public static void SerializeNow(Invoice inv)
{
//setup a memory stream object that is needed
//to hold the obj in memory during the
//format and transformation process
MemoryStream myStream = new MemoryStream();
//setup the binary formatting obj that
//performs the format process
BinaryFormatter myFormat = new BinaryFormatter();
//we call the serailize method, passing the
//stream so we know where to save and obj it
//will transform
myFormat.Serialize(myStream, inv);
//now that the obj is serialized, covert to
//Base64 for encoding and easy storage
string serializedValue = Convert.ToBase64String(myStream.ToArray());
//call the Insert method of the DA class
DataAdapter.Insert(serializedValue);
//close the stream
myStream.Close();
}
private void btnLoadInvoice_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
lstBxInvoices.Items.Clear();
invoices = DataAdapter.Get();
foreach (Invoice inv in invoices)
{
lstBxInvoices.Items.Add(inv);
}
}
private void btnStoreInvoice_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DataAdapter.ClearDB();
foreach (Invoice inv in invoices)
{
Serializer.SerializeNow(inv);
}
lstBxInvoices.Items.Clear();
btnStoreInvoice.Enabled = false;
btnPrintInvoice.Enabled = false;
btnDeleteInvoice.Enabled = false;
btnUnselectInvoice.Enabled = false;
//invoices = new ArrayList();
}
private void FormList_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
btnDeleteInvoice.Enabled = false;
btnDeletePackage.Enabled = false;
btnUnselectInvoice.Enabled = false;
btnUnselectPackage.Enabled = false;
btnPrintInvoice.Enabled = false;
btnPrintShippingLabel.Enabled = false;
btnStoreInvoice.Enabled = false;
btnCreateInvoice.Enabled = false;
// Load the invoices from db onload
invoices = DataAdapter.Get();
foreach (Invoice inv in invoices)
{
lstBxInvoices.Items.Add(inv);
}
}