Serialization Gremlin

[Tom John]

Hey Guys Try this:

Public Class TestClass

Public A As Integer = 100
Public ASpecified As Boolean

End Class

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    Dim ser As New System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(GetType(TestClass))
    Dim ms As New IO.MemoryStream

    ser.Serialize(ms, New TestClass)
    MsgBox(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray))

End Sub

Then try changing ASpecified to Integer. There seems be a problem with serializable methods/fields that end with the word Specified, can anyone else confirm that I'm not going round the bend... it's been an afternoon of pulling what little hair I have out tracking it down! Cheers Tom