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Saving an Arraylist - Yoshiko - 03-01-2009
Where else could I ask?
Hello.
I'm currently using VB.NET for a small project I have interest on. I have created which is a "basic" equipment and inventory window, my next step is creating the shop window, which I can't do until I'm done with the save/load system.
The save/load system here is essencially important, since I pretend to let the players create their own items, so to accomplish it, I'm using an ArrayList, which as base has 1 string and 1 integer-type array.
The problem is that I don't find a way to save the full Arraylist, since, I got to admit, I'm not used enough into save/load programming (I was a .ini bitch back on VB6).
Speaking about VB6, I would use it, but I pretty much don't have it (instead, I already had Visual C++, C#, and VB.NET installed, which this last one was my choose since I'm not confident enough with the C family).
Code:
SaveGame.Add("MyPlayerName")
'Total number of pieces
InputData(0) = 0
'Total money
InputData(1) = 100
'Total pieces of each kind
InputData(2) = 0 'Head
InputData(3) = 0 'Body
InputData(4) = 0 'Left Arm
InputData(5) = 0 'Right Arm
InputData(6) = 0 'Left Foot
InputData(7) = 0 'Rigth Foot
'Battle stuff
InputData(8) = 0 ' Total matches
InputData(9) = 0 ' Won Matches
InputData(10) = 0 ' Lost matches
InputData(11) = 0 ' Multiplayer Matches
SaveGame.Add(InputData)All those are defined. It currently creates the file, but doesn't really write inside it. Ideas?
PD: I'm using some functions I found on the internet, licenseless:
Code:
Public Sub SaveArrayList(ByVal path As String, ByVal arrayList As ArrayList)
Try
Dim writer As New StreamWriter(path, False, System.Text.Encoding.Unicode)
For Each s As String In arrayList
writer.WriteLine(s.ToString)
Next
writer.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
Debug.Write(ex.ToString, "SaveArrayList")
End Try
End Sub
Public Function LoadArrayList(ByVal path As String) As ArrayList
Try
If Not File.Exists(path) Then
Return New ArrayList
End If
Dim reader As New StreamReader(path, True), s As String, list As New ArrayList
Do
s = reader.ReadLine
If s = vbNullString Then Exit Do
list.Add(s)
Loop
reader.Close()
Return list
Catch ex As Exception
Debug.Write(ex.ToString)
Return New ArrayList
End Try
End FunctionRe: Saving an Arraylist - Yoshiko - 03-01-2009
Lea Wrote:VB.Net has built in serialization features, just like I suspected because VB.Net is like java.Thanks, loads. *hugs* ^w^
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