async void init()
{
myFiles = await deserialize("demofiles.xml");
myDemoFilesXML.Clear();
foreach (demofilesXML.fileentry f in myFiles.fileentries)
{
myDemoFilesXML.Add(f);
demofiles.Add(new DemoFile(f.filename, f.filedescription, f.filehelp));
}
}
async Task<demofilesXML> deserialize(string _filename)
{
//get folder
StorageFolder PrintfilesFolder = await Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation.GetFolderAsync("printfiles");
//get file
StorageFile printfile = await PrintfilesFolder.GetFileAsync(_filename);
if (printfile != null)
{
//read file
Stream stream = await ReadFileContentsAsync(printfile);
//read byte stream
byte[] bXML = new byte[stream.Length];
stream.Read(bXML, 0, (int)stream.Length);
//convert to string
string sXML = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bXML, 0, bXML.Length);
//deserialize string
myFiles = demofilesXML.XmlDeserialize(sXML);
return myFiles;
}
return new demofilesXML();
}