Save WinForm or Controls to File

Question

I have been working on an application which allows the user to make a label template for printing purposes by adding label controls to a panel(which I use as a container). I ha

Answer 1

Personally, I would serialize it as JSON. When bringing it back you can use a generic method that loops through and sets the properties through reflection. Also take notice that the library I've linked to will automatically serialize objects that you pass to it.

JSON

JSON.NET

[{ "Label": [{"Top": 102}, {"Left": 105}, {"Text": "blah, blah"}] }]

From JSON.NET

Product product = new Product();
product.Name = "Apple";
product.Expiry = new DateTime(2008, 12, 28);
product.Price = 3.99M;
product.Sizes = new string[] { "Small", "Medium", "Large" };

string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product);
//{
//  "Name": "Apple",
//  "Expiry": new Date(1230422400000),
//  "Price": 3.99,
//  "Sizes": [
//    "Small",
//    "Medium",
//    "Large"
//  ]
//}

Product deserializedProduct = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);