Err... The line that goes:

data = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, i);

Should you appending? i.e.

data += System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, i);

It is that simple, just adding the data += instead of data = ?

- Eitsop What we do not understand we do not possess. - Goethe.

I have tried out this code. This ignores the button altogether and seems to work just fine:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace SerialTest
{
// This is the class that will be serialized.
public class Group
{
[XmlIgnoreAttribute]
public System.Windows.Forms.Button myButton;

// a group name or something
public string GroupName;

// a comment of some sort...
public string Comment;

public void SerializeObject(string filename)
{
// Create an XmlSerializer instance.
XmlSerializer xSer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group));

// Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);

// Serialize the object and close the TextWriter.
xSer.Serialize(writer, this);
writer.Close();
}

}
}

To run this the example I used was a form with a button and the following code on the OnClick event:

Group a = new Group();
a.Comment="A sample comment";
a.GroupName="A sample group name";
a.myButton = this.button1;
a.SerializeObject("c:\\test.xml");

That worked.

- Eitsop What we do not understand we do not possess. - Goethe.

When you say XmlIgnore, do you mean that you have applied the XmlIgnoreAttribute? i.e.

/* This field will be ignored when serialized--
unless it's overridden. */
[XmlIgnoreAttribute]
public string Comment;

- Eitsop What we do not understand we do not possess. - Goethe.

Have you looked at the response a file browse sends? You'll probably have to POST a response. If you're using the .Net Web name space you should be able to use the WebClient.Upload file method. You may need to set various other fields as well before uploading the file.

- Eitsop What we do not understand we do not possess. - Goethe.

Have you tried using the .Select and .SetFocus on the Load event?

- Eitsop What we do not understand we do not possess. - Goethe.

The simplest method would probably be to do something like: File.Copy("\\\\pc1\\c$\\textfile1.txt", "\\\\server1\\backup$\\pc1textfile.txt"> Where pc1 is source pc and server1 is the server name. You might need to enumerate a few folders or files to determine if they exist. Good starting points are: File.Exists, Directory.GetFiles and Directory.GetSubFolders. Any help? Eitsop

babbelfisken wrote:

protected void override OnPaint(PaintEventArgs ev) { // code } }

You'll be wanting to look at ev.Graphics - the Graphics object. This will allow you to manually draw the button. For example: ev.Graphics.DrawRectangle(Pens.Black, this.ClientRectangle); But it gets more complex - double buffering, multiple states (enabled, disabled etc..). Is that a good starting point? Eitsop