I'm having trouble accessing a text file that is packaged with my Windows Phone 8 app.
Here is the code:
var ResrouceStream = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri("Data-Test.docx", UriKind.Relative));
if (ResrouceStream != null)
{
Stream myFileStream = ResrouceStream.Stream;
if (myFileStream.CanRead)
{
// logiic here
retrun "Hi";
}
}
else
{
return "hello";
}
Seems simple but the app always returns "hello". i have placed the file in root and also in assets, changed it to content - copy and do not copy, resource copy and do not copy but always it returns "hello".
Spent several hours on this and all solutions I can find show the solution or very similar above!
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT: Returns "hello" when I deploy to phone or emulator.
also tried "/Data-Test...", @"\Data-Text..., @/"Data-Test...!
UPDATE 1:
string aReturn = "";
var asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
//Use this to verify the namespacing of the "Embedded Resource".
//asm.GetManifestResourceNames()
// .ToList()
// .ForEach(name => Debug.WriteLine(name));
var ResourceStream = asm.GetManifestResourceStream("ContosoSocial.Assets.QuizQuestions.QuizQuestions-Test1.docx");
if (ResourceStream != null) // <--CHECKED AND DOES NOT EQUAL NULL
{
Stream myFileStream = ResourceStream;
if (myFileStream.CanRead) // <-- CHEACKED AND CAN READ
{
StreamReader myStreamReader = new StreamReader(myFileStream);
LOGIC & EXCEPTION HERE...?
string myLine = myStreamReader.ReadLine();
}
else
{
aReturn = "myFileStream.CanRead = true";
}
}
else
{
aReturn = "stream equals null";
}
Debug.WriteLine(aReturn);
}
The assignment of myFileStream to a StreamReader object is throwing the exception null pointer. I thought I would wrap myFileStream to a StreamReader so I can read a line at a time..? This is my first c# project and I'm unfamiliar with it's syntax and classes.
UPDATE 2:
OK I added...
Debug.WriteLine(aReturn);
...following...
string myLine = myStreamReader.ReadLine();
...and noticed it was retrieving only the 2 characters 'PK' !
So saved the .docx file as .txt and reinserted adn changed build copy to embedded - do not copy...Happy days it now pulls off the first line in the file.
Thanks to OmegaMan for your help with this one :-)