Question

I want to serialize a ReportDocument using XML serialization but in vain, that’s my code:

public String serialiser (ReportDocument rd)
    {
        StringWriter sw= new StringWriter();
        System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer xs = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(ReportDocument));
        xs.Serialize(sw, rd);
        return sw.ToString();
    }

NB: CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument.

I got the following error:

An error occurred during the reflection of the type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument'.

How could I serialize it?!

Answer 1

My guess is that type is not marked as serializable. Have you tried doing binary serialization?

public static byte[] SerializeToBytes<T>(T original)
{
    byte[] results;
    using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
        binaryFormatter.Serialize(stream, original);
        stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
        results = stream.ToArray();
    }

    return results;
}