I have a custom class and made the same serialization as System.Drawing.Image, by implementing ISerializable interface and two methods:
- void ISerializable.GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) to give the serializer my data in the format I need.
- A constructor in my class: protected MyClass(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
[Serializable]
[TypeConverter(typeof(MyClassTypeConverter))]
[Editor(typeof(MyClassEditor), typeof(UITypeEditor))]
public class MyClass : MarshalByRefObject, ISerializable, ICloneable, IDisposable
A have added my class as a property to a custom button -> MyButton.MyClass The problem is that at design time when I set MyClass the serializer writes the assembly name and version in the RESX file of the form before my custom serialized object. Here is how it looks like:
<assembly alias="MyAssembly" name="MyAssembly, Version=2020.1.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=XXX" />
<data name="myButton1.MyClass" type="MyAssembly.MyClass, MyAssembly">
<value>Some long text data</data>
</data>
After a new release my clients started having this exception:
System.InvalidCastException: '[A]MyAssembly.MyClass cannot be cast to [B]MyAssembly.MyClass. Type A originates from 'MyAssembly, Version=2020.1.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=XXX' in the context 'Default' at location 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\...
Here is the designer file:
private void InitializeComponent()
{
System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(Form2));
this.myButton1 = new MyAssembly.MyButton();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// myButton1
//
this.myButton1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(5, 5);
this.myButton1.Name = "myButton1";
this.myButton1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(200, 25);
this.myButton1.MyClass = ((MyAssembly.MyClass)(resources.GetObject("myButton1.MyClass")));
this.myButton1.TabIndex = 0;
this.myButton1.Text = "myButton1";
The assembly where type MyClass is located is already loaded, because MyButton is located in the same assembly. So I do not need the RESX file to contain information about the assembly. Currently I cannot find a solution on my own and I am thinking of two options:
- How can I prevent serializing the <assembly alias="MyAssembly"...> in the resx file of the form?
- Can I load MyClass from the resx file without loading the described assembly?