Question

I am using the following methods to download an xml file

private void LoadXMLFile()
{
  WebClient xmlClient = new WebClient();
  xmlClient.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(XMLFileLoaded);
  xmlClient.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("chart.xml", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));
}

void XMLFileLoaded(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.Error == null)
  {
    string xmlData = e.Result;
    HtmlPage.Window.Alert(xmlData);
    x2 = new XDocument(xmlData);
  }
} 

I want to use the information inside xmlData to build an xDocument, like I am trying to do in my last line. It does not give any errors but my program does not work so I must not be correctly making the xDocument. Assiging an xml document directly to x2 like this

x2 = Xdocument.Load("chart.xml")

works.

But I need to do it through webclient. what am I doing wrong here

Answer 1

Once you’ve got the xmlData string, it’s easy – use XDocument.Parse:

XDocument doc = XDocument.Parse(xmlData);

Could you elaborate why you need to use WebClient rather than XDocument.Load though? Is it to make the call asynchronous?