public static StaticVariables Load(string filename, ref List <string> messages)
{
System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter formatter = new System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter();
FileStream fromStream = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
StaticVariables sv = null;
try {
sv = (StaticVariables)formatter.Deserialize(fromStream);
sv.verifyPrimitiveDataTypesExist();
} catch (Exception ex) {
//Interaction.MsgBox("Oops, we could not load the variables due to the following error: "
messages.Add("Oops, we could not load the variables due to the following error: " + ex.Message);
} finally {
if (fromStream != null)
{
fromStream.Close();
fromStream.Dispose();
}
}
return(sv);
}