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Serialize an object and write it to the disk

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Serializes any object and writes it to the specified location on the disk.

Example:


Dim obj As DataTable
'save obj to disk
SerializeToFile(filepath, obj)
'to read it back, use DirectCast
Dim obj2 As DataTable = DirectCast(My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllBytes(filepath), DataTable)

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  1. 'serialize an object to a file 
  2.     Public Shared Sub SerializeToFile(ByVal path As String, ByVal data As Object)
  3.         Try
  4.             Dim BF As New System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()
  5.             Dim MS As New System.IO.MemoryStream()
  6.             BF.Serialize(MS, data)
  7.             My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllBytes(path, MS.GetBuffer(), False)
  8.         Catch ex As Exception
  9.             Throw ex
  10.         End Try
  11.     End Sub

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