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Only Bolivian Here
Only Bolivian Here

Reputation: 36743

How to load an XML file from a file in the solution, build with Embedded Resource?

Here's an outline of my solution:

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I've set the build to Embedded Resource and when I generate the application the XML file doesn't appear in the /Release folder. This is correct, I want this behavior.

Now I'm trying to load that file into an XDocument so I can parse the data within:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Parsing XML.");

        XDocument championXml = XDocument.Load("Champions.xml");

        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

And I get a file not found error because it's trying to find the xml file in the full path of the release folder.

How can I properly load this data into my XDocument?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 11108

Answers (3)

D Stanley
D Stanley

Reputation: 152556

Reference the resource property directly and use Parse instead of load:

XDocument championXml = XDocument.Parse(Properties.Resources.ChampionsXML);
                                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                           //Name of your resource |

The namespace will be somewhat different depending on your project structure.

Upvotes: 6

Krzysztof
Krzysztof

Reputation: 16140

You should get stream from assembly:

Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(name)

Where name will be something like: 'LinqToXml.Champions.xml'

Upvotes: 1

Cole Campbell
Cole Campbell

Reputation: 4867

Use GetManifestResourceStream(): 

var asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
using(var stream = asm.GetManifestResourceStream("Namespace.Champions.xml"))
{
    // ...
}

The exact names used to reference resources can be found by calling GetManifestResourceNames().

Upvotes: 4

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