Re: serializable

 
In a message dated 7/28/2006 2:28:25 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
[email protected] writes:

On a  related note, can anyone contrast these two (XML vs. binary) in terms
of  support? Specifically, is one or the other more stable? Does MS offer  any
commitment not to change formats between .Net versions? Are either of  them
appropriate to use as the native file format for an application, or  not?




How well can you read  a C++ binary file in C#?  An author I read (Don't know 
which one right  now.) briefly went into serializable formatting of files and 
then went into  detail on designing a formatted file that keeps version 
information in the file  so when you change your objects, you can read both the new 
and old files for  this program.  (I got the impression  you redesign your 
object the least little bit and your old binary files for the  program are just 
so much junk.)  XML  format is a readable format so it should be easier, 
however I personally would  format stuff I wanted retained in data tables on data 
sets so the data is  independent of the object.  (Of  course I’m a crusty old 
programmer who just sees problems with handing over  complete data management 
control over to the programmers of object  software.)

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