Question

I have a list of events and I save it in a binary file using this code

using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.CreateNew))
{
    using (BinaryWriter w = new BinaryWriter(fs))
    {
        foreach (MacroEvent macroEvent in events)
        {
            w.Write(macroEvent.TimeSinceLastEvent);
        }
    }
}

but I’m confused to how I read and get it back again in a list?

Answer 1

The following recipe is a good guide on how to implement ISerializable for an object you want to serialize and deserialize with a BinaryFormatter:

http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/csharp-tutorial-serialize-objects-to-a-file

Here is the NET 4.0 documentation on BinaryFormatter:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.formatters.binary.binaryformatter.aspx

and ISerializable:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.runtime.serialization.iserializable.aspx