Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
 
Public Class Form1
 
    Private Const FileName As String = "C:\tmp\lvcontent.bin"
 
    Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As _
      System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        '// save content
        Dim Formatter As New _
          System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()
        Dim Stream As New System.IO.FileStream(FileName, IO.FileMode.Create)
        Formatter.Serialize(Stream, New ArrayList(Me.ListView1.Items))
        Stream.Close()
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As _
      System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        '// load content
        Dim Stream As New System.IO.FileStream(FileName, IO.FileMode.Open)
        Dim Formatter As New _
          System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter()
        Dim Items As ArrayList = DirectCast(Formatter.Deserialize(Stream), _
        ArrayList)
        Dim LvItems() As ListViewItem = DirectCast(Items.ToArray(GetType( _
        ListViewItem)), ListViewItem())
        Me.ListView1.Items.Clear()
        ListView1.Items.AddRange(LvItems)
        Stream.Close()
    End Sub
 
End Class