Hello,

I save my diagrams in a XML file with the methods provided by the FlowChart.NET library. I also use the SerializeTag and DeserializeTag methods. But know I have one question.

When I deserialize the Tag from an object (e.g. Box), the type returned is System.RunTimeType instead of the type I stored in the XML Tag (e.g. CustomType).

It is all stored correctly, <Tag>CustomType;CustomType</Tag>, but the DeserializeTag always returns e.Tag = null;

What did I miss? I know it has something to do with reflection, but maybe you got an idea.

The code:

        private static void DeserializeTag(object sender, MindFusion.Diagramming.Xml.SerializeTagArgs e)
        {
            string type, val;
            int pos = e.Representation.IndexOf(";");
            if (pos == -1)
                return;
            type = e.Representation.Substring(0, pos);  // this is "CustomType" of Type String
            val = e.Representation.Substring(pos + 1); //this is "CustomType" of Type String
            Type t = Type.GetType(type); //this is System.RuntimeType
            object tag = null;
            if (t == typeof(string)) //becomes false
                tag = val;
            else if (t == typeof(int)) // also false
                tag = XmlConvert.ToInt32(val);
            e.Tag = tag; // tag = null
        }
 

Thank you in advance!

Alex

PS: CustomType is declared in the same assembly and the code is also in the same namespace.