>>Hello Everybody,
>>
>>I am new to VB.NET and I want to serialize/deserialize and object to an INI file.
>>
>>I think I know how to so this to an XML file, but I need to do this to an INI file.
>>
>>Also the object that I wish to serialize/deserialize is a collection of classes.
>>
>>Can someone please help me with this.
>>
>>Thank you
>
>Can you give a simple example with a class definition and how you would want the file content to look ?

Thank you very much for your reply!

The class is as follows:

Imports System.Collections.Specialized

Public Class User
    Public ID As String
    Public Name As String
    Public Password As String
    Public LoggedIn As Boolean
    Public AccessLevel As Integer
End Class

Public Class Users

    Inherits NameObjectCollectionBase

    Sub Add(ByVal UserID As String, ByVal UserToAdd As User)

        Me.BaseAdd(UserID, UserToAdd)

    End Sub

    Sub Clear()

        Me.BaseClear()

    End Sub

    Sub Remove(ByVal UserID As String)

        Me.Remove(UserID)

    End Sub

    Sub Remove(ByVal Index As Integer)

        Me.Remove(Index)

    End Sub

    Default Property Item(ByVal UserID As String) As User
        Get
            Return DirectCast(Me.BaseGet(UserID), User)
        End Get
        Set(Value As User)
            Me.BaseSet(UserID, Value)
        End Set
    End Property

    Default Property Item(ByVal Index As Integer) As User
        Get
            Return DirectCast(Me.BaseGet(Index), User)
        End Get
        Set(Value As User)
            Me.BaseSet(Index, Value)
        End Set
    End Property

End Class

And the file content is as follows:

[Gary]
OperatorID=Gary
OperatorName=Gary Niceguy
AccessLevel=4
OperatorPassword=50564348

[Tester]
OperatorID=Tester
OperatorName=Tester Hester
AccessLevel=1
OperatorPassword=435242455243

[Manager]
OperatorID=Manager
OperatorName=Manager
AccessLevel=4
OperatorPassword=5A565F50505443

[New User]
OperatorID=New User
OperatorName=New User
AccessLevel=1
OperatorPassword=59524644445443

[CurrentUsers]
0=Gary
1=Tester
2=Manager
3=New User

4=New User 01
[New User 01]
OperatorID=New User 01
OperatorName=New User
AccessLevel=1
OperatorPassword=595246444454430500