Is there a way to serialize the objects in the ni488.2 .NET library?

[Schleprock]

I am modifying one of my existing C++/CLI programs so that my instrument objects are derived from a class that uses the national instruments ni488.2 Board^, Device^, Address^, etc.  It would be nice to be able to save the entire instrument object as a whole using serialization but the program bombs throwing an exception that states the Device object is not marked as serializable.  Since the [Serializable] property need to be in the source code (which it must not be) I don't think there is a solution, but I will ask anyway.  Is there a way to serialize the objects in the ni488.2 .NET library?

Thanks,

[John_M.]

Hi Schleprock,

You are correct that the Device object in the 488.2 library is not serializable, and as a result cannot be serialized (as you found). However, please clarify for us why you need to serialize the object -- there may be a better way to go about what you would like to do.

Have a great day!

John M