Load an RTF file from resources to a RichTextBox in a WPF application

Question

I am trying to load the content of an RTF file, which I have put inside resources (through Project->Properties->Resources->Add File).

I want to load Agreement.rtf's content to a RichTextBox and I have tried the following:

Dim stream As Stream
stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(My.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject("Agreement").GetType(), "IOpzioni.Agreement.rtf")
RichTextBox1.SelectAll()

RichTextBox1.Selection.Load(stream, DataFormats.Rtf)

also

   stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(My.Resources.Agreement.GetType(), "IOpzioni.Agreement.rtf")

IOpzioni is my default namespace (I have double checked that).

Nothing seems to work. What is the correct way to do this?

Answer 1

I achieved this in a somewhat simple way in my WPF application. See my blog here: http://devdare.blogspot.com/2014/03/wpf-loading-rtf-document-in-richtextbox.html

1. In your WPF projects, add a Resources.resx file (if it's not already there)
2. Add your RTFDoc.rtf in your Resources.resx file
3. Along with your Resources.resx file, there would be code behind file: Resources.Designer.cs. Open it and copy its namespace and class name. In my case it is Surf.Resources.Resource1

I used this to load the RTF resource in my WPF RichTextBox control. Here are the lines from the code behind:

using Surf.Resources;

void Surface_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{             
    var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(Resource1.RTFDoc));
    RichTextBox1.Selection.Load(stream, DataFormats.Rtf);
}

Surf is my project name here. Hope this helps.