Loading a Resource file with XElement

Question

I'm trying to load an XML file that is an embedded resource.

I'm using the code below and it's returning an error saying the URI is too long.

base.document = XElement.Load(RStudio.Properties.Resources.TemplateDOC);

Any idea what may be wrong? I'm working with .net Framework 3.5.

Any help is welcome! Thanks in advance

Answer 1

That's trying to use TemplateDOC as the name of a file. Assuming your resource value is actually the XML itself, you want

base.document = XElement.Parse(RStudio.Properties.Resources.TemplateDOC);

I suspect that really is what you want - because if it's an embedded resource, there isn't really a filename (or URL) you could give it to load.

If it's were an embedded resource as a separate file in the assembly, then you could use Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream and then XElement.Load(Stream).