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+using System;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;  // Does XML serializing for a class.
+using System.Drawing;            // Required for storing a Bitmap.
+using System.IO;			     // Required for using Memory stream objects.
+using System.ComponentModel;     // Required for conversion of Bitmap objects.
+
+namespace disc1
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Customer test class to demonstrate how to include custom metadata attributes in a 
+	/// class so that it can be serialized/deserialized to/from XML.
+	/// 
+	/// References: 
+	/// XML Serialization at http://samples.gotdotnet.com/:
+	/// http://samples.gotdotnet.com/QuickStart/howto/default.aspx?url=/quickstart/howto/doc/xmlserialization/rwobjfromxml.aspx
+	/// 
+	/// How do I serialize an image file as XML in .NET?
+	/// http://www.perfectxml.com/Answers.asp?ID=2
+	/// </summary>
+	
+	// Set this 'Customer' class as the root node of any XML file its serialized to.
+	[XmlRootAttribute("Customer", Namespace="", IsNullable=false)]
+
+    //Each customer here refers to the picture and properties of each cell of the TableLayoutPanel
+	public class Customer
+	{
+		private Bitmap picture;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Default constructor for this class (required for serialization).
+		/// </summary>
+		public Customer()
+		{
+		}
+
+		// Set this 'DateTimeValue' field to be an attribute of the root node.	
+
+		// By NOT specifing any custom Metadata Attributes, fields will be created
+		// as an element by default.		
+		public string CustomerName;
+        public int ColorName;
+        public int PanelPadding;
+
+		// Set serialization to IGNORE this field (ie. not add it to the XML).
+		[XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
+		public bool CustomerPaid;
+
+		// Set serialization to IGNORE this property because the 'PictureByteArray' property
+		// is used instead to serialize the 'Picture' Bitmap as an array of bytes.
+		[XmlIgnoreAttribute()]
+		public Bitmap Picture
+		{
+			get { return picture; }
+			set { picture = value; }
+		}
+        public int Index;
+		// Serializes the 'Picture' Bitmap to XML.
+		[XmlElementAttribute("Picture")]
+		public byte[] PictureByteArray
+		{
+			get 
+			{ 
+				if (picture != null)
+				{
+					TypeConverter BitmapConverter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(picture.GetType());
+					return (byte[])	BitmapConverter.ConvertTo(picture, typeof(byte[]));					
+				}
+				else
+					return null;
+			}			
+			set 
+			{ 
+				if (value != null)
+					picture = new Bitmap(new MemoryStream(value)); 
+				else
+					picture = null; 
+			}
+		}		
+	}
+}