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    copied!<p>I have created a non-visual component in C# which is designed as a placeholder for meta-data on a form.<br> The component has a property which is a collection of custom objects, this object is marked as Serializable and implements the GetObjectData for serilizing and public constuctor for deserilizing.<br></p> <p>In the resx file for the form it will generate binary data for storing the collection, however any time I make a change to the serialized class I get designer errors and need to delete the data manually out of the resx file and then recreate this data.</p> <p>I have tried changing the constuctor to have a try / catch block around each property in the class</p> <pre><code>try { _Name = info.GetString("Name"); } catch (SerializationException) { this._Name = string.Empty; } </code></pre> <p>but it still crashes. The last error I got was that I had to implement IConvertible.<br></p> <p>I would prefer to use xml serialization because I can at least see it, is this possible for use by the designer?<br></p> <p>Is there a way to make the serialization more stable and less resistant to changes?</p> <p>Edit:<br> More information...better description maybe<br> I have a class which inherits from Component, it has one property which is a collection of Rules. The RulesCollection seems to have to be marked as Serializable, otherwise it does not retain its members.<br> </p> <p>The Rules class is also a Component with the attribute DesignTimeVisible(false) to stop it showing in the component tray, this clas is not marked Serializable.<br></p> <p>Having the collection marked as Serializable generates binary data in the resx file (not ideal) and the IDE reports that the Rules class is not Serializable.<br></p> <p>I think this issue is getting beyond a simple question. So I will probably close it shortly.<br> If anyone has any links to something similar that would help a lot.</p>
 

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