[Barret]

For those that are playing around with the serialization features i want to give a small suggestion slash workaround trick,
you might hit your head on the 'Out of memory' exception whilst saving or loading up a big (200mb or bigger) serialized object.

Two things to overcome this:

Option 1. Change the target CPU to 64bits



Option 2. GC.Collect

Implement a method that would call the 'GC.Collect' after a several 'n' amount of iterations.

I do strongly suggest you don't spam the 'GC.Collect', ive been reading that this operation is heavy on performance.


Alright, take care. :)

[debug]

GC.Collect should be used very sparingly, as it blocks the main thread and hinders performance.

Here's a nice write up:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3099113...-in-c.html

[Barret]

GC.Collect should be used very sparingly, as it blocks the main thread and hinders performance.

Here's a nice write up:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3099113...-in-c.html

True, but lets assume you rarely use serialized xml or objects above 500mb or even above the 1gb. I don't see why you would use it in the first place. But if you must, then these are your options.