Create a link to a text file in XAML

Question

How can I create a link in XAML to open a text file? The text file directory is same as the project directory.

Answer 1

Try this:

<TextBlock>
    <Hyperlink Click="openFile_Click">Open File</Hyperlink>
</TextBlock>

In order to get current application path you can use AppDomain.BaseDirectory Please notice that AppDomain.BaseDirectory includes "\" to the end of the path.

var appPath = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;

and to execute your file you can do:

private void openFile_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(appPath + "myFile.txt");
}

Answer 2

XAML

<TextBlock>
    <Hyperlink Click="Hyperlink_Click">Click Me..!!</Hyperlink>
</TextBlock>

Code behind

private void Hyperlink_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("filePath");
}

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Say file name is ABC.txt.

In case file is not copied to output path and is added in project as Resource, you can give relative path like this to open the file (assuming your file is added directly under the project):

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("..\\..\\ABC.txt");

In case file is copied to output path, you can directly give file name since by default it will look for file in output path:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("ABC.txt");