Load external XML file in a XmlDataProvider

Question

I will load a Xml file into my project without including it to my Solution. Normally to load it is:

<XmlDataProvider x:Key="MyList" Source="Packages.xml" XPath="Packages"/>

Where in the source "Packages.xml" must be a XML that is included in my project. But how can I read a Xml that is not included in the proyect?

Thank you very much!

Greetings!

Answer 1

You can set the Source property to an Uri that contains the path name of the XML file:

string xmlFilePath = ...
var xmlDataProvider = (XmlDataProvider)Resources["MyList"];

xmlDataProvider.Source = new Uri(xmlFilePath);