/// <summary>
/// Serializes the action objects to a file located at the given path
/// </summary>
/// <param name="actions">The list of actions you want serialized</param>
/// <param name="pathToFile">The path to the file that will contain the serialized action objects</param>
/// <returns>True if succesfull, false if not</returns>
public static bool Serialize(List <Action> actions, string pathToFile)
{
// Create a hashtable of values that will eventually be serialized.
Hashtable hashActions = new Hashtable();
foreach (Action a in actions)
{
hashActions.Add(a.ID, a);
}
// To serialize the hashtable and its key/value pairs,
// you must first open a stream for writing.
// In this case, use a file stream.
FileStream fs = new FileStream(pathToFile, FileMode.Create);
// Construct a BinaryFormatter and use it to serialize the data to the stream.
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
try
{
formatter.Serialize(fs, hashActions);
}
catch (SerializationException ex)
{
ErrorPopup p = new ErrorPopup(ex);
p.Show();
return(false);
}
finally
{
fs.Close();
}
return(true);
}
private static void ShowError(Exception ex)
{
ErrorPopup pop = new ErrorPopup(ex);
pop.Show();
}