SerializationFormat Enumeration
.NET Framework 4.5
Determines the serialization format for a DataSet.
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 introduces the ability to serialize a Dataset as binary content. Earlier versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework do not support binary serialization.
The default format is Xml. This is backward compatible and will work with all versions of the .NET Framework.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.