Answer by Brian for Serialize an object to string

[VB]

Public Function XmlSerializeObject(ByVal obj As Object) As String    Dim xmlStr As String = String.Empty    Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings()    settings.Indent = False    settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = True    settings.NewLineChars = String.Empty    settings.NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.None    Using stringWriter As New StringWriter()        Using xmlWriter__1 As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter, settings)            Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(obj.[GetType]())            serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter__1, obj)            xmlStr = stringWriter.ToString()            xmlWriter__1.Close()        End Using        stringWriter.Close()    End Using    Return xmlStr.ToStringEnd FunctionPublic Function XmlDeserializeObject(ByVal data As [String], ByVal objType As Type) As Object    Dim xmlSer As New System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(objType)    Dim reader As TextReader = New StringReader(data)    Dim obj As New Object    obj = DirectCast(xmlSer.Deserialize(reader), Object)    Return objEnd Function

[C#]

public string XmlSerializeObject(object obj){    string xmlStr = String.Empty;    XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();    settings.Indent = false;    settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;    settings.NewLineChars = String.Empty;    settings.NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.None;    using (StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter())    {        using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter, settings))        {            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer( obj.GetType());            serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, obj);            xmlStr = stringWriter.ToString();            xmlWriter.Close();        }    }    return xmlStr.ToString(); }public object XmlDeserializeObject(string data, Type objType){    XmlSerializer xmlSer = new XmlSerializer(objType);    StringReader reader = new StringReader(data);    object obj = new object();    obj = (object)(xmlSer.Deserialize(reader));    return obj;}