XAMLParseException is a common exception thrown in WPF. Unfortunately it isn't very helpful.
That xaml looks ok. There shouldnt be any problem with that. I think you try to get some data.
Are you trying get some message with your application? If so the default message size is 65536 bytes. Increase that number in your app.config.
Also open the output windows while running you program and check if there are binding errors.
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