RE: Problem deserializing file from asp.net

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You can get a better description of the error by:
1) Turning the customErrors to Off in the web.config,
2) Enclosing your code in a try catch, e.g.
Try

Catch ex As Exception
Response.Write(ex.ToString)
End Try

As for the file permissions you need to give the ASPNET account write access
also to the folder pointed to by the SerialiseFileName variable in your code.

HTH
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"Steve Bugden" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using the XmlSerializer class to deserialize a file, please see
> attached code.
>
> This works fine from a windows form, but fails when called from an asp.net
> web service. Unfortuantely I can't get a proper error message, the browser
> just a "this page cannot be displayed" message.
>
> I have read that the account the service runs under requires write access to
> the .net framework temp directory which it has.
>
> Could anyone give me any pointers as to why this could be failing.
>
> Many thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Steve
>
> Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(MyClass))
> Dim fstFileStream As FileStream
> Dim MyObject As MyClass
> 'Deserialise the file to create the main web site object
> serializer = New XmlSerializer(GetType(MyClass))
> fstFileStream = New FileStream(Me.SerialiseFileName,
> FileMode.Open)
> 'Ensure the object is updated
> 'Force the full model to be created
> MyObject = CType(serializer.Deserialize(fstFileStream), MyClass)
> If Not fstFileStream Is Nothing Then
> fstFileStream.Close()
> fstFileStream = Nothing
> End If
.

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