Question

I am trying to store an XML file as a project resource so I do not have to hard code any file paths when I compile. I keep on getting an error when I call ReadXML. Any thoughts? If there are better ways of referencing a file without hard coding a path please let me know.

Thanks!

public class XMLLoad
{

    public DataSet ds { get; set; }
    public string PrimaryKey { get; set; }
    public string XLETable 
    {
        get
        {
            //Returns an XML file
            return Properties.Resources.mainXLETable;
        }
    }

    public XMLLoad(string xmlPrimaryKey)
    {
        this.PrimaryKey = xmlPrimaryKey;
    }

    public DataSet ReturnXMLFileAsDataSet(string dataTableName)
    {
        try
        {
            var reader = XmlReader.Create(XLETable);

            var dt = new DataTable(dataTableName);
            ds.ReadXml(reader);
            dt = ds.Tables[0];

            return ds;
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            throw;
        }   
    }
}

Answer 1

The Create method is expecting an URL not a string containing the XML data.

Try this:

var reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(XLETable));