c# - Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1). error CS0030: Cannot convert type 'Type[]' to 'Type'?

Question

I get this error after I created a class from my xsd file using the xsd.exe tool. So I searched the net and found a solution. Here is the link: http://satov.blogspot.com/2006/12/xsdexe-generated-classes-causing.html

Problem is that this makes the code run, but somehow the deserialized data seems corrupt. I did what the site suggests and in the end the 2nd array dimension is always empty (see the comments of the site, somebody also had this problem). Question is, how do I solve this issue now? Is there another tool to create the xsd file? I tried Xsd2Code, without success.

Thanks :-)

Answer 1

You need to change the type of a member variable in the serialized class. For example if its raising an error like:

Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1). error CS0030: Cannot convert type 'Data[]' to 'Data'.

I ran a search on the Data type name in the generated file, and I found this:

[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlArrayItemAttribute("Data", typeof(Data), IsNullable=false)]
public Data[][] Row

Replace Data[][] with Data[] - Change the type of Data from a 2D array to a 1D array. It would solve your problem. :)