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public bool ObjectToFile(object _Object, string _FileName)
{
    try
    {
        // create new memory stream
        System.IO.MemoryStream _MemoryStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
        // create new BinaryFormatter
        System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter _BinaryFormatter
                    = new System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter();
        // Serializes an object, or graph of connected objects, to the given stream.
        _BinaryFormatter.Serialize(_MemoryStream, _Object);
        // convert stream to byte array
        byte[] _ByteArray = _MemoryStream.ToArray();
        // Open file for writing
        System.IO.FileStream _FileStream = new System.IO.FileStream(_FileName, System.IO.FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write);
        // Writes a block of bytes to this stream using data from a byte array.
        _FileStream.Write(_ByteArray.ToArray(), 0, _ByteArray.Length);
        // close file stream
        _FileStream.Close();
        // cleanup
        _MemoryStream.Close();
        _MemoryStream.Dispose();
        _MemoryStream = null;
        _ByteArray = null;
        return true;
    }
    catch (Exception _Exception)
    {
        // Error
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught in process: {0}", _Exception.ToString());
    }
 
    // Error occured, return null
    return false;
}