Autoit Serialize

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About Serialize

Serialize a given value to get it's string representation, that you can later unSerialize back to its original value. Including nested arrays and objects. This is useful for storing and transferring data between applications.

2021-02-14 update: you can now serialize and unSerialize data in JavaScript as well. Checkout the official npm package or the github repo. This makes it possible to pass data between AutoIt and JavaScript applications. Eventually I will make an package for PHP aswell.

Limitations

• Mutli dim arrays are not supported

Examples

Basic example

#include "Serialize.au3"
#include <Array.au3>
; Define some data
Global $array = [1,2,3]
; Serialize
Global $serialized = _Serialize($array)
MsgBox(64, "Serialized data", $serialized)
; Unserialize
Global $unSerialized = _UnSerialize($serialized)
_ArrayDisplay($unSerialized)

Objects and nesting

#include "Serialize.au3"
#include <Array.au3>
; Define some data
Global $preArray = [1, 2, 3]
Global $array = [5, 6, $preArray]
Global $obj = ObjCreate("Scripting.Dictionary")
$obj.add("firstName", "Tarre")
$obj.add("age", 29)
$obj.add("array", $array)
$obj.add("active", True)
; Serialize
Global $serialized = _Serialize($obj)
MsgBox(64, "Serialized data", $serialized)
; Unserialize
Global $unSerialized = _UnSerialize($serialized)
MsgBox(64, "Unserialized data", "firstName = " & $unSerialized.item("firstName") & @LF & "age = " & $unSerialized.item("age") & @LF & "active = " & $unSerialized.item("active"))
Global $array = $unSerialized.item("array")
Global $preArray = $array[2]
_ArrayDisplay($array, "$array")
_ArrayDisplay($preArray, "$preArray")

 

The code is also available on Github

Autoit-Serialize-1.0.0.zip

Edited February 14, 2021 by tarretarretarre

[tarretarretarre]

2021-02-14 update: you can now serialize and unSerialize data in JavaScript as well. Checkout the official npm package or the github repo. This makes it possible to pass data between AutoIt and JavaScript applications. Eventually I will make an package for PHP aswell.