Question

I have a simple 2D array of strings and I would like to stuff it into an SPFieldMultiLineText in MOSS. This maps to an ntext database field.

I know I can serialize to XML and store to the file system, but I would like to serialize without touching the filesystem.

public override void ItemAdding(SPItemEventProperties properties) {     // build the array     List<List<string>> matrix = new List<List<string>>();     /*     * populating the array is snipped, works fine     */     // now stick this matrix into the field in my list item     properties.AfterProperties['myNoteField'] = matrix; // throws an error } 

Looks like I should be able to do something like this:

XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<List<string>>)); properties.AfterProperties['myNoteField'] = s.Serialize.ToString(); 

but that doesn’t work. All the examples I’ve found demonstrate writing to a text file.

Answer 1

StringWriter outStream = new StringWriter(); XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<List<string>>)); s.Serialize(outStream, myObj); properties.AfterProperties['myNoteField'] = outStream.ToString();