public static void Serialize(ToDoList theList, string path)
{
using (Stream str = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create))
{
var binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
//we have to tempsave and reset the event handler, because the mainform is linked in it. a form is not serializeable
ListChangedEventHandler oldHandler = theList.ListChanged;
theList.ListChanged = null;
binaryFormatter.Serialize(str, theList);
//setting the event handler to it's old state
theList.ListChanged = oldHandler;
}
}
private static ToDoList ConvertFromPre04(FormatPre04.TodoList list)
{
ToDoList result = new ToDoList();
foreach (FormatPre04.Category cat in list.Categories)
{
foreach (FormatPre04.Task t in cat.Tasks)
{
Task newTask = new Task();
newTask.Category = cat.Name;
newTask.SetIsDone(true);
newTask.DoneAt = t.DoneAt;
newTask.Text = t.Text;
result.AddTask(newTask);
}
}
return(result);
}