//Retrieve Data from XML
static public UnitFileRowList DeserializeFromXML(UnitFileRowList myOriginalFileList)
{
XmlSerializer deserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(UnitFileRowList));
UnitFileRowList myFilesFromXML = new UnitFileRowList();
//Microsoft method to create open file dialog and filter to get all Revit files.
Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog dlg = new Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog();
dlg.Filter = "XML File | *.xml";
dlg.Multiselect = false;
string myFileName = "";
Nullable <bool> result = dlg.ShowDialog();
if (result == true)
{
myFileName = dlg.FileName;
}
if (myFileName != "")
{
TextReader textReader = new StreamReader(myFileName);
myFilesFromXML = (UnitFileRowList)deserializer.Deserialize(textReader);
textReader.Close();
MasterFolderLocation = Path.GetDirectoryName(dlg.FileName);
return(myFilesFromXML);
}
return(myOriginalFileList);
}
static public bool WriteTXT(UnitFileRowList _myFileNames, string _filepath)
{
//string _filepath = @"C:\Temp\NWC_FileList.txt";
StreamWriter SaveTextFile = new StreamWriter(_filepath);
foreach (UnitFileRow element in _myFileNames.ListRowItem)
{
if (element.UnitFileSelection == true && File.Exists(element.UnitFileName))
{
SaveTextFile.WriteLine(element.UnitFileName);
}
}
SaveTextFile.Close();
return(true);
}
//Convert Data into XML
static public void SerializeToXML(UnitFileRowList XMLdata)
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(UnitFileRowList));
Microsoft.Win32.SaveFileDialog dlg = new Microsoft.Win32.SaveFileDialog();
dlg.AddExtension = true;
dlg.Filter = "XML File | *.xml";
dlg.Title = "Save the XML data for future retrieval.";
//dlg.CheckFileExists = true;
Nullable <bool> result = dlg.ShowDialog();
if (result == true)
{
string custFilename = dlg.FileName;
FileStream stream = null;
stream = new FileStream(custFilename, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
serializer.Serialize(stream, XMLdata);
stream.Close();
MasterFolderLocation = Path.GetDirectoryName(dlg.FileName);
}
}
