Hi Lucius,

I think the problem you met here is due to the attribute you used.
"SoapIgnoreAttribute" is designed for decorating classes that will be
serialized through SoapFormatter:

#SoapFormatter Class
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.format
ters.soap.soapformatter(VS.71).aspx

actually, both SoapFormatter and BinaryFormatter are used for binary
serialization. For XML serialization, you should use "XmlIgnoreAttribute"
to exclude property/fields that you do not want to serialize:

#XmlIgnoreAttribute Class
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlignorea
ttribute.aspx

e.g.

   [XmlIgnore()]
       public int Property2
       {
           get { return _prop2; }
           set {
               _prop2 = value;
               }
       }
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead

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