How do you persist and restore forms with the CodeDomDesignerLoade

[Bill Rust]

I'm implemented a forms editing environment based on the MSDN example:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/03/designerhosting/default.aspx.
My DesignerLoader derives from CodeDomDesignerLoader, and I'd like to persist
the form definition to a file so that it can be subsequenly reopened and
edited. I can persist the CodeCompileUnit to a file using the
BinaryFormatter, and I can recreate the CodeCompileUnit from the file using
the following code:

SAVING

FileStream fs = new FileStream("e:\\temp\\ccu.dat", FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
formatter.Serialize(fs, codeCompileUnit);
fs.Close();

LOADING

FileStream fs = new FileStream("e:\\temp\\ccu.dat", FileMode.Open);
BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
ccu = (CodeCompileUnit)formatter.Deserialize(fs);
fs.Close();

I return the inflated CodeCompileUnit from my implementation of
CodeDomDesignerLoader.Parse, but the form is only properly reconstructed in
the form designer if it contains no child controls. As soon as I add a child
control (doesn't matter which one), I'm unable to restore the form using the
persisted CodeCompileUnit. Note that I have this problem even if the child
controls do not reference resource data. What do I need to do to
successfully restore the form from persistent storage?

Thanks,
Bill

[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Bill,

This is a quick note to let you know that I am performing research on this
issue and will get back to you ASAP.

I appreciate your patience!


Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Bill,

There's no direct way to parse source code to CodeCompileUnit object. You
may need to analysis every line of statement in the source code and
construct a CodeDOM object model.

It seems that it is not an easy job. I search the Internet and find a
parser called CS CODEDOM Parser, which is a utility to parse the C# source
code and creates the CODEDOM tree of the code.

You may refer to the following article for more information on this.

'CS CODEDOM Parser'
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/ivan.zderadicka/CsCodeParser12052005
234428PM/CsCodeParser.aspx

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

[Linda Liu [MSFT]]

Hi Bill,

How about the problem now?

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Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support