How to load an XML file from a file in the solution, build with Embedded Resource?

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Here's an outline of my solution: I've set the build to Embedded Resource and when I generate the application the XML file doesn't appear in the /Release folder. This is correct, I want this behavior. Now I'm trying to load that file into an XDocument so I can parse the data within: class Program { static void Main(string args) { Console.

WriteLine("Parsing XML. "); XDocument championXml = XDocument. Load("Champions.

Xml"); Console.ReadKey(); } } And I get a file not found error because it's trying to find the xml file in the full path of the release folder. How can I properly load this data into my XDocument? C# .net xml xdocument link|improve this question asked Dec 6 '11 at 20:58Sergio Tapia2,947322 83% accept rate.

1 You need to load the resource, not the file in your project. – jrummell Dec 6 '11 at 21:00 @jrummell: My project doesn't have any resource file. Can you elaborate?

– Sergio Tapia Dec 6 '11 at 21:01.

Use GetManifestResourceStream(): var asm = Assembly. GetExecutingAssembly(); using(var stream = asm. GetManifestResourceStream("Namespace.Champions.

Xml")) { // ... } The exact names used to reference resources can be found by calling GetManifestResourceNames().

I'm using . NET 3.5, and it seems the XDocument. Load(stream) is only available for .

NET 4 and up. I can't use it in my application. How do I use this stream and turn it into xml?

Msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838349%28v=vs.95%29.aspx – Sergio Tapia Dec 6 '11 at 21:09 Found my answer in another question. Thanks! Will mark this as answer.

Stackoverflow.com/questions/3281714/… – Sergio Tapia Dec 6 '11 at 21:13.

You should get stream from assembly: Assembly. GetExecutingAssembly(). GetManifestResourceStream(name) Where name will be something like: 'LinqToXml.Champions.xml.

Reference the resource property directly and use Parse instead of load: XDocument championXml = XDocument. Parse(Properties.Resources. ChampionsXML); ^^^^^^^^^^^^ //Name of your resource | The namespace will be somewhat different depending on your project structure.

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