Public Property Format As SerializationFormat

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Dim instance As ChartSerializer Dim value As SerializationFormat   instance.Format = value   value = instance.Format

public SerializationFormat Format {get; set;}

Return Value

A SerializationFormat enumeration value that represents the format of the serialized data. Defaults to XML.

Data can be serialized in either an XML or binary format. Binary format is compact, and takes less storage than XML. XML, however, is a text format that is human-readable.

When saving or loading serialized data the format must be XML.

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

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