C#

/* This field will be ignored when serialized--
   unless it's overridden. */
[XmlIgnoreAttribute]
public string Comment;

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace SerialTest
{
  // This is the class that will be serialized. 
  public class Group
  {
    [XmlIgnoreAttribute]
    public System.Windows.Forms.Button myButton;

    // a group name or something
    public string GroupName;

    // a comment of some sort...
    public string Comment;

    public void SerializeObject(string filename)
    {
	// Create an XmlSerializer instance.
	XmlSerializer xSer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Group));

	// Writing the file requires a TextWriter.
	TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);

	// Serialize the object and close the TextWriter.
	xSer.Serialize(writer, this);
	writer.Close();
    }
  }
}

Group a = new Group();
a.Comment="A sample comment";
a.GroupName="A sample group name";
a.myButton = this.button1;
a.SerializeObject("c:\\test.xml");

<br />
class MyButton:System.Windows.Forms.Button <br />

Eitsop wrote:

When you say XmlIgnore, do you mean that you have applied the XmlIgnoreAttribute? i.e.

/* This field will be ignored when serialized--
   unless it's overridden. */
[XmlIgnoreAttribute]
public string Comment;

Stack<int> stack = new Stack<int>();

stack.Push(1);
stack.Push(2);
stack.Push(3);

Console.WriteLine(stack.Pop());   // Show 3
Console.WriteLine(stack.Pop());   // Show 2
Console.WriteLine(stack.Pop());   // Show 1

fmardani wrote:

At present when I add a web refernce to this webservice from the client I get the two names i.e. orders and employees.

public class ParentForm : Form
    {
        private SubForm sub1;
        private SubForm sub2;

        public ParentForm()
        {
            InitializeSubForms();
        }

        private void InitializeSubForms()
        {
            sub1 = new SubForm();
            sub1.OnSelectionChanged += new SubForm.SelectionChanged(sub1_OnSelectionChanged);
            
            sub2 = new SubForm();
            sub2.OnSelectionChanged += new SubForm.SelectionChanged(sub2_OnSelectionChanged);
        }

        void sub1_OnSelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //do sub1 eventhandling
        }

        void sub2_OnSelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //do sub2 eventhandling
        }
    }

    public class SubForm : Form
    {
        private DataGridView dgv;

        public delegate void SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e);
        public event SelectionChanged OnSelectionChanged;

        public SubForm()
        {
            dgv = new DataGridView();
            dgv.SelectionChanged += new EventHandler(dgv_SelectionChanged);
        }

        void dgv_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (OnSelectionChanged != null)
                OnSelectionChanged(sender, e);
        }
    }