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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary
Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap

Public Class Tester
    Public Shared Sub Main
    
        Dim myClsSerializable As New ClsSerializable()
        SerializeBinary(myClsSerializable)
        Console.WriteLine(FileContent(False))
                

        Dim myFileStream As FileStream
        myFileStream = New FileStream("test.dat", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)

        Dim myFormatter As New BinaryFormatter()
        myClsSerializable = CType(myFormatter.Deserialize(myFileStream), ClsSerializable)

        Console.WriteLine(myClsSerializable.intNumber.ToString)
        Console.WriteLine(myClsSerializable.lngNumber.ToString)
        Console.WriteLine(myClsSerializable.strDemo)

                
    End Sub
    Private Shared Function FileContent(ByVal blnBinary As Boolean) As String
        Dim strContent As String
        Dim myStreamReader As StreamReader
        Dim myFileStream As FileStream
        Dim i As Integer
        Try
            myFileStream = New FileStream("test.dat", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)

            If blnBinary = True Then
                For i = 1 To myFileStream.Length
                    strContent += myFileStream.ReadByte.ToString + " "
                Next
            Else
                myStreamReader = New StreamReader(myFileStream)
                strContent = myStreamReader.ReadToEnd
            End If

            myFileStream.Flush()
            myFileStream.Close()
            Return strContent

        Catch ex As IOException
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        End Try

    End Function

    Private Shared Sub SerializeBinary(ByVal myClsSerializable As ClsSerializable)
        Dim myFileStream As FileStream = New FileStream("test.dat", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)
        Dim myBFormatter As BinaryFormatter = New BinaryFormatter()
        myBFormatter.Serialize(myFileStream, myClsSerializable)
        myFileStream.Flush()
        myFileStream.Close()
    End Sub
End Class

<Serializable()> Public Class ClsSerializable
    Public intNumber As Integer = 254
    Public strDemo As String = "This is a poublic  test string"
    Private strpDemo As String = "This is a private  test string"
    <NonSerialized()> Public lngNumber As Long = 123456


 
End Class