How can I serialize Color type?

Hi,

Can I xml serialize the property of type Color?

The following doesn't work:

[TypeConverter(typeof(ColorConverter))]
[XmlElement(typeof(string))]
public Color TextColor
{ get; set; }

How?

-- thanks

Date:Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:59:07 -0400 Author:

Re: How can I serialize Color type?

"Dmitry Nogin"  wrote in message 
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> Can I xml serialize the property of type Color?


OK, I did it. Looks ugly...
private Color _textColor = SystemColors.WindowText;

[DisplayName("Text Color")]
[XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
public Color TextColor
{
    get { return _textColor; }
    set { _textColor = value; }
}

[XmlElement("TextColor")]
[Browsable(false)]
public string TextColorHtml
{
     get { return ColorTranslator.ToHtml(_textColor); }
     set { _textColor = ColorTranslator.FromHtml(value); }
}

Date:Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:07:11 -0400 Author:

Re: How can I serialize Color type?

"Dmitry Nogin"  wrote in message 
news:%23csweF73HHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Hi,
>
> Can I xml serialize the property of type Color?
>
> The following doesn't work:
>
> [TypeConverter(typeof(ColorConverter))]
> [XmlElement(typeof(string))]
> public Color TextColor
> { get; set; }


What happens if you remove the two attributes?
-- 
John Saunders [MVP]

Date:Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:00:31 -0400 Author: