ISerializable interface. But I can't
> implement the protected constructor for serialization for Columns as the
> basde class(DataGridViewColumnCollection) doesn't have a default constructor.
> What is an alternative forthis?

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