Load XML File from Project Directory

Question

I have in my WPF project an "assets" folder by the fonts, images and XML files. How can I read XML files from the project directory using C#? Tried it on the Assembly, but the file can not be found. About XAML can very easily download images from that folder.

When I use the follow string, the file can't be found. How can I load my XML file from the project directory?

string stream = "pack://application:,,,/ReferencedAssembly;component/assets/myxml.xml";

Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

One solution to load your file, using Linq to Xml, is:

XDocument myxml = XDocument.Load(@"assets\myxml.xml");

Answer 2

After search in deep and deep web:

Set the "Build Action" property for the XML file to "Embedded Resource".

And use:

XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(this.GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("ProjectName.FolderName.XmlArchive.xml"));

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