The SaveTo and LoadFrom methods of the Schedule class let you save and load complete schedules to/from binary streams and files or XML documents. The SaveToString and LoadFromString methods let you encode or decode a schedule into/from an ASCII string, which could be used to store the whole schedule in a database table field or as a part of a larger file.

The serialization methods of the Schedule work by invoking the SaveTo and LoadFrom methods of the Item and Resource classes or the classes derived from them. If you define your own Item or Resource-derived classes, you must override the SaveTo and LoadFrom methods and register the classes for serialization by calling the RegisterItemClass and RegisterResourceClass methods of the Schedule.