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Posted: 10/27/2004 7:27:47 PM EDT

I am trying to develop a program for the pocket PC written in C# that allows the user to enter where their shots are hitting on a target and then stores the data and calculates MOA for the day. I am making this because of my inability to remember how I shot the day or week before with different rifles. With this program I could get more done per range trip and track how Im shooting.

My question is fo you know the easiest way to store the data, I pretty much have the rest written, I just need to some help in this area. I am a newb programmer so any help would be appreciated!

Posted: 10/27/2004 7:29:57 PM EDT

[#1]

Store the data in XML files on the device. .Net's XML support is pretty impressive.

Posted: 10/27/2004 7:30:50 PM EDT

[#2]

Ive been trying to figure out XML serialization, but it seems pretty tricky. I need to find a way to serialize an entry object that includes an arraylist into XML

Posted: 10/27/2004 7:38:17 PM EDT

[#3]

First, assemble a DataSet (ds) and then do this to write it:

ds.WriteXml(filename, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);

Posted: 10/27/2004 7:44:21 PM EDT

[#4]

thats my idea, but more like a digital NRA data book I'm using VB.net

Posted: 10/27/2004 7:52:03 PM EDT

[#5]

Thanks kill-9...Im gonna give it a whirl.

Posted: 10/27/2004 7:53:36 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Thanks kill-9...Im gonna give it a whirl.

OK, I'm heading to bed, but if you run into problems IM me and I'll get back to you in the morning.

Posted: 10/27/2004 8:33:46 PM EDT

[#7]

Yeah, you can serialize objects. Here's some sample code assuming you have a class called MyClass. You can pretty much serialize anything, though you might have to tag it with a [Serializeable] tag. This saves it to a file. If you want to store it in memory, it's a bit trickier, but doable.


MyClass myClass		= new MyClass();
myClass.FirstName		= "John";
myClass.LastName		= "Doe";
XmlSerializer serializer	= new XmlSerializer(myClass.GetType());
FileStream stream		= new FileStream("C:\\MyClass.xml", FileMode.Create);

serializer.Serialize(stream, myClass);
stream.Close();

Just make sure you have the right using statements...

using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;

Posted: 10/27/2004 8:37:49 PM EDT

[#8]

Output looks like this...

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<MyClass xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<FirstName>John</FirstName>
<LastName>Doe</LastName>
</MyClass>

Serialization is pretty slick. I use it occasionally when I need to store a bunch of data from a class and don't feel like writing a bunch of SQL tables for it.

Posted: 10/27/2004 9:26:01 PM EDT

[#9]

Sweetness! thanks DVD tracker... that worked badass. If I get this program working like I want it maybe I can donate it too ARFCOM and people can improve on it.

Posted: 10/27/2004 9:56:49 PM EDT

[#10]

Wait, now Im running into a new problem, the bullet hole objects that I am including inside an arraylist within the Entry object cannot be serialized. The debugger says I should use the XMLInclude to fix the problem....any hints on this?

Posted: 10/28/2004 3:34:37 AM EDT

[#11]

Try putting the [Serializeable] attribute on the class

[Serializeable]
public class MyClass()
{

blah...

}

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