How to get BinaryFormatter to deserialize in a different application

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Sam Mackrill picture Sam Mackrill · Nov 16, 2010 · Viewed 15.5k times · Source

I am using BinaryFormatter to serialize an array of class instances to a file. I can deserialize this fine within the same application. When I try the same deserialization in a different application (that pulls in a common file that does the work) then I get the following error:

{"Could not load file or assembly 'pmlscan, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest."}

where pmlscan is the name of the original application. How do I get BinaryFormatter to not try and load pmlscan?

Answer

Giorgi picture Giorgi · Sep 23, 2011

You can achieve it by using custom SerializationBinder. See here: Advanced Binary Serialization: Deserializing an Object Into a Different Type Than the One It was Serialized Into

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