Private Sub serializeSample() Dim person As Person = New Person person.Name = "ŽR“c‘¾˜Y" person.Age = 17 person.SetTemporaryID(DateTime.Now.ToString()) Dim formatter As SoapFormatter = New SoapFormatter Dim stream As Stream = New FileStream("c:\sample.xml", FileMode.Create) Try formatter.Serialize(Stream, person) Finally stream.Close() End Try End Sub Private Sub deserializeSample() Dim formatter As SoapFormatter = New SoapFormatter Dim person As Person Dim stream As Stream = New FileStream("c:\sample.xml", FileMode.Open) Try person = CType(formatter.Deserialize(stream), Person) Finally stream.Close() End Try person.Dump() End Sub Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load serializeSample() deserializeSample() End Sub