Binary serialization exceptions occur when you serialize or deserialize the DateTimeFormatInfo class or the TextInfo class between different versions of the .NET Framework
Symptoms
When you serialize or deserialize the DateTimeFormatInfo class or the TextInfo class between a computer that is running the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and a computer that is running a pre-SP1 version of the .NET Framework 2.0, you receive one of the following binary serialization exceptions:
Exception 1
Exception type: System.Runtime.Serialization.Serialization
ExceptionMessage: Binary stream ‘0′ does not contain a valid BinaryHeader. Possible causes are invalid stream or object version change between serialization and deserialization.Exception 2
Exception type: System.ArgumentNull
ExceptionMessage: Value cannot be null.This problem occurs when you serializethe DateTimeFormatInfo class and the TextInfo class by setting the TypeFormat property of the BinaryFormatter class to FormatterTypeStyle.XsdString.
Resolution
This problem occurs because the FormatterTypeStyle.XsdString serialization formatting and the FormatterTypeStyle.TypesWhenNeeded serialization formatting drop type information for performance reasons when you serialize types across different versions of the .NET Framework.
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