XNA XBOX highscore port - xna

Question

I'm trying to port my pc XNA game to the xbox and have tried to implement xna easystorage alongside my existing pc file management for highscores. Basically trying to combine http://xnaessentials.com/tutorials/highscores.aspx/tutorials/highscores.aspx with http://easystorage.codeplex.com/
I'm running into one specific error regarding the LoadHighScores() as error with 'return (data);' - Use of unassigned local variable 'data'.
I presume this is due to async design of easystorage/xbox!? but not sure how to resolve - below are code samples:
ORIGINAL PC CODE: (works on PC)
public static HighScoreData LoadHighScores(string filename)
{
HighScoreData data; // Get the path of the save game
string fullpath = "Content/highscores.lst";
// Open the file
FileStream stream = File.Open(fullpath, FileMode.Open,FileAccess.Read);
try
{ // Read the data from the file
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(HighScoreData));
data = (HighScoreData)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
}
finally
{ // Close the file
stream.Close();
}
return (data);
}
XBOX PORT: (with error)
public static HighScoreData LoadHighScores(string container, string filename)
{
HighScoreData data;
if (Global.SaveDevice.FileExists(container, filename))
{
Global.SaveDevice.Load(container, filename, stream =>
{
File.Open(Global.fileName_options, FileMode.Open,//FileMode.OpenOrCreate,
FileAccess.Read);
try
{
// Read the data from the file
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(HighScoreData));
data = (HighScoreData)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
}
finally
{
// Close the file
stream.Close();
}
});
}
return (data);
}
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Assign data before return. ;)
data = (if_struct) ? new your_struct() : null;
if (Global.SaveDevice.FileExists(container, filename))
{
......
}
return (data);
}